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so guys I have to admit I really love this notebook ever has one and now I
have an even better one so welcome to my full experience with a Razer Blade 15 2019
advanced model this is the fully SPECT out three thousand dollar machine
RTX 2080 there 16 gigabytes of dual channel RAM 512 gigabytes of nvme
storage so you know we're gonna go over performance cooling my experience with
the body 2 let's begin right after this the
legendary hyper 212 CPU cooler from cooler master now comes in this
breathtaking matte black finish the included Silencio 120 millimeter fan
delivers great airflow and reduced noise plus you can pick up an RGB version of
this cooler as well learn more about the hyper 212 Black Edition and its RGB
sibling down below alright let's dive right in build quality is first I would
equate this machine to be like a MacBook equivalent amongst Windows notebooks
simply because that whole aluminium shell is very reminiscent of a MacBook
but here we have that black color scheme instead of silver and no flexing
anywhere the edges are super sharp thus the Razer Blade a name is fitting
for this sort of body and compared to my recent experience with the MS ip65 that
flexes anywhere you press it this machine does not and that makes me happy
but the black aluminum shell while feeling great leaves finger marks all
over the place on the exterior and on the interior since that is also fully
aluminum so that's kind of unfortunate it is impressive with how thin the
machine is considering it has an rtx 2080 maxq inside of it so portability
factor is absolutely not an issue and as a desktop replacement specs wise it fits
perfectly now your port selection is pretty rich with plenty of display
connectivity and type-c Thunderbolt 3 which is awesome plus those green USBs
and the combo mic slash headphone jack for headsets and gaming headphones
however there is no Ethernet that you find on the base model instead of the
advanced model and no SD card reader which is kind of unfortunate I also
really dislike the new power connection because the cable is so thick now the
thing is you can route it either facing the back or the side but if it's facing
towards you it's blocking the most closest USB port which is design flaw
and while the power brick self is pretty compact the cable itself
isn't because it is so thick it kinks easily and just really really unpleasant
to travel with now the keyboard is fantastic for anything but gaming
because the travel distance is quite shallow so for typing it's excellent
nice clicky actuations fast rebounds you know we can get used to that quite
nicely but if your hand is constantly in that wast zone then you expect the key
to travel a bit more into the body while gaming but it doesn't a slight quirk
here would be the awkward error placement on the bottom right since you
expect the question mark to be placed beside the shift but that is where your
arrow key up is located instead but I love the lighting integration in here
with perky lighting customization plenty of awesome effects I love the fire one
and the keys are super bright and the secondary keys are now finally
illuminated the trackpad here is quite large and is also fantastic just like
the keyboard nice smooth navigation when there's precision drivers and is so much
better than anything else I've tried on the Windows machine or Windows notebook
aside from like the Dell options like my MSI p65 also has windows precision
drivers but this thing is so much more responsive now the speakers are properly
firing up with decent volume projection and clarity Nicholas
I do enjoy the built-in windows hello feature here so we can just login when
your face but it doesn't find me frequently whenever light changes it's
like who you are you have to punch in your PIN so that's kind of unfortunate
and the webcam is it's passive so this is the lovely 720p webcam quality wow
it's terrible and just for comparison here's the iPhone 10s selfie mode much
better and my favorite thing about the notebook is the display it's 144 Hertz
so super fast and food for gaming but it's so much better for regular desktop
use and while editing it is full HD so resolution is not a problem for the rtx
2080 maxq but for key option is only available with the -tx 2070 models so
if you're going to fool out RTX 2080 max-q then you don't have a 4k option
which is kind of strange but I don't miss 4k at fifteen point six inches full
HD for me is plenty and so the gaming performance on the fully decked out the
Razer Blade 15 is actually pretty fantastic given we have only full HD
resolution so not that many pixels to push and the rtx 2080 max-q and in
games where ray-tracing is available you know performance hit with RT enabled is
pretty significant as it is on desktop cards so I wouldn't suggest getting you
know in RTX 2080 to play bF5 with RTx on or DXR on and metro Exodus with RT
on because the performance by itself is pretty fantastic
but as long as the whole ray-tracing the--is scene is out of the picture now
one major concern when it comes to the RTX max q variant and laptop variant
GPUs inside these notebooks is that the boost clocks are solely dependent on the
cooling which is solely dependent on the brand and so it's Razer's job to provide
sufficient cooling for the GPU and the CPU to hit highest clocks possible and
so the cooling in this machine is actually pretty fantastic my max Q card
never went above 76 degrees Celsius at load and bf5 I was
constantly hitting around 1600 megahertz for the boost clocks
while in other games I was hovering around 40 100 megahertz so the cooling
is dependent or the clocks are dependent on the cooling and the ceiling for that
temperature is 76 degrees Celsius for the graphics card and as for the CPU the
temperature was pretty consistent between 87 degrees Celsius and 89
degrees Celsius and constantly going between 2.5 gigahertz and 3.9 gigahertz
so nice overclock on some course but not consistent 3.9 yoghurts throughout the
entire session and it did vary depending on temperature and the scene and also of
course this machine is fantastic for video production just look at those
render times compared to my main workstation PC and the msi p65 so it's
almost equivalent to what I get on my main 9900K and the 2080 Ti so for video
production this thing is awesome now this notebook has three performance
modes balanced gaming and creator and balancing gaming and they're pretty much
identical in terms of powering now the GPU and the CPU about the same as you
can see based on the fire strikes course but in the Creator mode it significantly
throttles the GPU to 800 megahertz and channeling all that power to the CPU so
it can maintain higher clocks so just keep that in mind as far now as levels
the machine is dead silent and like casual operation but while I'm rendering
or gaming the fans a spin up and especially if I max out the fan rpm 250
300 then yeah the Machine becomes pretty loud upgradability here is pretty
straightforward remove the cover there we have the two RAM slots the top one is
covered by the GPU ribbon cable so you have to be careful removing that and
getting access to that top RAM slot and we also have that nvme SSD on the left
side and that's for battery life with light usage browsing scenario I was able
to get just over 4 hours of usage before the computer went to 5% and went to
hibernation but this is with the screen at 75% brightness and 144 Hertz and so
at $3,000 this machine is hella pricey given you can find the same CPU in a
notebook that cost $800 but of course we have the RTX 2080 max Q in there
the SSD and this whole build quality 144 Hertz display and the overall package
seems to be very well complete I am especially impressed by the cooling
capacity of that vapor chamber cooler for the GPU you know reaching 76 degrees
Celsius and that is its throttle limit here while the CPU you know comfortably
sits like you're just below 90 degrees but still clocking 23.9 quite regularly
regularly I regularly and really my main point of frustration believe it or not
would be the power plug cable that sounds ridiculous but why does it have
to be that thick it kinks easily and really does not suit the overall like
design that's been you know a thought process that been placed behind this
machine and also the whole max-q boost clark's depending on the notebook
manufacturer and luckily I think Razer has done a really good job here to
maximize performance without too many compromises alright guys so that is my
experience with the Razer Blade 15 this thing will definitely be travelling with
me wherever I go because the performance in this form factor is simply amazing
and yeah very happy to have this thing in my collection now for video
production and also on-the-go gaming alright I'm to me dream thanks for
watching we'll see you in the next video