**The Razer Blade Gaming Laptop Review**

I've been testing the new 2018 edition of the Razer Blade gaming laptop and I'm excited to share my findings with you. The laptop is a powerhouse, packing serious gaming power in a thin package. But as we all know, there's a trade-off between form and function, and this laptop is no exception.

**Benchmarking Results**

One of the things that caught my attention was the laptop's benchmarking results. I tested various games with the built-in benchmark feature, and the results were impressive. For example, in Rainbow Six Siege, even at ultra settings, the average frame rate was very high with the one percent lows still well above 100 fps. This means that the laptop is more than capable of handling demanding games at high graphics settings.

I also tested other popular games like Far Cry 5, Assassin's Creed Origins, and Dota 2. The results were equally impressive, with many of the games running smoothly even at ultra settings. In Battlefield 1, I was able to play through the first campaign mission without any issues, even with ultra settings. However, there was a slight dip in performance when running extremely demanding content.

**Benchmarking Tools**

In addition to testing the built-in benchmark feature, I also used some external benchmarking tools like Heaven Valley and Superposition from Unigine, as well as Fire Strike Time Spy and VR Mark from 3Dmark. The results were consistent across all of these tests, with many games running smoothly at high frame rates.

One notable exception was Watchdogs 2, which didn't require a high frame rate to play. Even in ultra settings, the laptop ran smoothly without any noticeable dips or performance issues.

**Overclocking and Power Management**

As expected, the laptop's power management system did throttle the performance under full load, which resulted in some thermal law power limit throttling. However, this wasn't a major issue in actual gaming, as shown by the benchmark results. The CPU, on the other hand, couldn't be overclocked, but I was able to increase the GPU core clock of the Max Q 1070 slightly.

**Storage and Performance**

The laptop's storage performance was also impressive, with the 512GB M.2 NVMe SSD delivering read speeds of up to 2.4Gbps and write speeds of up to 2.1Gbps. This is extremely fast for a laptop of this size and weight.

**Conclusion**

Overall, I'm very impressed with the Razer Blade gaming laptop's performance and features. While it may be pricey, it's definitely worth considering if you're in the market for a powerful gaming laptop. The battery life was excellent, even with heavy gaming usage, and the build quality is top-notch.

That being said, there are cheaper alternatives available that offer similar specs, such as the MSI GS65. However, I believe that the Razer Blade's sleek design and impressive performance make it worth the extra cost. What do you guys think? Let me know in the comments below!

**Pricing**

In Australia, the Razer Blade gaming laptop is priced around $4,000 AUD at the time of recording. In the US, with these exact specs, it's around $3,000 USD. While this is not cheap, I believe that the laptop's performance and features make it worth the investment.

If you're looking for a more affordable option, there are certainly cheaper alternatives available. However, if you're willing to pay a premium for a powerful gaming laptop with top-notch build quality, then the Razer Blade may be worth considering.

