Razer Blade Stealth 13.3: Should I buy one?

[Slurpy]

Ok, so I am in the market for thin&light powerful laptops.

I am being drawn to 2 laptops

 

1: Blade 14"

Ok, so Razer's build quality and Keyboard Backlight system has drawn me to It.

However, I am worried about cooling

 

2: ASUS Zephyrus (1070)

The Insane power has drawn me to this laptop

GTX 1070 or 1080 in such a thin laptop

Cooling looks like it is covered and it looks like it has a cool RGB keyboard

But it costs more than the blade

 

What I want to do:

Daisychain 2 1080p monitors and a 21:9 QHD monitor

Play VR and Edit videos.

Go to lan parties and play games like Rocket league and minecraft.

 

Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

 

 

 

 

=|D

 

[ARikozuM]

For LAN parties, I would build an ITX system.

 

Can you link the two models you're looking at?

[Johntheawesomeguy]

you might need the extra power from the Asus one since the blade only has a 1060

[Slurpy]

Just now, ARikozuM said:

For LAN parties, I would build an ITX system.

 

Can you link the two models you're looking at?

Well, friends houses too

 

Razer Blade

 

Asus Zephyrus:

ROG ZEPHYRUS GX501VS-XS71

couldint find buy page yet

[Slurpy]

1 minute ago, Johntheawesomeguy said:

you might need the extra power from the Asus one since the blade only has a 1060

I have a 1060 desktop, and it is Meh, ok

plus, i'd prob get a 1070 or better for it in the core

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, TrevMCC38 said:

ROG ZEPHYRUS GX501VS-XS71

I'd wait the four days to see what Asus ends up with.

[Slurpy]

Just now, ARikozuM said:

I'd wait the four days to see what Asus ends up with.

It would be months before I would actually get a laptop anyway

[Taswell]

buys 2500$ laptop.......plays mine craft and rocket league '_'

[ARikozuM]

Just now, TrevMCC38 said:

It would be months before I would actually get a laptop anyway

Something better will come out by then. I'd choose neither right now after reading their specs (seriously, Asus? Windows 10 is your only spec?).

[Slurpy]

Just now, ARikozuM said:

Something better will come out by then. I'd choose neither right now after reading their specs (seriously, Asus? Windows 10 is your only spec?).

Processor: Intel^® Core™ i7-7700HQ Processor 2.8 GHz (6M Cache, up to 3.8 GHz)

Graphics: GTX 1070 8GB

Display: 15.6" FHD Wideview with 120Hz Refresh Rate

Memory: 16GB DDR4 2400MHz

Storage: 256GB NVMe PCIe SSD

is what they said

[McHox]

2 minutes ago, ITheSpazI said:

buys 2500$ laptop.......plays mine craft and rocket league '_'

pretty much what i do with my system gaming wise ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )
stopped with rocket league tho because their servers are really bad 

[Brooksie359]

2 minutes ago, TrevMCC38 said:

Processor: Intel^® Core™ i7-7700HQ Processor 2.8 GHz (6M Cache, up to 3.8 GHz)

Graphics: GTX 1070 8GB

Display: 15.6" FHD Wideview with 120Hz Refresh Rate

Memory: 16GB DDR4 2400MHz

Storage: 256GB NVMe PCIe SSD

is what they said

Honestly I would be interested to see how the Asus laptop that is coming out with an r7 1700 in it.

[Arika]

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[Slurpy]

4 minutes ago, ITheSpazI said:

buys 2500$ laptop.......plays mine craft and rocket league '_'

Vr, Video editing, Etc

 

Plus, ill overkill anything

[Slurpy]

1 minute ago, Brooksie359 said:

Honestly I would be interested to see how the Asus laptop that is coming out with an r7 1700 in it.

yeah, I do wonder how it will be once linus, Dave2D, etc get their hands on it

[Damascus]

41 minutes ago, TrevMCC38 said:

One: I use windows apps alot

2: Cause it runs windows, and has better ports for me for the price

3: VR Rocket Leauge, and Minecraft(VR if I used it as a desktop replacement)

In that case get an aorus x5 v7/v6.  Has an unlocked processor (4.4ghz+ mobile) a 1070 and is still incredibly thin and light.  Plus it costs less than a blade.

[Slurpy]

1 minute ago, Damascus said:

In that case get an aorus x5 v7/v6.  Has an unlocked processor (4.4ghz+ mobile) a 1070 and is still incredibly thin and light.  Plus it costs less than a blade.

what about the Zephyrus?

[Arika]

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[Slurpy]

Just now, Sierra Fox said:

wait until reviews come out. though im not hoplding my breath it will be any good.

 

Plus Max-Q 1080s are probably the stupidest thing ever created. paying for a 1080 with the performance of a 1070

 

What abt the 1070 model?

 

[Arika]

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[Pendragon]

please stop asking for justification for the razer blade. 

 

also 1080 MaxQ has 0 value proposition. It's good for people who have unlimited budget cause its a SLIGHT bump from 1070 but at a huge cost. 

[Damascus]

23 minutes ago, TrevMCC38 said:

what about the Zephyrus?

IMO a stupid waste of cash.  

 

If you need a 1080 so bad get a aorus x7 dt.  Its like 7.5lb and has a great screen.  It also costs 3k.  As will Zephyrus  (probably more)

 

Only way to sensibly get a 1080 and a sff laptop is getting either:

 

Worse cpu, more stable gpu dock 

Alienware 13.9 + gpu dock + 1080

 

Better cpu, less stable dock 

Aorus x3 v7 + blade core + 1080

[Damascus]

I give up, the blade 14 is the most amazingly phenomenal waste of money though.

[Pendragon]

19 hours ago, Damascus said:

amazingly

LOL. No. Also I don't think Asus really thought it through with the zephyrus. That thing is the dumbest design I've seen since the water cooled Asus one. The hinge that raises the laptop is going to be the most accident prone part of that laptop. What if something slips in when u try to close it? Also more moving parts makes it suspectible to a higher rate of failure simply due to stats. 

 

Why do people think that thing is a good idea??? Especially when the Aorus x7 Dt exists. 

[Damascus]

48 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

Why do people think that thing is a good idea??? Especially when the Aorus x7 Dt exists. 

Yeah, OP has another thread where I was crusading before this, then ignored everything EVERY person on that thread told them when they made this thread.