The Razer Blade 18 is the most luxurious gaming laptop around, but who is it for?
Razer says the new Blade 18 is the most powerful laptop it’s ever built. However, with a fully loaded model coming in at a whopping $4,500, it’s way out of reach for pretty much everyone. So instead, we called in a base model that goes for a slightly more affordable $2,900 to try and figure out who this thing is really for.
Read our full review of Razer Blade 18 here: www.engadget.com/razer-blade-...
Price: Starts at $2,900
Pros: Big 240Hz display, premium aluminum chassis, supports top-notch components, great port selection
Cons: Extremely expensive, short battery life, big, no additional display options
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4060 for $2900 is daylight robbery
I have the 4080 laptop and absolutely love it. This is coming from a desktop that is a decade outdated. I recently got a new job that has me traveling away from home a lot and this was definitely the way to go for me. I was going to get a desktop, but that was before the new job.
A decade old? A chrome book would impress you
@Adam Zeon I used to carry a tuba for many years haha I'm good.
@@cedricvillani8502 I bet it would, but unfortunately, I'm not into Macs. Sorry :(
I had a gaming laptop with an i7, 32gb ram, and rtx 3050ti but kept getting annoying micro-stutter. It was unbelievably ANNOYING. Ended up selling it and buying an xbox.
@Adam Zeon In a backpack, it's not going to feel heavy
I really like the new format and content of the reviews you guys are doing, by the way!
I have a 2018 Razer Blade 14" and I love it and it is still plenty fast enough for everything I throw at it. I just checked out this video because I was curious of the 18. What a beast!
I used to be a locum radiographer I'd go from hospital to hospital for a few months at a time. Back then this product and a portable second monitor this would be the ideal product for me
Physician here, I take mine with my MacBook. Makes overnights in trauma and CVICU bearable.
I've always loved the design of their products, just never personally owned one.
should i get this or nzxt desktop
Thanks for the information.
My question is what about quality control .. would a razer blade 18 have better quality control better screen less back light bleed; say vs a little cheaper asus rog strix….? because if I can get a better quality display it would be worth paying more.
Finally someone talking about the lack of a UHD option on these new laptops!!! Ive been commenting about this everywhere and everyone has been dead silent on this topic!
I think Razer will give it mini LED 4k next gen. I have a feeling they were just experimenting success with the dual mode this year. When the rtx 5000 series comes out, we might be seeing one and not to mention it will most likely be close to $6000 with tax lol
@@SakethIswaravaka its not just razer bro, no other major manufacturer is offering 4k. The only one is msi on their titan for some random reason.
@@suddenstutter But even the Titan isn't 18". That's still a 17 incher. I have to believe it is just a matter of time. For content creators 4k just makes so much sense, especially with that extra real estate.
@@razcarsey6635 yep, exactly why I dont want the titan
because all the display panels in the world is made by very few brands. no one is making 18 inch 4k panel yet. no 18 inch laptop have 4k screen because all of using same panel probably
How do this compare to the Alienware m18?
I really wish razer made mercury edition for the 18inch, but I need to pay mortgage.
They came out with one already but it's so freakin pricey
$US4500 sounds like a bargain. In Australia, top of the line gaming laptops were going for around $US6000 last year. Only for the most hardcore gamers and power users still.
causal dosent need a 6000 euro laptop
@@naapsuvaimne740 no literal person who is interested in watching an review of an laptop with rtx 4090 is an casual.
I enjoy that you got a top of the line Razer, then show the Mahabharata tv series on it!
what about the: Blade 18 i9-13980HX 64GB DDR5 RAM 2TB Storage RTX 4090 QHD+ 240Hz 18" Screen
1:10 Name of series pls …would love to watch.
I'm a plumber and bought a $4k razor blade 15. I couldn't help it.
What travel pack did you use to fit the blade 18 in?
They sell some at razer as well
Still more worth it than some monthly rent in Manhattan condo
Very good specs but way too expensive for the majority of people
:: buys laptop :: :: watches reviews ::
Happy with my alienware m18. Was able to configure it to my needs, & pay for the upgrade myself
How is the your alienware m18 going i have heard they have bad thermals ? and how is the screen .