**Final Thoughts**

I hope that this review has been helpful in giving you a better idea of what to expect from the Razer Blade gaming laptop. It's definitely a great option for gamers who want a powerful and portable laptop that can handle demanding games with ease. Let me know if you have any questions or comments, and don't forget to subscribe for future tech videos like this one!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthe razer blade is a thin light and powerful gaming laptop so let's find out what's on offer and just how well it performs let's get straight into the specs for the cpu we've got intel's i7 8750h 6 core cpu which can turbo up to 4.1 gigahertz in single core workloads or 3.9 gigahertz in all core workloads there's 16 gig of ddr4 memory running at 2 66 megahertz in dual channel and all models of the 2018 razer blade are advertised with dual channel memory which is great to see for the storage there's a 512 gig m.2 nvme ssd in the single m.2 slot for the graphics there's an nvidia 1070 max q in this model but it's also available with the 1060 max q as well and this powers the 15.6 inch 1080p 144hz ips display we'll see how this performs soon in the benchmarks for the network connectivity there's support for 802.11 ac wi-fi and bluetooth version 5. no ethernet port here so you'll need to use an adapter if you need one the blade is made out of a cnc aluminium unibody with a black anodized finish both on the lid and interior it's more of a blocky shape compared to previous rounded versions making the edges a little sharp but not too bad overall it felt really nice and solid the dimensions of the laptop are 35.5 centimeters in width 23.5 centimeters in depth and just 1.7 centimeters in height so quite thin considering the specs razor list the blade is weighing 2.1 kilos and my unit was just under this with the 230 watt power brick and cable for charging the total weight increases to around 2.9 kilos so still quite portable as mentioned the screen is a 15.6 inch 144hz 1080p ips panel it's also available with a 4k touchscreen while the 1060 model also has a 60 hertz option the bezels are just 4.9 millimeters thin on the sides as well which is a nice change from previous models giving us about 85 percent of visible screen area the viewing angles were perfect on any angle still clear with excellent colors the screen gets bright enough i measured it at 328 nits at 100 brightness with a 750 to 1 contrast ratio the display comes color calibrated and i've measured the current color gamut using the spider 5 pro and my results return 97 of srgb 67 of ntsc and 72 of adobe rgb pretty good results for something that's primarily aimed at gamers i've performed my usual backlight bleed test on the display which involves having the laptop show a black screen in a dark room to help emphasize any bleeding i then take a long exposure photo to display any bleed so this is a worst case scenario test the bits down the bottom corners were noticeable in this test from certain angles to my eyes but for the most part it actually wasn't that bad and i didn't notice any bleed during normal use but this will of course vary between laptops there was almost no flex at all while moving the display it felt very sturdy as it's solid metal and the hinge is essentially most the length of the screen it can be opened up easily with one finger demonstrating a fairly even weight distribution above the display in the center is a 720p camera it's good the razer were able to fit it here despite the thinner bezels rather than having it down the bottom the camera looks alright a bit better than many other laptops i've tested the microphone is also not bad but you'll be able to judge both for yourself the keyboard has rgb backlighting which can be controlled at the individual key level through razer's synapse software there are a number of built-in effects available and i found that in supported games the key lighting would automatically change for example while playing overwatch the keys change to reflect the hero in use there's no numpad which i personally prefer as i don't use it allowing the keyboard to be centered the keys felt nice to type with and were quiet here's how they sound to try and give you an idea the keyboard had minimal flex while pushing down fairly hard overall it was quite solid due to that metal body the glass touchpad felt extremely smooth and was nice and large it uses precision drivers which are my favorite so overall i found it to work very well moving on to the i o on the left there's the power input two usb 3.1 type a ports and a 3.5 millimeter audio combo jack on the right there's a type c thunderbolt 3 port third usb 3.1 type a port hdmi 2.0 b output mini displayport 1.4 output and kensington lock razor note that up to 3 displays can be run at once using thunderbolt mini displayport and hdmi and it's also worth noting that the proprietary power connector is reversible and works either way the front just has a green status led towards the right while the back has nothing obviously viewable the air exhaust so just below here on the black metal lid there's the razer logo in the center and it lights up green while powered on fingerprints show up quite easily but as a smooth surface they're easy to clean underneath there's some rubber