**Razer Blade 2020 Review: A Look at Performance, Cooling, and Design**

I think Razer does it better than most devices out there when it comes to performance-to-thinness ratio. They're able to make a relatively high-performance machine fit into an 18 or 19 millimeter package, which is quite impressive. However, their fan noise isn't crazy loud like some other devices that can reach levels of up to 60 decibels in the same form factor. This is a significant advantage for users who prioritize quietness over raw performance.

The disadvantage of having a quieter system like this is that it doesn't come with maximum performance on the chip. Razer's approach prioritizes efficiency and heat management over raw power, which may not be ideal for users who require extreme processing capabilities. On the other hand, I do appreciate that Razer has managed to keep their cooling system in check, resulting in a device that runs cooler than many of its competitors.

One notable aspect of Razer's design is their use of thermal paste and vapor chambers to manage heat dissipation. The advanced model features a large portion of the internal space dedicated to a vapor chamber, which helps to keep temperatures under control. Additionally, users can access and upgrade their RAM and Wi-Fi components, making it easier to customize the device to their needs.

In terms of storage, the base model comes with two NVMe drives, while the advanced model is limited to a single drive. While this may seem like an odd design decision, Razer likely ran out of space in the compact design they've chosen for the 2020 Blade. This limitation might be frustrating for users who require more storage for their operating system and applications.

The battery life of the Razer Blade 2020 is another aspect worth noting. With an 80 watt-hour capacity, the device can deliver around five hours and 30 minutes of runtime on a single charge, according to my testing. This is slightly better than the 56 watt-hour battery in last year's model.

**Comparison to Previous Models**

It's worth mentioning that Razer's current approach may not be as compelling as it was in previous years. The 2019 models, for example, offer similar performance and features at a lower price point. However, because of how little has changed between the 2020 and 2019 models, I think last year's devices are still an excellent value proposition.

**Conclusion**

Overall, the Razer Blade 2020 is a solid device that offers a unique blend of performance, cooling, and design. While it may not be the best fit for everyone, particularly those on a tight budget or who require extreme processing capabilities, it's certainly worth considering for users who want a premium device with a focus on quiet operation.

In terms of whether this is the right purchase for you, I would recommend careful consideration of your needs and budget. Razer devices often come with features that may not be essential to everyday use, such as custom AC adapters or proprietary ports. However, if you're willing to invest in these premium features and can take advantage of sales, the 2020 Blade is a great option.

One final note: I think it's worth mentioning that some users might find Razer devices to be overly focused on aesthetics, particularly when it comes to their branding and design choices. For example, the company's use of fancy AC adapters or proprietary ports can add significant cost to their products without necessarily providing corresponding benefits for the average user.

**Technical Specifications**

The Razer Blade 2020 features three USB-A ports, one USB-C port with Thunderbolt 3 capabilities, and an SD card slot (on the advanced model). The device also comes equipped with a 230-watt AC adapter, which is a proprietary design that sets it apart from many other laptops.