@MarkHussle it's been fine. Screen is good, although could be better resolution
I would love this with my 2 matching 18 inch 500 nits 2560x1600 portable monitors. A perfect portable tripple monitor workstation in a backpack.
While this is a great laptop, this is also a good time to buy the previous generation of this laptop. The Blade 17 with the 30 series of GPUs just went on sale.
Yeah they are selling them in spain with i7 12th gen 3070ti 17inch model for 2099euros and 15inch 1799euros. Both got QHD display, insane prices.
why would you buy an 3070 ti when you can pay 500 dollars more and buy rtx 4070. 4070 compared to 3070 ti is an absolute pinnacle of an change.
I have an Apple M1 Pro MacBook Pro 16 for trading and it's a good system for it. The downside is that there's a moderate amount of trading software that runs best on Windows. My trading software runs but there are times when I'd like 2 screens on the road. The options out there are a portable 18 inch UHD monitor or a second laptop. Apple's laptops don't give you standard native resolutions so I have to adjust my setup when switching between desktop and laptop. So something like this with a UHD display would be great for traders. Traders usually don't need a lot of CPU and GPU capability but do need RAM which isn't a problem on these. The Razer 17.3 does have a UHD option but it would be nice to have the 18. I have a Swissgear Carbon 17 bag from 2008 which would probably hold this laptop. 2008 was an era when laptops were routinely 7-9 pounds and a lot thicker than today.
How come you compared the 16 inch to an 18 inch then say it's so much bulkier. That like comparing a 2 door coupe to a four door sedan and saying the 4 door sedan is bigger. You could have talked about screen resolution and it would make more sense.
Love mine. Apparently it for the trauma surgeon working overnights and using it as a very intense portable gaming station.
Have you ever tried editing videos on it. How is the screen and thermals ?
NGL, kinda wish I could afford one of these for work on the go, this seems like a great machine for training ml algorithms and playing the occasional game to kill time.
Ideally this would get used by engineers that have "home"work. Take it to the office, run your amazing 3D CAD applications using a solid external monitor option. Take it into the meeting rooms for colab and use it there as well, easy to hook it into a TV or projector. At home there is enough screen real estate to be able to do some updates or to write documentation. I do not think so much that this is for content creators t.b.h. The base model you got has, of course, the minimum amount of RAM and as an architect you would go for minimum of 64Gb and the video card choice is okay, but the drivers are always an issue. You need to use the latest, but they need to be certified to run with the software you are using - and that cat and mouse game will never end. Sure, you can do all of this on a 15" Dell XPS for instance, but it behooves you to take into consideration the cooling and the screen real estate. I have a 16" MBP for personal use, and my work laptop is 13" (not for much longer I hope). The difference in screen real estate is amazing. The 13" used to be my preferred laptop size, but not anymore. The premium price will be of no consideration for the right audience. Corporations might buck at the cost, eventually it is about productivity and ROI.
I always thought most CAD engineers were using pcoip clients provided from their companies
Dells actually, and there big heavy things, but have what a work station needs, xenon, and 125-192gb ram and an rtx6000. Power equals power, I wish I had pink Prius I could throw my mbp M1 Max 64G into 🤣
No thermal test on a gaming laptop review video?
I can hook up my 18 razer to my Samsung 49 240hz screen and do what I want . And when on road I still get to do what I want.
Thanks
01:15 best video to test a display🗿
It lacks of 4K display and high nits. Which made me really confused between this one and MSI GT77HX, particuarly as I can get MSI as cheap as 3 grands. due to business partners. lol, but I would say this machine looks just so charming. Haha. Should absolutely grab one
This is why you buy it in 2 years for $1500. Also, people that can afford to pay 4500 have more than 1 laptop & tablet for various needs- home, office, travel, gaming - one guy I know has a device in every room of the house. Unsurprisingly they also have more than 1 car. You wouldn't drive a Rolls to the supermarket. Something to ponder when you review luxury products and ask "Who is it for?"