feet which do a good job of preventing the laptop from sliding around while in use as well as some air intake vents towards the back the two speakers are found on either side of the keyboard they sound all right but for the amount of space they're using i expected a little more still clear but a bit tinny at higher volumes with minimal bass the laptop can be opened up easily with a torx screwdriver after removing the panel we get easy access to the single m.2 slot two memory slots and the wi-fi card powering the laptop is an 80-watt hour battery and with a full charge and just watching youtube videos with the screen on half brightness keyboard lighting off and background apps disabled i was able to use it for 6 hours and 27 minutes making it one of the best laptops i've tested the intel integrated graphics were in use during this test thanks to nvidia optimus while playing the witcher 3 with medium settings and nvidia's battery boost set to 30 fps the battery lasted for 1 hour and 38 minutes and was able to sustain 30 fps the entire time many others i've tested aren't able to do that and drop frame rate overall the battery life was really impressive here especially when you factor in just how thin and light the blade is and that it's running fairly powerful hardware thermal testing was completed with an ambient room temperature of 18 degrees celsius it's cold here at the moment as it's winter in australia so expect warmer temperatures in a warmer environment the cpu and gpu were called with a vapor chamber and it wasn't obvious to me if this is shared between both components or not just before we get into the results i'll quickly note that in the razer synapse software you have the option of using the default balanced mode or swapping to gaming mode gaming mode basically seems to overclock the gpu core clock by 100 megahertz and memory by 300 megahertz and also increases the power limit to the cpu i've tested both modes here under stress test at idle the cpu and gpu were on the warmer side above 50 degrees celsius while playing pubg at high settings we can see that the temperatures rose as shown in green by undervolting the cpu by -0.14 volts as shown in yellow we can reduce the temperature of the cpu a little the graphics were maxed out at 90 degrees regardless of test the full load stress tests were run using ada64 and the heaven benchmark at the same time and i've tested both the balanced mode and gaming mode here in balanced mode the cpu gets a lower power limit so performs less as we'll see in the next graph but temperatures improve a little with the undervolt applied in red these are the average clock speeds while running the same tests for the temperature tests just shown it wasn't possible to reach the full 3.9 gigahertz all-core turbo clock speed in any of these tests which in the case of the stress tests was due to power or thermal limit throttling granted in pubg i don't think the cpu needs to max out as it's not a bottleneck which probably explains the lower clock speeds while under vaulted and yellow it just doesn't really matter maybe i should be using a different game for this test but these are the speeds and i saw no cpu throttling here with the gaming mode enabled the tdp increased so it seems like this affects the power limit provided to the cpu i wasn't able to otherwise tweak it in intel xdu this explains why the clock speeds rise with gaming mode enabled giving us more power but also a hotter system as we saw in the last graph undervolting in red and dark blue did improve things too but still not quite enough to fully remove throttling in this particular stress test but this will of course differ based on the specific workload these are the clock speeds i got while just running cpu only stress tests without any gp load even with no gpu load we're still seeing power limit throttling preventing the full 3.9 gigahertz speed big gaming mode and under vaulting did help raise this as for the external temperatures where you'll actually be putting your hands at idle the body of the laptop is sitting in the 30s in the center and getting warmer towards the back while gaming this increases to the 50s in the center and was a little warm to the touch although the left and right sides were quite cool in comparison with very similar results in the full load stress test as for the fan noise produced by the laptop i'll let you have a listen to some of these tests at idle it was still audible which was expected based on the warmer idle temperatures and then while gaming with the fans maxed out it wasn't too different from many other laptops i've tested still a bit loud though balanced mode was a little quieter than gaming mode as we saw before it gets hotter in gaming mode i didn't test temperatures for both default fans and manually maxing out the fans as in gaming mode while playing games or under stress tests i found the fans to be maxed out the same regardless which would give the same results finally let's take a look at some benchmarks we'll first cover some real world gaming benchmarks followed by tests with various benchmarking tools all tests were completed with the gaming mode enabled through razer's signup software which as mentioned earlier overclocks the graphics and increases the cpu's power limit resulting in increased