The new Razer Blade 17 packs more GPU power into the same slim body

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Razer’s biggest laptop gets major upgrades. The new mid-2021 update for Blade 17 will add newer CPUs, higher-powered GPUs, and an updated webcam.

The new Blade 17, which dropped the “Pro” designation for previous models, holds up the larger laptop up to the Blade 15 Advanced released earlier this year. It now comes with the same Intel 11th Gen H-Series processors, with a choice of Core i7 11800H (2.3GHz base clock, 4.6GHz boost clock), or Core i9 11900H (2.5GHz base clock, 4.9GHz). boost), which is not available on smaller Razer models.

The laptop also features GPUs from Nvidia’s latest RTX range, including the 3060, 3070, and 3080, with up to 16GB of video memory. Crucially, Razer increased the total graphics power of the Blade 17 GPUs to 130 watts, up from 95 watts in the Blade 15 Advanced. This extra power means more heat generation, which can be partially mitigated by the Blade 17’s larger chassis. But we can’t say for sure if heat will be an issue until a full laptop test.

Speaking of laptop size, it stays the same with dimensions of 0.78 inches (19.99 mm) x 15.5 inches (395 mm) x 10.24 inches (260 mm) and weighs 6.06 pounds.

New Blade 17. Photo: Razer

Razer built the RAM and storage drives for the Blade 17 to be user-upgradable. The laptop comes with a 1TB PCIe NVME hard drive, with an additional M.2 slot for expanded storage, and up to 32GB of RAM. The motherboard supports up to 32GB of RAM and 2TB of storage.

Blade 17 display options range from a 1440p display at 165Hz refresh rate to 1080p resolution with a faster 360Hz refresh rate. One of the Blade 17 variants also has a 4K touchscreen, although it only has a 120Hz refresh rate. The 1440p model is probably the perfect fit for most people.

Some of the new features that complement the Blade 17 are the addition of an anti-fingerprint coating previously added to the Blade 15 Advanced as well as a 1080p webcam with Windows Hello. The speaker system has also been upgraded, now with two speakers on each side of the laptop instead of just one.

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The Blade 17 will be charged via USB-C at 100W and will be charged with Razer’s standard 230W charger.

There are also upgrades to the Blade 15 Base model as well, including an i7-11800H processor option and two PCIe 4.0 SSD slots.

You can pre-order the Blade 17 and Blade 15 starting today, and Razer expects the laptops to ship from July to August.

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