Razer Blade Iteration Madness

[DreamWave]

So, as you all are probably well aware, Razer takes Apple's naming insanity and runs with it. I'm looking at used machines and am having trouble keeping specs/release iterations straight.

 

If someone could summarize, for each type of Razer Blade (standard (old)/pro, blade 14, blade stealth) how many iterations each has gone through, and what the key/identifying specs are for each, that would be awesome.

 

Thanks in advance for any info, I'm at a dead end trying to navigate this area and look forward to any help.

 

 

[Damascus]

RAZER Blade 14:

4702HQ/870m

5700HQ/???

6700HQ/970m   CHROMA(maybe?)

6700HQ/1060   CHROMA/Thunderbolt 3

7700HQ/1060   CHROMA/Thunderbolt 3

 

RBS 

i5 6300U  CHROMA/Thunderbolt 3

i7 6500U  CHROMA/Thunderbolt 3

i5 7300U  CHROMA/Thunderbolt 3

i7 7500U  CHROMA/Thunderbolt 3

[DreamWave]

Thanks, any idea which iterations have the Chroma keyboards, and which have thunderbolt ports? 

[Damascus]

11 minutes ago, Sawyer B said:

Thanks, any idea which iterations have the Chroma keyboards, and which have thunderbolt ports? 

 you need to @ tag me or quote or I won't see your response.  I'll update my list

[DreamWave]

3 minutes ago, Damascus said:

 you need to @ tag me or quote or I won't see your response.  I'll update my list

Sorry, new to this forum and fairly little experience with them in general. Thanks for the tip.

[Damascus]

Just now, Sawyer B said:

Sorry, new to this forum and fairly little experience with them in general. Thanks for the tip.

No prob.  All RBS will have chroma and the last 2 gen (sky and kaby) do as well

[Galm]

2 hours ago, Damascus said:

RAZER Blade 14:

4702HQ/870m

5700HQ/???

6700HQ/970m   CHROMA(maybe?)

6700HQ/1060   CHROMA/Thunderbolt 3

7700HQ/1060   CHROMA/Thunderbolt 3

 

RBS 

i5 6300U  CHROMA/Thunderbolt 3

i7 6500U  CHROMA/Thunderbolt 3

i5 7300U  CHROMA/Thunderbolt 3

i7 7500U  CHROMA/Thunderbolt 3

To be more accurate for the Razer Blade models (There was never a Broadwell):

2640m/555m

3632qm/660m

4702HQ/870m

4720HQ/970m (last non Chroma)

6700HQ/970m (Chroma TB III)

6700HQ/1060 (Chroma TB III)

7700HQ/1060 (Chroma TB III/ 4K screen added)

 

 

RBS is fine.  

 

[Pendragon]

Also you shouldn't be buying them. http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/razer-ceo-covering-up-cheap-poor-design-of-razer-notebooks.801443/

[DreamWave]

15 hours ago, Pendragon said:

Also you shouldn't be buying them. http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/razer-ceo-covering-up-cheap-poor-design-of-razer-notebooks.801443/

Thanks for the info. From that, I suppose I shouldn't personally run into any problems (GPU will only be used for limited 3D modeling, as gaming is handled by my desktop,) and am sue-happy enough that I'll wish them luck trying to pull any ****ery over on me. I'll definitely take that into account when making any purchase, but it won't necessarily dissuade me entirely from making any such purchase.