performance ford knight ran well at any setting level although medium or low were needed to average around the refresh rate of the panel but results will of course vary based on what other players are doing in game overwatch was tested playing with the bots and it was running very well even at epic settings averaging 144 fps with lower settings giving us one percent lows near this level but again results here will vary based on what's going on in the game and the map pubg was tested using the replay feature it ran all right at ultra for the most part but you'll be better off playing at high settings or below and like the previous games results will vary based on the map and what other players are doing cs go was running well at all settings the one percent lows dropped down quite a bit with this particular benchmark due to the smokes rainbow six siege was tested with a built-in benchmark and even at ultra settings the average frame rate was very high with the one percent lows still well above 100 fps so absolutely no problems here at all i've tested far cry 5 with the built-in benchmark and the results are pretty good even at ultra settings assassin's creed origins was also tested with the built-in benchmark and again playable at all setting levels dota 2 was tested using a fairly intensive replay so there should be a worst case scenario realistically you'll probably get better results than this while actually playing and even in this intensive test the averages are pretty decent testing battlefield 1 in the first campaign mission ran well for me even with ultra settings the 1 lows drop a bit although i personally didn't really notice any dips while playing rise of the tomb raider was tested with the built-in benchmark and the results here are quite good really high frame rates at the lower setting levels and more than playable with the higher ones watchdogs 2 doesn't need a high frame rate to play in my opinion and run well live in at ultra settings with not much variance between ultra very high and high settings i've got a few more games covered in the dedicated gaming benchmark video if you're interested now onto the benchmarking tools i've tested heaven valley and superposition from unigine as well as fire strike time spy and vr mark from 3dmark just pause the video if you want a detailed look at these results the results are pretty good many of the games tested were able to run with high average frame rates to take advantage of the 144hz screen and if you want more power in the future you've also got the option of attaching an external gpu enclosure like razer's corex for instance if you're thinking this is too much power then you've always got the cheaper 1060 max-q option instead as for overclocking the 8750h cpu can't be overclocked but i was able to increase the gpu core clock of the max q1070 a little on top of what gaming mode set these are the average speeds while running the heaven benchmark in the default balanced mode with gaming mode which essentially overclocks the graphics by 100 megahertz on the core and 300 megahertz on the memory and then with my manual overclock we just get a little extra but not much gaming mode's already doing a pretty good job i've retested pubg with both balanced and gaming modes and then with gaming mode under vaulted and we're just seeing small differences in performance between them i've got some cinebench cpu benchmarks here and we can see there's a fair difference in performance just by going from the balance to gaming mode and we can improve this further with the minus 0.140 volt undervolt despite this i was still seeing power limit throttling as discussed earlier the 8758 should be able to pass 1200 in ideal circumstances but it's not too far behind here in crystal disc mark the 512 gig m.2 nvme ssd was performing quite nicely over 2.4 gigabytes per second in sequential reads and around 2.1 gigabytes per second in sequential writes as a thinner laptop there's no 2.5 inch drive bay here so no option to install a hard drive and no sd slot you've just got the single m.2 slot for internal storage as for the price here in australia it's going for around 4 000 australian dollars at the time of recording in the us with these exact specs it's around 3 000 us dollars for my international viewers but you can find links to updated pricing in the description it's definitely not cheap you're always going to pay more for a thin and powerful laptop and there are cheaper alternatives with similar specs available like the msi gs65 for example but having tested both overall i think the razer blade is a nicer product with better build quality as to whether or not the extra features are worth the increased price it depends on what you're looking for so what did you guys think of the new 2018 edition of the razer blade gaming laptop i didn't personally test the older model but i like the new design and thin bezels it's packing some serious gaming power in a thin package but as a result under a full load that does result in thermal law power limit throttling which to be honest was expected in this form factor but this was less of an issue in actual games as shown in the benchmarks we're still getting pretty nice results otherwise the battery was really excellent and overall it's a great if pricey gaming