New Thin&Light 15 Laptop

sedundnes · June 20, 2020

I currently am running an HP Omen 15 ax-256nr (7700HQ, upgraded 16GB RAM, GTX 1050 2GB, 500GB Samsung 970 Evo, 2TB Seagate Firecuda, 15.6in 1080p 60Hz display, 54Wh battery).

I wanted to upgrade to a new thin and light with a 10th gen CPU. I am currently deciding between the MSI GS66 and Razer Blade 15 Advanced. I was just wondering if the Razer's build quality justifies its extra price.

Also, with the GS66, is it worth it to get the 10875H and RTX 2070 S Max-Q over the 10875H and RTX 2060? Does the 2070sMQ perform exceptionally higher than the 2060?

I just like that the GS66 has a 99.9Wh battery over the Blade's 80Wh, the GS66 has 2 M.2 slots over the Blade's 1, and that the GS66 has 32GB of RAM if you get the 2070sMQ model over the Blade's 16GB.

Any other recommendations would be great.

5x5 · June 20, 2020

What build quality? The blade is worse in every way possible, electrical components, PCB design, quality control, customer support - all are horrid on the blade series and it's the reason users on notebook forums never recommend razer products. The failure rates are insane.

Also, if youre okay with a 2060, forget about intel entirely. Ryzen CPUs are far more powerful and far more efficient currently in laptops. 4000 series AMD CPUs perform better, run cooler and get better battery life. The 4800HS and 4900HS are the top tier laptop CPUs and beat even the best unlocked i9s