In terms of charging, the base model supports standard USB-C charging, while the advanced model uses a more complex system that requires a specific 20-volt capable charger to function at its maximum potential. This can be a bit of a drawback for users who want to charge their device on the go without a proprietary adapter.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enall right so let's talk about the 2020 razer blades these are some of the most expensive gaming laptops on the market they are like the top tier premium stuff uh they are very expensive like way more than a lot of competitors that have like similar performance so because they're so expensive i wanted to do a just a different kind of review not just a you know an overview of the products but i want to talk about the differences between the different models this year but i also want to talk about the why like why are they so expensive if there's a reason or a good reason at all now in front of me are the 2020 base model the advanced model as well as last year's advanced model if you follow my channel this is the device that i use the most of over the past few years like i used the 2018 then i switched over to 2019 model this was an imperfect machine but i liked it enough uh they tweaked some stuff but yeah let's get in all right the base model starts at 1600 bucks but then it jumps up quite quickly to like 2 bucks when you go up to the advanced model and there's hardware configurations and components that only exist in one or the other so let's talk about the things that are in common between the two they both have that unibody construction to them and i think it's a feature that makes these devices more expensive than a lot of the competitors right off the rip like to manufacture this just costs more you have to mill out that whole block of aluminum to fit the internals in there and it just makes the device look nicer it's got this nice design aesthetic to it but it inherently costs more the base model and the advanced model have the exact same shape like they have the same footprint but the advanced model is a little bit thinner it's like two millimeters thinner than the base model it's noticeable like if you pick it up and you're feeling for it you'll notice it right away it is pretty obvious uh but it's not something that i think makes a big difference at least not to me the other thing you have to keep in mind is that the advanced model is actually a little bit heavier the cooling system in this one is a little bit more robust we'll get into it later but because of the more complex thermal solution the advanced model is about 100 grams heavier now this year they still have the black and white or silver models but you can no longer get this color as readily like you have to get an oled panel to get the mercury white which is a bit of a miss like i feel like one of the reasons why i was drawn to this device in the first place was because of its color it's still on you know it's a well-made machine but you now have this very obvious almost obnoxious snake logo up front which i don't love now you can skin it which i would anyways just to protect it and kind of get the fingerprints off of it but come on razer i want to see the white again in a high refresh screen another thing that's shared between the two devices this year both the base and advanced model is their newly updated keyboard it's the same keyboard as last year but the layout of the right shift key is finally proper this is something i've complained about for years it is now in this appropriate location i will say though for people that have never used a razer blade keyboard the spacing is very grid-like and the keys themselves are completely flat there's no dish so it does take some time to get used to the whole kind of typing mechanics on this thing i do think that most people though if they pick this up as their regular laptop they'll learn to like it pretty quickly now the lighting on this keyboard is phenomenal i'll be honest i don't care that much about lighting because you know once you've seen a brightly lit rainbow keyboard once you've seen them all but i think razer does it if not the best like top three of all laptop manufacturers when it comes to rgb lighting on the keyboards the advanced model is individually lit like you can change the colors of each key individually to your heart's content the base model has just one color you can switch up all the colors but every key has to be the same color and it's also not as bright or as vibrant as the advanced model now to the left and right are the speakers they sound okay i just feel like if razer is charging this kind of money i would have liked to have seen better speakers like the advanced and bass models have the same sounding speakers at least to me i don't know maybe it's like maybe i go into laptop speakers too much but i feel like the company that lands on good speakers on a gaming laptop is going to win some amazing award no one's doing it all right let's talk about the screens these are different uh they've been upgraded this year so now we're moving on to stuff that is no longer in common between these two the advanced model has a 300hz fast refresh ips panel it is very nice super fast for games good brightness and great color accuracy and i think this is one of the biggest advantages that razer has in terms of their displays they are able to maintain great color accuracy despite having high refresh screens and something that a lot of other gaming laptops kind of waver on like they'll have fast screens but they just don't care as much about their color accuracy so i'm able to comfortably edit videos and work on like photos and thumbnails and stuff with the screen because i can trust its color accuracy and the thing is even their base model also has great color accuracy on their high refresh screen but it's capped at 144 hertz instead of the 300 hertz panel on the advanced model so that's really the biggest difference between the screen and like kind of the gaming experience they both have 720p webcams but the advanced model has an infrared component to it so we can log in with face biometrics in windows hello whereas the base model cannot do that all right let's talk about performance these machines have obviously very different performance because they are very different in pricing this machine the base model does not have access to the best of the best if you want like an eight-core cpu you have to go with advanced models if you want rtx super gpus you have to go with the advanced models and i think the reason why they did that is because the cooling system in this one the advanced model is better it has a vapor chamber so it can remove heat more efficiently and that's why razer puts the eight core cpu in this model and only a six core cpu in the unit without the vapor chamber all right now performance between the two is good but not like amazing there are devices out there that perform better both in terms of cpu and gpu performance than both of these but what razer does that is quite unique to their whole lineup is they balance that whole like noise level to performance to thinness of device well i think they do it better than most devices out there they are able to make a relatively high performance machine in you know 18 or 19 millimeter package but their fan noise isn't crazy like it's loud but it's not super loud there are devices that will hit 60 decibels in the same kind of form factor the disadvantage to having a quieter system like this is that you