laptop let me know what you guys thought down in the comments and leave a like to let me know if you found the review useful thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe for future tech videos like this onethe razer blade is a thin light and powerful gaming laptop so let's find out what's on offer and just how well it performs let's get straight into the specs for the cpu we've got intel's i7 8750h 6 core cpu which can turbo up to 4.1 gigahertz in single core workloads or 3.9 gigahertz in all core workloads there's 16 gig of ddr4 memory running at 2 66 megahertz in dual channel and all models of the 2018 razer blade are advertised with dual channel memory which is great to see for the storage there's a 512 gig m.2 nvme ssd in the single m.2 slot for the graphics there's an nvidia 1070 max q in this model but it's also available with the 1060 max q as well and this powers the 15.6 inch 1080p 144hz ips display we'll see how this performs soon in the benchmarks for the network connectivity there's support for 802.11 ac wi-fi and bluetooth version 5. no ethernet port here so you'll need to use an adapter if you need one the blade is made out of a cnc aluminium unibody with a black anodized finish both on the lid and interior it's more of a blocky shape compared to previous rounded versions making the edges a little sharp but not too bad overall it felt really nice and solid the dimensions of the laptop are 35.5 centimeters in width 23.5 centimeters in depth and just 1.7 centimeters in height so quite thin considering the specs razor list the blade is weighing 2.1 kilos and my unit was just under this with the 230 watt power brick and cable for charging the total weight increases to around 2.9 kilos so still quite portable as mentioned the screen is a 15.6 inch 144hz 1080p ips panel it's also available with a 4k touchscreen while the 1060 model also has a 60 hertz option the bezels are just 4.9 millimeters thin on the sides as well which is a nice change from previous models giving us about 85 percent of visible screen area the viewing angles were perfect on any angle still clear with excellent colors the screen gets bright enough i measured it at 328 nits at 100 brightness with a 750 to 1 contrast ratio the display comes color calibrated and i've measured the current color gamut using the spider 5 pro and my results return 97 of srgb 67 of ntsc and 72 of adobe rgb pretty good results for something that's primarily aimed at gamers i've performed my usual backlight bleed test on the display which involves having the laptop show a black screen in a dark room to help emphasize any bleeding i then take a long exposure photo to display any bleed so this is a worst case scenario test the bits down the bottom corners were noticeable in this test from certain angles to my eyes but for the most part it actually wasn't that bad and i didn't notice any bleed during normal use but this will of course vary between laptops there was almost no flex at all while moving the display it felt very sturdy as it's solid metal and the hinge is essentially most the length of the screen it can be opened up easily with one finger demonstrating a fairly even weight distribution above the display in the center is a 720p camera it's good the razer were able to fit it here despite the thinner bezels rather than having it down the bottom the camera looks alright a bit better than many other laptops i've tested the microphone is also not bad but you'll be able to judge both for yourself the keyboard has rgb backlighting which can be controlled at the individual key level through razer's synapse software there are a number of built-in effects available and i found that in supported games the key lighting would automatically change for example while playing overwatch the keys change to reflect the hero in use there's no numpad which i personally prefer as i don't use it allowing the keyboard to be centered the keys felt nice to type with and were quiet here's how they sound to try and give you an idea the keyboard had minimal flex while pushing down fairly hard overall it was quite solid due to that metal body the glass touchpad felt extremely smooth and was nice and large it uses precision drivers which are my favorite so overall i found it to work very well moving on to the i o on the left there's the power input two usb 3.1 type a ports and a 3.5 millimeter audio combo jack on the right there's a type c thunderbolt 3 port third usb 3.1 type a port hdmi 2.0 b output mini displayport 1.4 output and kensington lock razor note that up to 3 displays can be run at once using thunderbolt mini displayport and hdmi and it's also worth noting that the proprietary power connector is reversible and works either way the front just has a green status led towards the right while the back has nothing obviously viewable the air exhaust so just below here on the black metal lid there's the razer logo in the center and it lights up green while powered on fingerprints show up quite easily but as a smooth surface they're easy to clean underneath there's some rubber feet which do a good job of preventing the laptop from sliding around while in use as well as some air intake vents towards the back the two speakers are found on either side of the keyboard they sound all right but for