The all-new Razer Blade Stealth 13

Razer.WolfPack · 2018-12-04T15:58:27+00:00

Work faster. Game more. The new Razer Blade Stealth 13 is made to take you places: http://rzr.to/bladestealth Hey Insiders! The Razer Blade Stealth 13 has always excelled as the ultimate productivity ultraportable laptop. Now, it’s been completely redesigned with NVIDIA GeForce MX150 4GB graphics and the new Whisky Lake Intel Core i7 processor with Turbo Boost speeds up to 4.6 GHz. With up to 4X improved graphics performance, you can run games like Overwatch and Fortnite at buttery smooth framerates. And with increased battery life of up to 13 hours, you can stay productive for even longer. Featuring 60% thinner bezels and up to 4K resolution with 100% sRGB color space, the Razer Blade Stealth is made for visual clarity in content creation or entertainment. For gaming and productivity, a thin bezel Full HD Matte option is also available. No matter which model you pick, the Razer Blade Stealth displays are individually calibrated to ensure color accuracy out of the box. For additional security and convenience, the Razer Blade Stealth also incorporates a IR web camera with Windows Hello. Packed into a compact unibody CNC aluminium frame and available in three new configuration models, you can pick the Razer Blade Stealth 13 that’s perfect for your lifestyle. A near bezel-less display. Longer battery life. All-new superior gaming performance. Discover the new Razer Blade Stealth 13 now: http://rzr.to/bladestealth

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Droglez
It almost seems like they’re making the costumers doing the the QC for them. This is quality information they’re getting from US!

It is thermal throttle for sure. And regarding the GPU, I’m playing WoW, and the GPU is at 100% to the point where the laptop “realises” that it’s not able to sustain voltage. Thermals are good CPU is around 60C and GPU is around 60C aswell.

I understand you're having an issue, but how is it handling WoW in its current state?

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Clabby94
I understand you're having an issue, but how is it handling WoW in its current state?

I have 60 FPS in most areas, but in populated areas (capitals/cities etc.) I’m occasionally dipping under 50 FPS, which is frustrating when you see the GPU is not at full load.
Running at 1080P and settings at High/ultra. It would handle it Well, if the GPU would run at full tilt.

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Joikansai
Sounds to me it’s not optimized well, some dell laptops has similar issues even on charging condition, I think on battery condition the gpu usage isn’t controlled well that made software detect somehow thermal throttling, usually as you know, laptops cpu throttle will be usually 5 to 10 degrees under intel limited temperatures which is 100 for laptops cpu. And talking about intel, since this is new cpu, maybe it still isn’t optimized it as well, because recently I saw softwares like 3Dmark and even Intel XTU couldn’t recognize it well.
Thermal throttling on low temperature usually can be addressed with throttlestop my adjusting multilplier or other setting there, but for some it’s not ideal solution.

Exactly!
Would love if there would be an Update soon, so I wouldn’t have to return it. On paper it’s everything I’ve been looking for!!

Killi8n
Use ryzen processor please !

Please don't!

Joikansai
Hi @TK-1987 and other owners as well, do you guys have any issues mentioned here?

I own then last iteration of the Blade Stealth (i7-8550U cpu) and sadly, i have to report i also have the connection issues on my usb-c port. So far (about a year of usage now) it has not gotten worse, so i hope the connectivity will not degrade because of some mechanical issue inside the plug on the notebook. The behavior it exhibits is that when I connect my core v2 (and i tried different TB cables), i need to wiggle around with the cable until i end up in a position where the corev2 is recognized. It always charges my notebook, however. I also never had these issues with the included power adapter, so it seems not to be about the power connectors but the data connectors that have the issue.

Too bad they did not fix it with the new iteration..

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Asten__
I own then last iteration of the Blade Stealth (i7-8550U cpu) and sadly, i have to report i also have the connection issues on my usb-c port. So far (about a year of usage now) it has not gotten worse, so i hope the connectivity will not degrade because of some mechanical issue inside the plug on the notebook. The behavior it exhibits is that when I connect my core v2 (and i tried different TB cables), i need to wiggle around with the cable until i end up in a position where the corev2 is recognized. It always charges my notebook, however. I also never had these issues with the included power adapter, so it seems not to be about the power connectors but the data connectors that have the issue.

Too bad they did not fix it with the new iteration..

Mine doesnt always charge when I plug it in. I have to wiggle it around sometimes. Dear God it’s awfull, now that I think about it..

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Does anyone know if the TB port will send video to a external usb-c monitor?

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Clabby94
Does anyone know if the TB port will send video to a external usb-c monitor?

I’m not sure, but I surely suppose that it will, since a TB port can transfer up to 40GB/sec. HDMI 2.0 can transfer 18 GB/sec and HDMI 1.4 can Transfer 10,2 GB/sec.

