Razer Blade 15 Gaming Laptop, Intel i7-9750H, RTX 2060, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, RZ09-03006EQ2-R3U1 Review

Razer Blade 15 Gaming Laptop, Intel i7-9750H, RTX 2060

Razer Blade 15 Gaming Laptop 2019 Intel Core i7-9750H, RTX 2060



Razer Blade 15 (RZ09-03006EQ2-R3U1) is a 2019 model 15.6” Full HD premium gaming laptop with a CNC aluminum unibody and high-end specs and features like the 9th generation very powerful 6-core Intel i7-9750H, NVIDIA RTX 2060 graphics card, large 512GB Solid State Drive + 2.5” SATA (empty), 16GB memory for high multitasking capability, Chroma RGB backlit keyboard, good connectivity options including the Thunderbolt 3.

You’re offered great portability and processing power with this brand new Razer Blade 15. It has an average user rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars by 93 customers at the time of this product review. Please note that you need to sign when they deliver the computer because of its high value or it won’t get delivered. It is offered in quartz pink or classic black, both of which look very nice with the unique case design. Free Amazon technical support is included with your purchase of this laptop. You can get the classic black with an RGB stand which costs about 90 dollars at the moment. 

You’ll find a couple of different configurations on the Amazon product page, like the ones with the GTX 1660i graphics card and the hybrid drive of 1TB HDD + 128GB SSD or 256GB SSD. The 6-core Intel i7-9750H processor works at a base speed of 2.6GHz and a maximum turbo speed of 4.5GHz, and has a current Passmark benchmark score of 13573 as of today. You can expect it to handle very complex tasks including advanced gaming. 16GB DDR4 SDRAM memory at 2667MHz lets you have several applications, software and internet browsers open at the same time without any delays. This specific configuration has the 512GB SSD and the upgradeable 2.5” slot.

You can upgrade the SSD/HDD storage and the dual-channel RAM when you need more memory or local storage capacity in the future.  It also comes with the Razer Core X external GPU enclosures to give you that extra power. You have the Windows Hello instant facial unlock with the built-in webcam and IR sensor, so you can sign in safely without putting in a password etc. There is no Optical Drive but you have the 802.11ac wireless, Bluetooth, Gigabit Ethernet, Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) port that lets you expand the view on three external screens, 3 x USB 3.1 ports, an HDMI output, and a MiniDisplayPort.

15.6″ Full HD non-touch edge-to-edge 100% sRGB matte screen has the 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution and 144Hz refresh rate that offers very nice, quick, colorful and immersive visuals for gaming or other entertainment. It is also suitable for complex multimedia editing or engineering software- both gaming and creative stuff. Razer Blade 15 Gaming Laptop 2019: Intel Core i7-9750HNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 with a 6GB GDDR6 VRAM is a fast mid-range dedicated graphics card with a video card benchmark score of 12815. This laptop version has about 30% less GPU clock rates but the power consumption is about half of the desktop version.

The performance is similar to the desktop version of GTX 1070. And you can play the latest games at mostly high and ultra settings and Full HD resolution. The integrated Intel UHD Graphics 630 iGPU will be used for the basic daily graphics stuff and offers adequate performance. The RGB lighting on the keyboard is customizable with a total of 16.8 million colors and the several preset profiles. The compact and precision crafted CNC aluminum unibody is 0.78” thick and it measures 0.78 x 9.25 x 13.98 inches and weighs 8.95 pounds. It is actually claimed to have the smallest footprint among all 15-inch gaming machines with one of the thinnest. 

Windows 10 Home 64-bit is preinstalled on this laptop without any bloatware you won’t need. So you have a very clean installation with just the critical software, to give you more storage space left and the maximum amount of resources. Battery life is reported to be around 6 hours for the average use like web browsing, video streaming, word processing etc. and will be around 2.5 to 3 hours for gaming. It has an impressive build quality, beautiful design, quite powerful CPU and GPU for the most demanding apps and games, large memory and storage, upgradeability and other user friendly features. It is not very cheap but you’re getting quite good value for your money.

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