don't get the max performance on the chip it's good but it's not the best performer now i do like the fact that razer doesn't run their system super hot they take a notch down in performance but it's a little bit quieter it's a little bit cooler running than a lot of their competitors uh if you're into undervolting you can't do it neither of them can be undervolted at least not from what i could see in either throttle stop or xtu last year's device was undervolted right out of the factory so that was awesome you can't seem to do that on this year's 10th gen ships uh ports they're similar on both models they have three usb-a one usb-c and then another thunderbolt 3 usb-c the base model has an ethernet jack the advanced model does not but it does have an sd card slot now in terms of charging so they both have a 230 watt ac adapter they have a custom ac adapter like 90 of the laptops review just use these generic ac adapters like from chiconi or delta these have their own like razer branded ac adapter that uses a proprietary plug but it's a braided cable and it's very fancy and i think that is one of the things that bumps up the cost of these products now the advanced model also supports this year usb-c charging and it's a little bit complex you need a usb-c charger that can pump out 20 volts which isn't super common like a lot of the laptop adapters can do it but the most i could feed into this system was around 60 watts which isn't a lot like this system normally uses a 230 watt adapter so 60 is it's not enough to power the system fully so you cannot use a usbc adapter to power this system and use it in its normal state it'll run on usbc it just won't be full strength okay let's take a look at the internals the advanced model has a vapor chamber that takes up a big portion of the inside and you also have access to your ram and wi-fi that are both replaceable same thing with the base model ram wi-fi replaceable the base model however has two nvme drives whereas the advanced model only has one which is a little strange like if you think about the people that are buying the eight core cpu and the more powerful gpus they could probably use more storage but i think they just ran out of space so one ssd in here two in the base model now in terms of battery size this is an 80 watt hour battery so this will get you five and a half hours i've ran my test a couple times same battery life three years in a row five and a half hours year on year on year this is a four hour battery slightly more than four but the 56 watt hour battery it's a little short but that's what you get okay um that basically wraps up the review component i think it should be pretty clear at this point razer's devices are they're just made differently they're not for everyone a little bit more expensive and a lot of times you're paying for stuff you don't really need like a fancy ac adapter but you are getting device that is not just a plastic device that just has a razer logo on it right i see a lot of people talking discord like why do you use a razer blade there's stuff i like about it that being said i might be switching this year there are some devices on the horizon that i might be switching to but this is a solid device it's just a little bit expensive and as for whether or not this is like a good purchase for you i can't answer that you know your you know your budgets and your your needs and what you want to do with your machine way more than i do i do think though that for the money it's it's fair especially if you get these things on sale now i do think that the 2019 models are a way better value and this is often the case with laptops in general but because of how little has changed coming into this year's 2020 models the 2019 models save you a good chunk of money with close performance and it still comes in mercury white if you're into that okay hope you guys enjoyed this video thumbs if you liked it subs if you loved it i'll see you guys next timeall right so let's talk about the 2020 razer blades these are some of the most expensive gaming laptops on the market they are like the top tier premium stuff uh they are very expensive like way more than a lot of competitors that have like similar performance so because they're so expensive i wanted to do a just a different kind of review not just a you know an overview of the products but i want to talk about the differences between the different models this year but i also want to talk about the why like why are they so expensive if there's a reason or a good reason at all now in front of me are the 2020 base model the advanced model as well as last year's advanced model if you follow my channel this is the device that i use the most of over the past few years like i used the 2018 then i switched over to 2019 model this was an imperfect machine but i liked it enough uh they tweaked some stuff but yeah let's get in all right the base model starts at 1600 bucks but then it jumps up quite quickly to like 2 bucks when you go up to the advanced model and there's hardware configurations and components that only exist in one or the other so let's talk about the things that are in common between the two they both have that unibody construction to them and i think it's a feature that makes these devices more expensive than a lot of the competitors right off the rip like to manufacture this just costs more you have to mill out that whole block of aluminum to fit the internals in there and it just makes the device look nicer it's got this nice design aesthetic to it but it inherently costs more the base model and the advanced model have the exact same shape like they have the same footprint but the advanced model is a little bit thinner it's like two millimeters thinner than the base model it's noticeable like if you pick it up and you're feeling for it you'll notice it right away it is pretty obvious uh but it's not something that i think makes a big difference at least not to me the other thing you have to keep in mind is that the advanced model is actually a little bit heavier the cooling system in this one is a little bit more robust we'll get into it later but because of the more complex thermal solution the advanced model is about 100 grams heavier now this year they still have the black and white or silver models but you can no longer get this color as readily like you have to get an oled panel to get the mercury white which is a bit of a miss like i feel like one of the reasons why i was drawn to this device in the first place was because of its color it's still on you know it's a well-made machine but you now have this very obvious almost obnoxious snake logo up front which i don't love now you can skin it which i would anyways just to protect it and kind of get the fingerprints off of it but come on razer i want to see the white again in a high refresh screen another thing that's shared between the two devices this year both the base and advanced model is their newly updated keyboard it's the same keyboard as last year but the layout of the right shift key is finally proper this is something i've complained about for years it is now in this appropriate location i will say though for people that have never used a razer blade keyboard the spacing is very grid-like and the keys themselves are completely flat there's no dish so it does take some time to get used to the whole kind of typing mechanics on this thing i do think that most people though if they pick this up as their regular laptop they'll learn to like it pretty quickly now the lighting on