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Clabby94
Does anyone know if the TB port will send video to a external usb-c monitor?

Yes with usb c to usb c 3.1 gen 2 (10gb, similar with tb1 speed) or better one. I tried use usb c cable that comes with my usb c monitor, it didn’t work and use TB3 cable that come with Razer Core, it works. So you need at least usb 3.1 gen 2 10gbs data transfer speed.

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Thanks for the replies! My stealth will be here Saturday

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Clabby94
Thanks for the replies! My stealth will be here Saturday :)

Fingers crossed that you’ll get good unit and hope Razer addressed issues mentioned above.

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Anonymous
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28 December 2018

So I have correct the speaker crackle issue, I changed the driver to R2.73, it seems to be an issue with the most upto date driver.

R2.73 is an old driver but seems to work.

In regards to the battery drain, I updated the battery management driver and this seemed to help a bit

Nice, the HDMI that I never use on my Blade Stealth is finally replaced with something useful > w<

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Will get mine Thursday. I hope everything will be alright with it and i can connect it to my core v2.

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Clabby94
Thanks for the replies! My stealth will be here Saturday :)

To update this, mine is up and running! Right off I noticed two issues. First is that while playing games the laptop is discharging while plugged in. Actually right beside the battery percentage it will say "Plugged in, discharging". Other issue is that even though I'm hitting 60 fps and beyond, it's just not smooth at all. First thought was to check the refresh rate but in synapse it's set to 60hz. Although in windows display setting it shows 59hz. Regardless it's probably going back because the discharging issue makes it unusable.

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Clabby94
To update this, mine is up and running! Right off I noticed two issues. First is that while playing games the laptop is discharging while plugged in. Actually right beside the battery percentage it will say "Plugged in, discharging". Other issue is that even though I'm hitting 60 fps and beyond, it's just not smooth at all. First thought was to check the refresh rate but in synapse it's set to 60hz. Although in windows display setting it shows 59hz. Regardless it's probably going back because the discharging issue makes it unusable.

Feel bad man. It sounds like ac adapter couldn’t provide power that system demands, hmm weird...since it’s low power gpu, it was known on Blade Pro with full gtx 1080 with small 250 Watt AC adapter considering other 1080 gaming laptops use around 300 watt power brick. About gaming experience is it framedrop that made not smooth or screen tearing?
It’s actually 59,xxHz so it’s similar refresh rate with 60 Hz value.
Is it online games btw? Internet connection may also become the culprit when you play on decent fps but still feel not smooth, if frame timings are inconsistent in the game you play, you can get micro stutter.

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Joikansai
Feel bad man. It sounds like ac adapter couldn’t provide power that system demands, hmm weird...since it’s low power gpu, it was known on Blade Pro with full gtx 1080 with small 250 Watt AC adapter considering other 1080 gaming laptops use around 300 watt power brick. About gaming experience is it framedrop that made not smooth or screen tearing?
It’s actually 59,xxHz so it’s similar refresh rate with 60 Hz value.
Is it online games btw? Internet connection may also become the culprit when you play on decent fps but still feel not smooth, if frame timings are inconsistent in the game you play, you can get micro stutter.

It's microstutter I think. Even though I'm pegged at 60fps it look like 40.

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Clabby94
It's microstutter I think. Even though I'm pegged at 60fps it look like 40.

Hmm interesting, do you monitor the cpu and gpu temperature clock like earlier video i shared here, cpu usage almost all the time is hitting 100%, meaning cpu bottleneck the gpu, it may be the culprit. GPU usage may hitting 99 or 100, because gpu is prepared for that especially in nowadays titles, it shows the gpu efficiency and max performance, but not 100% cpu usage all the time even though the temperature is great, maybe the fans react more aggressive due to that and asked more wattage than the ac adapter could supply. The result is your issues discharging and stuttering imo.

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autoKenyanCopperbuzz155
So I have correct the speaker crackle issue, I changed the driver to R2.73, it seems to be an issue with the most upto date driver.

R2.73 is an old driver but seems to work.

In regards to the battery drain, I updated the battery management driver and this seemed to help a bit

This fixed my snap-crackle-pop sounds coming from my speakers when they are not being used.

I am starting to lean towards returning my stealth, base model after having used it for a couple weeks now because the trackpad is still finicky. There is still a coil-whine coming from the lite-on SSD which is rampant and the super mediocre palm detection on the trackpad in addition to other random and frequent trackpad issues (jumping cursor regardless of the presence of the palm, intermittent but not frequent periods where it freezes for about 3 seconds causes me real consternation. The size of the right shift has also been a huge learning curve. If I press the up arrow one more time...

