Finally, Razer has heard fans who have been screaming the company to make gaming notebooks with AMD Ryzen processors! Razer is known to make great premium gaming laptops with long battery life, great cooling and efficiency.
So, they have always been using Intel CPUs for their notebooks, however, their 10th Gen SKUs weren’t very convincing and even their 11th Gen Tiger Lake-U notebooks were not as powerful you could expect to be. Now, with Ryzen 5000 series mobile processors, AMD has entire changed the landscape of gaming notebooks.
These processors are powerful as well as efficient and significantly improved for best gaming experience. So, pairing with a beefier RTX 30-series mobile GPUs will give you superior gaming FPS and high-quality graphics, also, productivity centric users will enjoy the power of AMD Ryzen 5000 processors.
The new Razer Blade 14 with new AMD Ryzen processors will have a starting price of $1,799 but packs a lot of horsepower you expect from a premium gaming notebook.
Specifications
As the name suggests this Razer Blade 14 borrows some similarity to the previously launched Intel-powered gaming laptop. So, has a premium CNC aluminum chassis, with an anodized finish, the Razer Blade 14 also has a durability that belies its incredibly sleek profile.
It is touted to be the smallest and thinnest 14” gaming laptop in the market, it’s over 30% smaller in volume than average 15” gaming laptops. Also, as you expect from Razer, you get a 14-inch display with thin bezels and a wide color space of 100% DCI-P3 on the QHD and 100% sRGB on the FHD model.
So, you can enjoy up to 165Hz refresh rate on the QHD (2560 x 1440) variant while enjoying up to 144Hz refresh rate on the FHD (1920 x 1080) display. Now, on top of that, you have the AMD FreeSync Premium low framerate compensation (LFC) as well as these displays are factory calibrated.
For performance, you have the beastly AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX processor with 8 cores and 16 threads, boosting up to 4.6 GHz clock speed. It is one of the fastest multi-threaded mobile processor out there, designed for heavy workloads and intense gaming sessions.
This comes paired with up to a full-fledged NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 GPU, coupled with 16GB of DDR4 3200MHz RAM and 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD.
Processor | AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX 8 Cores (16 threads) 3.3GHz (up to 4.6GHz boost) |
Display | 14-inch FHD 144Hz, AMD FreeSync Premium 14-inch QHD 165Hz, AMD FreeSync Premium |
Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 |
RAM | 16GB dual-channel DDR4-3200MHz |
Storage | 1TB PCIe SSD (Upgradable) |
Camera | Windows Hello IR HD (720P) |
Audio | 2x top-firing THX Spatial Audio |
Networking | Wi-Fi 6E Bluetooth 5.2 |
Keyboard | Per-key Chroma RGB |
Ports | 2x USB-A 3.2 Gen 2 2x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (power delivery,Display Port 1.4) HDMI 2.1 Lock |
Battery | 61.6WHr |
Dimensions | 0.66 x 8.66 x 12.59 inches (16.8 x 220 x 319.7 mm) |
Price | From $1,799 |
Razer is known to keep your laptops silent with its proper cooling, so, the Razer Blade 14 also comes with cutting-edge thermal materials and vapor chamber cooling to keep the system quiet.
It efficiently dissipates heat through the evaporation and condensation of internal fluid; each of these vapour chambers boasts dual fans (each with 88 blades), keeping the laptop performing at its peak even during intense gaming sessions or work.
Also, you get standard features like Windows Hello IR for face recognition, a decent 720P webcam, per-key Razer Chroma RGB keyboard with 1.1 mm key travel, Microsoft Precision Touchpad and finally, top-firing THX Spatial Audio with advanced 7.1 surround sound experience.
For ports & connectivity, the Razer Blade 14 includes 2x Type-C (3.2 Gen 2 Charging – Display Port) ports, 2x USB-A ports, an HDMI 2.1 (Up to 4K 120Hz) port and Wi-Fi 6E along with Bluetooth 5.2.
All in all, this is a perfect AMD-powered Razer gaming notebook you have been waiting for, best for both work and gaming without compromising on battery life; last but not least, Razer promises up to 12 hours of battery life on the Razer Blade 14.
The gaming notebook is already available for orders at Razer.com and here are the variants:
- $1,799: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 / 1080p 144Hz panel,
- $2,199: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 / 1440p 165Hz panel,
- $2,799: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 / 1440p 165Hz panel.
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