Razer Blade 17 Gaming Laptop: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti - 12th Gen Intel 14-Core i9 CPU - 17.3" QHD 240Hz - 16GB DDR5 RAM - 1TB PCIe SSD - Windows 11 - Chroma RGB - Thunderbolt 4 - SD Card Reader

I previously owned the Razer Blade 14 and was sad when I had to part with it at the time. I'm definitely glad I went with the 17" this time. The screen real estate is really nice on-the-go, as this doubles as a work machine and gaming laptop for me. When I'm at home, I have an external monitor I use for more work space. No issues there. Where it really shines is the cooling on this bad boy. I bought some simple, adhesive laptop legs to raise the back up so it can breathe better (Anybody whose got knowledge of gaming laptops knows this works just as well as a "cooling pad"). Even under maximum load, the GPU only runs at about 87C, and after 5 hours of intense AAA gaming, the hottest it ever got was 89C. Vapor chamber, raising the laptop, and the bigger foot print of this laptop overall really helps dissipate the heat. The on-board sound isn't terrible either. Of course I did some tweaking on the mixer to dial it in but it can get pretty damn loud. Speaking of noise, this thing runs impressively quiet. Especially when I'm not playing the most DEMANDING games, it's completely tolerable even without headphones. I owned an ASUS TUF laptop a couple years ago and that thing was like sticking your head inside a vaccum cleaner. The 3070 Ti in this model being able to push 150W when needed really squeezes every bit of performance out of this card. Very happy I went with this, over the 4060. I understand the newer card draws less power for similar performance, and has access to DLSS 3.0, but running at 2k this is more than enough.

This think has been a workhorse for my son, who is a video editor who travels and edits on the run. Two thumbs up, all the stars.

It's a great machine. 240hz qhd display is great. The combination of i9 and 3070ti, 16 ram and 1tb super fast ssd is enough for me. 1x RAM and 1x SSD slot are empty and the capacity can be increased if necessary. The 17-inch version has extra RAM and SSD slots, larger fans, and a cooling fan built into the extra battery. Fan sounds may seem a little noisy to you, but they keep this beast cool.

I absolutely love my new laptop. As the title says definitely invest into a cool tray it does heat up fast especially playing and running high graphics.

I had the 2019 version of this exact model. It was my daily driver for school, work, and gaming; it got me through the pandemic. About 18 months in- the charging port stopped working so i went through the motions of getting it fixed. Razer wanted me to buy a new motherboard which cost about 60% of the original price ($1400). I remember being in shock when i heard these news. My $2500 laptop has been sitting idly on a shelf ever since. This would have not happened to me if I had just opted for a more reputable brand instead.

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