this keyboard is phenomenal i'll be honest i don't care that much about lighting because you know once you've seen a brightly lit rainbow keyboard once you've seen them all but i think razer does it if not the best like top three of all laptop manufacturers when it comes to rgb lighting on the keyboards the advanced model is individually lit like you can change the colors of each key individually to your heart's content the base model has just one color you can switch up all the colors but every key has to be the same color and it's also not as bright or as vibrant as the advanced model now to the left and right are the speakers they sound okay i just feel like if razer is charging this kind of money i would have liked to have seen better speakers like the advanced and bass models have the same sounding speakers at least to me i don't know maybe it's like maybe i go into laptop speakers too much but i feel like the company that lands on good speakers on a gaming laptop is going to win some amazing award no one's doing it all right let's talk about the screens these are different uh they've been upgraded this year so now we're moving on to stuff that is no longer in common between these two the advanced model has a 300hz fast refresh ips panel it is very nice super fast for games good brightness and great color accuracy and i think this is one of the biggest advantages that razer has in terms of their displays they are able to maintain great color accuracy despite having high refresh screens and something that a lot of other gaming laptops kind of waver on like they'll have fast screens but they just don't care as much about their color accuracy so i'm able to comfortably edit videos and work on like photos and thumbnails and stuff with the screen because i can trust its color accuracy and the thing is even their base model also has great color accuracy on their high refresh screen but it's capped at 144 hertz instead of the 300 hertz panel on the advanced model so that's really the biggest difference between the screen and like kind of the gaming experience they both have 720p webcams but the advanced model has an infrared component to it so we can log in with face biometrics in windows hello whereas the base model cannot do that all right let's talk about performance these machines have obviously very different performance because they are very different in pricing this machine the base model does not have access to the best of the best if you want like an eight-core cpu you have to go with advanced models if you want rtx super gpus you have to go with the advanced models and i think the reason why they did that is because the cooling system in this one the advanced model is better it has a vapor chamber so it can remove heat more efficiently and that's why razer puts the eight core cpu in this model and only a six core cpu in the unit without the vapor chamber all right now performance between the two is good but not like amazing there are devices out there that perform better both in terms of cpu and gpu performance than both of these but what razer does that is quite unique to their whole lineup is they balance that whole like noise level to performance to thinness of device well i think they do it better than most devices out there they are able to make a relatively high performance machine in you know 18 or 19 millimeter package but their fan noise isn't crazy like it's loud but it's not super loud there are devices that will hit 60 decibels in the same kind of form factor the disadvantage to having a quieter system like this is that you don't get the max performance on the chip it's good but it's not the best performer now i do like the fact that razer doesn't run their system super hot they take a notch down in performance but it's a little bit quieter it's a little bit cooler running than a lot of their competitors uh if you're into undervolting you can't do it neither of them can be undervolted at least not from what i could see in either throttle stop or xtu last year's device was undervolted right out of the factory so that was awesome you can't seem to do that on this year's 10th gen ships uh ports they're similar on both models they have three usb-a one usb-c and then another thunderbolt 3 usb-c the base model has an ethernet jack the advanced model does not but it does have an sd card slot now in terms of charging so they both have a 230 watt ac adapter they have a custom ac adapter like 90 of the laptops review just use these generic ac adapters like from chiconi or delta these have their own like razer branded ac adapter that uses a proprietary plug but it's a braided cable and it's very fancy and i think that is one of the things that bumps up the cost of these products now the advanced model also supports this year usb-c charging and it's a little bit complex you need a usb-c charger that can pump out 20 volts which isn't super common like a lot of the laptop adapters can do it but the most i could feed into this system was around 60 watts which isn't a lot like this system normally uses a 230 watt adapter so 60 is it's not enough to power the system fully so you cannot use a usbc adapter to power this system and use it in its normal state it'll run on usbc it just won't be full strength okay let's take a look at the internals the advanced model has a vapor chamber that takes up a big portion of the inside and you also have access to your ram and wi-fi that are both replaceable same thing with the base model ram wi-fi replaceable the base model however has two nvme drives whereas the advanced model only has one which is a little strange like if you think about the people that are buying the eight core cpu and the more powerful gpus they could probably use more storage but i think they just ran out of space so one ssd in here two in the base model now in terms of battery size this is an 80 watt hour battery so this will get you five and a half hours i've ran my test a couple times same battery life three years in a row five and a half hours year on year on year this is a four hour battery slightly more than four but the 56 watt hour battery it's a little short but that's what you get okay um that basically wraps up the review component i think it should be pretty clear at this point razer's devices are they're just made differently they're not for everyone a little bit more expensive and a lot of times you're paying for stuff you don't really need like a fancy ac adapter but you are getting device that is not just a plastic device that just has a razer logo on it right i see a lot of people talking discord like why do you use a razer blade there's stuff i like about it that being said i might be switching this year there are some devices on the horizon that i might be switching to but this is a solid device it's just a little bit expensive and as for whether or not this is like a good purchase for you i can't answer that you know your you know your budgets and your your needs and what you want to do with your machine way more than i do i do think though that for the money it's it's fair especially if you get these things on sale now i do think that the 2019 models are a way better value and this is often the case with laptops in general but because of how little has changed coming into this year's 2020 models the 2019 models save you a good chunk of money with close performance and it still comes in mercury white if you're into that okay hope you guys enjoyed this video thumbs if you liked it subs if you loved it i'll see you guys next time\n"