It seems I'm getting around 8:30 hours of real-world usage out of the battery. Nowhere near 12-13 and that's with simple web browsing and multitasking. No gaming or stress application usage (adobe products, etc.). I do realize now that looking at my battery-report it does drain significantly on suspend mode overnight, 10-15%. Here is my battery report for comparison:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qrtb797hmhhhslj/battery-report.html?dl=0

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Teneul
This fixed my snap-crackle-pop sounds coming from my speakers when they are not being used.

I am starting to lean towards returning my stealth, base model after having used it for a couple weeks now because the trackpad is still finicky. There is still a coil-whine coming from the lite-on SSD which is rampant and the super mediocre palm detection on the trackpad in addition to other random and frequent trackpad issues (jumping cursor regardless of the presence of the palm, intermittent but not frequent periods where it freezes for about 3 seconds causes me real consternation. The size of the right shift has also been a huge learning curve. If I press the up arrow one more time...

It seems I'm getting around 8:30 hours of real-world usage out of the battery. Nowhere near 12-13 and that's with simple web browsing and multitasking. No gaming or stress application usage (adobe products, etc.). I do realize now that looking at my battery-report it does drain significantly on suspend mode overnight, 10-15%. Here is my battery report for comparison:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qrtb797hmhhhslj/battery-report.html?dl=0

Trackpad cuts out intermittently for me as well.

Really sad to hear there are so many uses cropping up. I'm still waiting for the refund on my unit. I do plan on getting another eventually. Besides the coil whine mine was pretty good. It kept very cool when doing auto cad work and light gaming. Surprisingly so. But, that's what you get with low powered U class cpu's and a MX150 with two fans.

But, CES is just around the corner so I'm going to wait and see what's on the horizon. If there is nothing I like I'll give the New Stealth another go.

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same with mine the problems are still here

I was all sold out again but getting in here is holding me back...
Is that possible that there are some razer systems with no issue?
I previously got a Stealth 1st gen; I read so many drawbacks but told myself I would give it a try though. But the unit I received had dead pixels so I returned it and convince myself I would wait for better stability and if possible mate screen.

I was really hoping this could be now.

Anyone happy with his?

BaffTech
I was all sold out again but getting in here is holding me back...
Is that possible that there are some razer systems with no issue?
I previously got a Stealth 1st gen; I read so many drawbacks but told myself I would give it a try though. But the unit I received had dead pixels so I returned it and convince myself I would wait for better stability and if possible mate screen.

I was really hoping this could be now.

Anyone happy with his?

Like I mentioned in my post a few pages back I liked my unit. If it wasn't for the coil whine I would've kept it. Battery life was good, performance was good, it ran very cool under load, and was pretty close to everything I wanted in a small laptop. I plan on getting another and hope it doesn't have coil whine after I see what CES has to offer. I'm going to buy it from someone else other than Razer directly because they're still taking there time refunding me for my returned unit.

Also remember happy users don't come to forums and post about it. Even though we are a load minority you're only ever gonna hear our end of the story. My blade 14 is a few years old now and still works perfectly. And the only issue I have with it is I want something new and with better battery life. It's served me well and I'll be sad to see it go when I sell it. :wink_:

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TK-1987
Really sad to hear there are so many uses cropping up. I'm still waiting for the refund on my unit. I do plan on getting another eventually. Besides the coil whine mine was pretty good. It kept very cool when doing auto cad work and light gaming. Surprisingly so. But, that's what you get with low powered U class cpu's and a MX150 with two fans.

But, CES is just around the corner so I'm going to wait and see what's on the horizon. If there is nothing I like I'll give the New Stealth another go.

Actually previous stealth has already dual fans, so it’s really designed for huge cpu usage. From reviews it’s actually the best thermal on MX150 laptops. Yes unfortunately there’s seemly still issues this early batch. Btw I had before MX150 ultrabook with single fan, it was a nightmare laptop all running hot literally I can’t gaming on it, not a year it shows already defective parts.

BaffTech
I was all sold out again but getting in here is holding me back...
Is that possible that there are some razer systems with no issue?
I previously got a Stealth 1st gen; I read so many drawbacks but told myself I would give it a try though. But the unit I received had dead pixels so I returned it and convince myself I would wait for better stability and if possible mate screen.

I was really hoping this could be now.

Anyone happy with his?

I saw on Razer subreddit there’s also user who received perfect unit, he said has no of possibility issues that notebookcheck reviewer mentioned. I had only one issue with Razer Blade I bought, it was late 2016 so I rejected that and got 2017 model, it was great without hardware issue for 14 months gaming usage before I sold it for Blade 15, and Blade 15 works also like a champ in this 6 months usage. My current stealth v2 works still fine as well almost 2 years, waiting for its lifespan but seemly have to wait longer, still considering if I’ve to sell it for stealth MX150 or keeping it.

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