I like this laptop for rendering or civil 3d cad etc.
There is no UHD 4K display on the Razor Blade 18.
I like your backpack, Where can I BUY it?
the stories of razer laptops with inflated batteries on various forums always scare me into staying away from them.
razer is known for having the most questionable hardware/display combination. i remember them shipping a 13 razer stealth with 4k oled screen and a gtx 1650 which can barely keep up with such a display
I have it and I am so happy with it !!!!!! so powerful so amazing , It is the best ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!
what is that thing on your backpack?? 🕵️♂️ 4:53
5:16 why exactly?
If i did not have ALIENWARE M18, i would have considered buying one ...
I clear it up for y'all: VFX and CGI professionals who travel a lot do need a powerful mobile workhorse. All the other options, MSI and Acer and what-have-ya, all look like kid's toys. As a working pro, you can't drag those machines into an office, you really can't. So the Razer series bridges the gap between powerful (gaming) laptop that's usable for CGI but without the price tag of a "dedicated" mobile work station with mostly lower specs even yet with a respectable aesthetics. So there ya go. Picking my new RB 18 up tomorrow.
What they always forget with laptop reveiws is whether your cat can sit on it
The price is luxurious too, for the quality ...
I impulse bought this thing two days ago, it's so nice and expensive I haven't even used it Im scared to damage it lmao
It's for me! I love mine.
Still cheaper than an MSI Titan. I'd get a Titan if they had touch screens. With inflation, its actually not that expensive. You talked about money waaaayyy too much.
I like this host and his knowledge but you gotta slow down and enunciate better- I have to strain to make out what you’re saying sometimes
I have the top line version. 13980HX with a 4090 and 64gb ram and it is amazing. It beats my friends 3070Ti desktop by a huge margin and I can take it anywhere i want. The size really is not that big of a deal. Im 6'4" and I love the portability of this thing. Its truly a gaming beast that you can take anywhere. If you get a Blade 18 just go all in and get the top spec one. Worth it.
What does your height have to do with any of that
@daliborlaverman9152 because something that doesn't seem large to me might seem large to someone who is smaller. It's not hard to understand, bro.
The level of common sense in this is wild. The fact that someone wouldn't see it blows my mind.
@@bryanlramos just be quiet dawg
Coming from the guy who couldn’t put two and two together to equal five.
A refined design that I wish other manufacturers would offer at a more affordable price point, but instead all I see elsewhere is tacky RGB lighting and plastic galore...
I own this laptop nice package like an Apple is for traveling etc. But the keyboard is terrible I do miss the number pad and the pad is to big showing my age lol
I can get a high end full gaming setup (pc, monitor, headphone, keyboard etc) AND a gaming laptop for that price LOL
Razer has awesome designs, I just wish their software and heating solutions didn't suck so bad otherwise I would have bought one of these in a heart beat. That being said I'm loving my ROG 15 with a 3060 and a buddy upgraded it with a 2nd 2 terabyte nvme so I'm set nd it only cost me around 1700 including the hard drive I bought.
Does MSI have better cooling?
lol this year is different, i have a blade 16 and the temps are insanely good, I can push the device and only have CPU at 80C. Lowering wattage a little can have you gaming at 70C or less if u crank up the fans so heating problem truly fixed on blade bnow
That's fantastic, I did the evil thing and actually ended up with an m2 pro and love it, don't really game on it cause I have a desktop for that and it can handle my work flow just fine. Very happy you are happy with your purchase as well!@@august6278
Apparently the thermals on the blade 18 are better than the scar 18 this year razer has really improved on a lot of stuff with their laptops.
Is razer laptops reliable ?
This notebook is 6k for Canadians, I would only buy this if i needed to display my "power".
i hate these gaming screens tbh. an OLED touch 120hz option will be the one I would love to get in the future for a dedicated GPU machine for the money asked. For now got the new zenbook duo 2024 lol
Im fighting cancer stage 3 and my right rn is not the its a gt 1030 with ryzen 3 I barely run games at 60 fps and i cant even bring it to the ward having this laptop would help fighting cancer be more fun
A lot of reviewers have said the blade 18 is good for content creation how did you come to the conclusion it is not ?
