The new Razer Blade gaming laptop has arrived. It might be small, but don't let that fool you. This thing is powerful. Click through for more details.

New Razer Blade Might Be ‘World’s Smallest Laptop’

The new Razer Blade gaming laptop has arrived. It might be small, but don't let that fool you. This thing is powerful. Click through for more details.

Jonathan Moore

Published: May 22, 2018 12:36 pm

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Razer’s flagship laptop just got a huge overhaul, with everything from its look to its core components getting an upgrade. The refinements are exactly what you’d expect to find in an upper-echelon laptop, and they easily set up the Razer Blade to be one of 2018’s best gaming laptop options.

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Essentially one-upping its predecessor in every way, the Razer Blade now sports a 15.6-inch IPS display that’s available in 60Hz at 4K resolution or a blistering 144Hz at 1920×1080. The bezels around the screen are now thinner (4.9mm) and squared off, eschewing the 14-inch’s rounded edges for a more modern look. And the Blade accomplishes all of this while taking up the same footprint as the 14-inch — its ultra-thin block chassis measures only 0.66 inches thick and weighs only 4.5 pounds.

As for its other specs, the Razer Blade is armed to the teeth — 100% ready for all modern gaming can throw at it, including virtual reality. The laptop comes with Intel’s six-core 8th Gen i7-8750H (which can reach speeds of up to 4.1GHz), as well as your choice of an NVIDIA GTX 1060 or 1070 Max-Q.

The laptop also comes stocked with 16GB of 2667MHz RAM and a 512GB SSD. You can opt-in for the upgraded version which supports up to 32GB of RAM and 2TB of storage.

Needless to say, the new Razer Blade is meant for power gaming and multi-tasking.

We are proud to have again stepped-up as an industry leader, taking laptop engineering to the next level to give gamers the performance they require and the mobility they desire.

— Razer Co-Founder and CEO Min-Liang Tan

The latest model also features an anti-ghosting keyboard complete with full-spectrum RGB backlighting, dual front-facing speakers (with Dolby Atmos), and an 80-watt battery. On top of that, you’ll get three external display I/Os in a Mini Display Port, an HDMI port, and a Thunderbolt 3 port, as well as three USB 3.0 connections.

The Razer Blade 15.6-inch gaming laptop is currently available in the United States, Canada, France, U.K., Germany, and China. You can purchase it here starting at $1,899.

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Jonathan Moore

Jonathan Moore is the Editor-in-Chief of GameSkinny and has been writing about games since 2010. With over 1,200 published articles, he's written about almost every genre, from city builders and ARPGs to third-person shooters and sports titles. While patiently awaiting anything Dino Crisis, he consumes all things Star Wars. He has a BFA in Creative Writing and an MFA in Creative Writing focused on games writing and narrative design. He's previously been a newspaper copy editor, ad writer, and book editor. In his spare time, he enjoys playing music, watching football, and walking his three dogs. He lives on Earth and believes in aliens, thanks to Fox Mulder.