the amount of space they're using i expected a little more still clear but a bit tinny at higher volumes with minimal bass the laptop can be opened up easily with a torx screwdriver after removing the panel we get easy access to the single m.2 slot two memory slots and the wi-fi card powering the laptop is an 80-watt hour battery and with a full charge and just watching youtube videos with the screen on half brightness keyboard lighting off and background apps disabled i was able to use it for 6 hours and 27 minutes making it one of the best laptops i've tested the intel integrated graphics were in use during this test thanks to nvidia optimus while playing the witcher 3 with medium settings and nvidia's battery boost set to 30 fps the battery lasted for 1 hour and 38 minutes and was able to sustain 30 fps the entire time many others i've tested aren't able to do that and drop frame rate overall the battery life was really impressive here especially when you factor in just how thin and light the blade is and that it's running fairly powerful hardware thermal testing was completed with an ambient room temperature of 18 degrees celsius it's cold here at the moment as it's winter in australia so expect warmer temperatures in a warmer environment the cpu and gpu were called with a vapor chamber and it wasn't obvious to me if this is shared between both components or not just before we get into the results i'll quickly note that in the razer synapse software you have the option of using the default balanced mode or swapping to gaming mode gaming mode basically seems to overclock the gpu core clock by 100 megahertz and memory by 300 megahertz and also increases the power limit to the cpu i've tested both modes here under stress test at idle the cpu and gpu were on the warmer side above 50 degrees celsius while playing pubg at high settings we can see that the temperatures rose as shown in green by undervolting the cpu by -0.14 volts as shown in yellow we can reduce the temperature of the cpu a little the graphics were maxed out at 90 degrees regardless of test the full load stress tests were run using ada64 and the heaven benchmark at the same time and i've tested both the balanced mode and gaming mode here in balanced mode the cpu gets a lower power limit so performs less as we'll see in the next graph but temperatures improve a little with the undervolt applied in red these are the average clock speeds while running the same tests for the temperature tests just shown it wasn't possible to reach the full 3.9 gigahertz all-core turbo clock speed in any of these tests which in the case of the stress tests was due to power or thermal limit throttling granted in pubg i don't think the cpu needs to max out as it's not a bottleneck which probably explains the lower clock speeds while under vaulted and yellow it just doesn't really matter maybe i should be using a different game for this test but these are the speeds and i saw no cpu throttling here with the gaming mode enabled the tdp increased so it seems like this affects the power limit provided to the cpu i wasn't able to otherwise tweak it in intel xdu this explains why the clock speeds rise with gaming mode enabled giving us more power but also a hotter system as we saw in the last graph undervolting in red and dark blue did improve things too but still not quite enough to fully remove throttling in this particular stress test but this will of course differ based on the specific workload these are the clock speeds i got while just running cpu only stress tests without any gp load even with no gpu load we're still seeing power limit throttling preventing the full 3.9 gigahertz speed big gaming mode and under vaulting did help raise this as for the external temperatures where you'll actually be putting your hands at idle the body of the laptop is sitting in the 30s in the center and getting warmer towards the back while gaming this increases to the 50s in the center and was a little warm to the touch although the left and right sides were quite cool in comparison with very similar results in the full load stress test as for the fan noise produced by the laptop i'll let you have a listen to some of these tests at idle it was still audible which was expected based on the warmer idle temperatures and then while gaming with the fans maxed out it wasn't too different from many other laptops i've tested still a bit loud though balanced mode was a little quieter than gaming mode as we saw before it gets hotter in gaming mode i didn't test temperatures for both default fans and manually maxing out the fans as in gaming mode while playing games or under stress tests i found the fans to be maxed out the same regardless which would give the same results finally let's take a look at some benchmarks we'll first cover some real world gaming benchmarks followed by tests with various benchmarking tools all tests were completed with the gaming mode enabled through razer's signup software which as mentioned earlier overclocks the graphics and increases the cpu's power limit resulting in increased performance ford knight ran well at any setting level although medium or low were needed to average around the refresh rate of the panel but results will of course vary based on what other players are doing in game