I find it strange that you mostly complained out the size.. Everyone watching a review on an 18inch panel already knows this. How about touching on important things like how it handles heat? How loud do the fans get. Honestly its impressive how many points were missed. I left this review knowing that you don't like the size and price. Not really helpful.
Good points
I hear more negatives than postives in this video
sweet laptops yes.... unfortunately anything mobile tha tis pre-wifi 7 is gonna age fast once thats out, and it looks to be fairly soon....
Watching this on my Razer Blade 15 (2019 Mercury White version)... Think I'll pass...
Only 16Gb or ram???
new standard should be 32 Gb ram
@@naapsuvaimne740 64, have you see the browser taking it all up? lol
I would say it's a great laptop if you don't need reliability or have a risk appetite for whatever you need to use it for
Nah this PC makes all sense , i love and enjoy it
this cost like a old car where i live
If you have to have the plug with you I say I give it 6 months before you will need to always have it plugged in since those batteries would die at that point LOL
Bur 4h battery time while doing Netflix? That is not OK. In fact the battery time on the 16 inch version is more than one hour longer, and that is just ridiculous. The battery time is the only thing that is keeping me from buying this beast.
Not really a rolls royce, but definitely Tesla X
How could they omit the screen is miniLED?
Mini LED display option available on RB 16 model, not RB 18.
Me. Its made for ME. and i love mine so much that i dropped another 2 grand on accessories.
I think I spend most of my time looking at the one or two monitors connected to my gaming laptop. I can buy an ASUS ROG Strix G18 (or G16) for much less. Get an i9-13980HX & Nvidia 4080.
I will buy it.
What's that video at 1:10? 😄
😂
Lack of 4K OLED is very disappointing.
A bit dramatic of a review. Why also complain about the size when it's literally considered a desktop replacement instead of your average laptop? Like it literally is an 18" laptop, what did you expect? Crazy how a smaller 16" is more portable! Like I would've never guessed. 💀🤣
Seems that the one that makes sense is the 4070 model..
Hindu Mythology spotted ❤
Did I just see Hanuman on the screen for a b roll of the laptop ?
Left when i heard "4500"
forwhat you need high end laptop? just for gaming?:D i would understand , you should get itif you make alot of money with it
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I bought a laptop two days ago and I considered the Blade 18. I agree with this review. It's priced far too much. I'm a software engineer and I don't care for HX processors, or large power bricks. I would have liked to see a lower specced option with H series processors and I would even settle for a 4050 for the lower price point and more portable power brick (Lenovo matches smaller power bricks depending on specific configuration). I ended up selecting the XPS 17 with a 13700H and 4070. But if Razer had a product within the right price range, I might have gone with the 18... Because their screen options did appear superior since I didn't want a touch screen. They offered higher refresh and higher resolutions for non-touch. The premium chassis on the Blades, and center keyboard were huge features for me as a software engineer.
what's wrong with RX processors? Do they run hotter?
Only 16 gb ram 💀
It is for me :)
4500 i have to sell 2 pounds
18in screen 😂😂😂😂 it’s a portable workstation. Not designed to put on your lap It’s not a laptop
Costs more than a 4090 desktop and doesn't even have an OLED display, hard pass.
insane price should be at least %50 percent cheaper
I’ll play a game,to count my money,and if I have enough I’ll buy the best 4K UHD Intel Core i9 gaming laptop right now. I’ll pay less,I think their new releases are not worth it. UHD 4K display + graphics card is the next gen evolution,you can't rivalise with this for the display. Then,with video games they only ask for Intel Core ... i7 or i9 and graphics cards,processors is not the point. Well I’m not saying that I’ll get a machine with low processors I’ll get a machine with very good ones. Well I think that 4K UHD is not for now and companies doesn't want to sell those new computers. Ok they win,damned computers evolution,it’s always like that. I’ll search again.
That's probably cause of the cost of the gaming laptop + the extra stuffs that they put on those version + the cost of the 4K UHD display. I’ll buy the Asus Rog Strix G18.
