Blade 15 Base Gaming Laptop 2020: Intel Core i7-10750H 6 Core, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q, 15.6" FHD 1080p 144Hz, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, CNC Aluminum, Chroma RGB Lighting, Thunderbolt 3, Black

This thing is a gaming beast. It easily handles MW Warzone. Everything is really smooth. A real powerhouse.Recording music is also really good. I don’t have to limit my buffer size anymore and that helps a ton. This laptop can also perform well with AutoCAD 3D. No lag when panning across any axis on even the biggest job that I’ve drawn. The WiFi 6 card picks up just about all of the Mbps that I pay for with my service provider. I’m getting about 280-300 Mbps when I run tests on Fast.com. Ping time is better than my PS4. It does support ray tracing but I don’t know why. The laptop can’t handle the extra load well with ray tracing while paired with another monitor. It gets hot quick and I’m afraid that I will cook the CPU.The battery life lasts about 2-3 1/2 hours depending on what I’m doing so I have to make sure I can plug it in anywhere I go. Would not be good for a long flight or car ride.NOW ABOUT THE HEAT...It does get really hot. I downloaded the Intel extreme tuning application and from there I can monitor core temps. It DOES get upwards to 95-98 degrees Celsius under high demand. I bought a 20 dollar laptop fan and it took the temps down by 20 degrees Celsius while under load. When I called Razer support, they said that these core temps are normal for this laptop. It seems a bit extreme seeing as the space between the keys and the screen can get hot enough to sear a raw steak. Literally. I cannot hold my finger there as it starts to burn without the extra laptop fan underneath cooling the chassis while under load. It will literally raise the temperature of the room that the laptop is in. Great heater for winter. That’s the only bad thing though. It gets hot. As I said, the 20 dollar fan helped a great deal. All of the other laptops at this price point had similar cooling issues. I hope that Razer comes up with another solution to cool their laptops because the vapor chamber can’t keep up. Other than that, fantastic laptop. If the CPU doesn’t burn up, I will probably have this laptop for a while. If it does burn up, hopefully it’s still under warranty when it happens.

Its a great laptop, build quality is class leading, very solid, heavy, design is "Mac like", but still unique. The keyboard is mediocre when compared to other gaming laptops I have used, but better than your average run of the mill laptop. Performance is great the 2nd NVMe slot is absolutely awesome to have on the base model. The gaming performance is good, I have the 2080 MaxQ and at 1080p this thing will run most games at max. The display is very nice and crisp, not as bright as advertised, but still good. For thermals this thing gets HOT HOT HOT! if you don't turn up the fan to max. On balanced mode I saw GPU temps reach 85 to 90C. Setting the fan speed to full manual brings those down to a more manageable 70 to 80C. You will need headphones at that speed. Lastly, battery life is a joke, but its a gaming laptop so who cares anyways. On battery with power saver turned on, Ill get a admirable, albeit short, 3 to maybe 4 hours of usage. Overall a great laptop, hope to get many good years out of it.