Razer blade stealth laptop – first look

Hands-on with the Razer blade stealth

Updated: the original Razer blade stealth was presented at CES in January, but was never launched in the UK. Today that’s changed as Razer has just announced, dock the European introduction of the Razer blade stealth laptop and core GPU.

But the European version has been given to some hardware upgrades on the first generation model. For starters, you get a new 7th generation Intel Core i7-7500U chip RAM capacity of 8 GB, 16 GB has increased. And storage always a huge boost, moving from 256 GB to a massive 1 TB PCIe SSD. “Despite the lag you get a significantly improved product” Brad Wilde, Razer GM systems, said TrustedReviews add, you also receive a “15% longer battery life” thanks to a new 53.6Wh cell, which takes about nine hours.

That new Razer blade stealth comes a free copy of FL Studio image editing program, which at approximately 189 euro. And the total cost for the Razer blade stealth is £999, 1,099 euros or $999, depending on the region.

Meanwhile, the Razer core external graphics housing costs £499 or 599 euros, but this falls to £399 or, if you buy it at the same time you purchase a Razer blade Stealth.Oh 449 euros, and if you’re going to buy a stealth, you can act quickly; If you purchase before the end of October, you will receive free of charge a Razer Orochi gaming mouse and Razer Kabuto mouse pad. All in all seems decent value for money.

you get a large, powerful Ultrabook with a few giveaways, with the option of the Razer-core GPU compatibility. But we have to wait for a full review, before we can give a proper recommendation.

Mean original hands-on-time with the first generation stealth follows below.

see check out us the Razer blade stealth at CES 2016:

Razer blade stealth-design

The Razer blade stealth is a spin-off versions of the company core gaming laptop lineup. But Razer has significantly slimmed down form factor – we are talking a thickness of 0.52 inches and weighs only 1.25 kg.

Not surprisingly, the notebook felt incredibly light in his hand and looked chic and elegant on the table.

The Razer blade stealth ships with a 12.5-inch touchscreen IGZO. It comes in two variants of the core – you have a QHD Panel while the others an even higher resolution 4 K / UHD-Panel has.

I took a look at the 4K-Version, and the display was excellently sharp. Colors were bright and lively, and detail was excellent.

A quick blade stealth performance

Razer play, to with the Windows operating system – 10, of course – the Intel Core i7-6500U dual-core processor (clocked up to 2.5 GHz) I found a sparkling performance offer. In addition, there are 8 GB dual-channel LPDDR3 – 1866 MHz RAM to boot.

Of course not I could try out Razer latest gaming fare without actually playing a game, so I tried the sword of stealth with Star Wars: Battlefront.

I cranked all graphics settings to ultra – the maximum available – at a QHD resolution and the frame rate was OK. There was no stuttering at all, even in the free environment.

At this point, you can wonder why I didn’t mention that an integrated dedicated GPU. After all, is this a must-have on every respectable gaming laptop, right? Not here.

Razer blade stealth – the core

Because Razer has an alternative – the core of Razer.

The core of the Razer is a dedicated graphics housing, which gets on badly with the laptop and is home to a desktop-class graphics card of your choice – as long as it is NVIDIA or AMD.

Instead of the sword of stealth game graphics simply switch on hooks the notebook to the core with a thunderbolt connection.

Insert the blade of stealth in the core was through a single connection, offers an excellent thing: the core has a number of ports on the back, which means that you must plug not your laptop pages with cable.

The sword of stealth and Razer core chroma are enabled. This is Razer abbreviation for integrated lighting tech with 16.8 million colors. It is also worth noting that the blade stealth features the world individually the first keyboard with backlight.

Of course makes this synchronized the sword of stealth and Razer core glow on pairing look fearsome enough any surface.

I have no way to test, the laptop batteries – wait for the full contribution – but Razer says me that it offer a minimum of six hours although better longevity is targeted.

Razer blade stealth specifications

Here is a full list of the Razer blade stealth specs (on the most expensive model):

• IGZO 12.5-inch 16:9 display (3840 x 2160 UHD Panel) touch
• 512 GB PCI Express SSD
• Intel Core i7-6500U dual-core processor (2.5/3.1GHz)
• Intel HD graphics 520
• 8 GB dual-channel RAM (LPDDR3 – 1866 MHz)
• Windows 10 (64-bit)
• 802.11a/b/g/n/ac + Bluetooth 4.1 []))
• Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C)
• USB 3.0 connectors x 2 (SuperSpeed)
• 2-megapixel webcam
• chrome anti ghosting keyboard with backlit individual keys
• HDMI 1.4 audio and video output
• built-in stereo speakers 3.5 mm headphone jack
• integrated array microphone
• 45Wh battery

Razer blade stealth price

Although exact pricing UK was absent , the US-mark-ups range from $999 to $1,599, depending on which of the four configurations opt for.

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