Sometimes 4k makes no sense, it's just a marketing gimmick . They put 4k on a 13 inch to 16 inch laptops and then scale it 200% or more (technically you are not getting any 4k. If they scalled it to 100% it will be too tiny you can't read anything on them. An 18 inch laptop QHD scaling at less than 200% is probably giving you better resolution than the 16 inch 4k😅. QHD in 2023 looks better than 4k in 2015 because there are more factors than just 4k, including Dolby, HDR, mini led etc added to screens today. QHD on 18 screen likely better than 4k on smaller screen becauseof the scaling factor. It depends on who is making the screen and which year. Samsung makes better screens than Philips for example. You may not be able to tell the difference in screen resolution until after 32 inch if all the screens below 32 inch are having the same factors (hdr, mini led, dolby or whatever packed in them are the similar). Usually they will just pack more tech resolution features (the dolby, and hdr etc in what they are marketing as 4k screen and, have less of those on the lower resolution ones. Either than that for laptop screens a QHD shouldn't be different from 4k- when the scaling screen in the smaller 4k screen will have to be increased at 200% or more to be readable (its same as reducing the pixels). My 16 inch 4k laptop is automatically scalled at 200% (recommended by windows). Make it is scale at 100% and it will be too tiny to read any letters on it. Razer blade used mini led panel (better panel) for the 4k 16 inch , but uses IPS for the QHD 18 inch panel. For the same panel type and screen features a qhd on 18 inch laptop will be better than 4k on a small 16 inch because of scaling factor. Buy another qhd 18 inch laptop from another brand that provides mini led, or hdr on an 18 inch qhd.
@@kwadwo1000Ye that's what I've found and the laptop screen have a Rog Nebula display and the built-in display is 16: 10. The graphics card is Geforce RTX 4090. I have a 4K UHD OLED external monitor 48" flat(it's bigger cause it's taller and still large). 4K Laptops posses 4K UHD graphics cards, it's not only the screen that display in 4K. The built-in computer 4K UHD is something very strong and probably impressive. The image definition + the type of 3D is still something impressive. The sound and everything won't reach the "production" if it's not built-in,"it's only (1" cause watching the screen is either something very very important) watching the screen or recording with it's speakers. I think that "they" will probably release new types of Windows version soon. Then we would be able to get the 4K or maybe the 8K.
@@kwadwo1000 Maybe sometimes it would require something (added) even more to really be something even more extremely spectacular. Like buying 4K movies and watching it with a 8K TV or a very very good machine with a 8K built-in technologie and a 4K huge monitor. Just like doing everything with that. On the makings they should either improve the making,and for the movies while filming the other aspect would be the different types of technologies and the megapixels of the camcorder.
That price is laughable
As far as buying it is concerned please speak for yourself
My man has some "questionable" choices in videos he likes to play to show off the display...
I have a very hard time understanding who a laptop like the Blade 18 is for. If you buy a higher spec model, the cost is so high that you might as well just get a desktop for gaming and an iPad for doing work on the go. The Blade 15 is an older design but it is still probably a better option for most buyers. I have one as my personal laptop. My work computer is a MacBook pro 16. The blade is more portable than my MacBook pro 16. It is also extremely competent at gaming, gets more than enough useable battery life for most situations, and costs thousands less than a highly spec'd blade 18.
its not for normal people, its for richer people or profesionals etc
Did you just say the MacBook Pro can play games competently? The max version is barely up to par with most gaming laptops. The super optimized games through metal STILL microstutter as if the CPU is bottlenecked.
@@RVPissBoys I said my blade is a competent gaming computer.
Why in the world would an 18" laptop not come with a numpad/10-key? There's so much wasted space flanking that keyboard that it's not only unappealing aesthetically, but it's wasteful in terms of space. And a 4060 laptop for nearly three grand? Hard pass.
The lack of numpad on a machine this large is the greatest sin.
One of their older models used to have one, and I still absolutely despise my newer Razer not including a numpad.
What nonsense you put 1:11
do they not know that blade 16 exists???????