overwatch was tested playing with the bots and it was running very well even at epic settings averaging 144 fps with lower settings giving us one percent lows near this level but again results here will vary based on what's going on in the game and the map pubg was tested using the replay feature it ran all right at ultra for the most part but you'll be better off playing at high settings or below and like the previous games results will vary based on the map and what other players are doing cs go was running well at all settings the one percent lows dropped down quite a bit with this particular benchmark due to the smokes rainbow six siege was tested with a built-in benchmark and even at ultra settings the average frame rate was very high with the one percent lows still well above 100 fps so absolutely no problems here at all i've tested far cry 5 with the built-in benchmark and the results are pretty good even at ultra settings assassin's creed origins was also tested with the built-in benchmark and again playable at all setting levels dota 2 was tested using a fairly intensive replay so there should be a worst case scenario realistically you'll probably get better results than this while actually playing and even in this intensive test the averages are pretty decent testing battlefield 1 in the first campaign mission ran well for me even with ultra settings the 1 lows drop a bit although i personally didn't really notice any dips while playing rise of the tomb raider was tested with the built-in benchmark and the results here are quite good really high frame rates at the lower setting levels and more than playable with the higher ones watchdogs 2 doesn't need a high frame rate to play in my opinion and run well live in at ultra settings with not much variance between ultra very high and high settings i've got a few more games covered in the dedicated gaming benchmark video if you're interested now onto the benchmarking tools i've tested heaven valley and superposition from unigine as well as fire strike time spy and vr mark from 3dmark just pause the video if you want a detailed look at these results the results are pretty good many of the games tested were able to run with high average frame rates to take advantage of the 144hz screen and if you want more power in the future you've also got the option of attaching an external gpu enclosure like razer's corex for instance if you're thinking this is too much power then you've always got the cheaper 1060 max-q option instead as for overclocking the 8750h cpu can't be overclocked but i was able to increase the gpu core clock of the max q1070 a little on top of what gaming mode set these are the average speeds while running the heaven benchmark in the default balanced mode with gaming mode which essentially overclocks the graphics by 100 megahertz on the core and 300 megahertz on the memory and then with my manual overclock we just get a little extra but not much gaming mode's already doing a pretty good job i've retested pubg with both balanced and gaming modes and then with gaming mode under vaulted and we're just seeing small differences in performance between them i've got some cinebench cpu benchmarks here and we can see there's a fair difference in performance just by going from the balance to gaming mode and we can improve this further with the minus 0.140 volt undervolt despite this i was still seeing power limit throttling as discussed earlier the 8758 should be able to pass 1200 in ideal circumstances but it's not too far behind here in crystal disc mark the 512 gig m.2 nvme ssd was performing quite nicely over 2.4 gigabytes per second in sequential reads and around 2.1 gigabytes per second in sequential writes as a thinner laptop there's no 2.5 inch drive bay here so no option to install a hard drive and no sd slot you've just got the single m.2 slot for internal storage as for the price here in australia it's going for around 4 000 australian dollars at the time of recording in the us with these exact specs it's around 3 000 us dollars for my international viewers but you can find links to updated pricing in the description it's definitely not cheap you're always going to pay more for a thin and powerful laptop and there are cheaper alternatives with similar specs available like the msi gs65 for example but having tested both overall i think the razer blade is a nicer product with better build quality as to whether or not the extra features are worth the increased price it depends on what you're looking for so what did you guys think of the new 2018 edition of the razer blade gaming laptop i didn't personally test the older model but i like the new design and thin bezels it's packing some serious gaming power in a thin package but as a result under a full load that does result in thermal law power limit throttling which to be honest was expected in this form factor but this was less of an issue in actual games as shown in the benchmarks we're still getting pretty nice results otherwise the battery was really excellent and overall it's a great if pricey gaming laptop let me know what you guys thought down in the comments and leave a like to let me know if you found the review useful thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe for future tech videos like this one\n"