Razer Thins Out the Blade 14 and Fattens the Price Tag

The newly announced Razer Blade 14 isn’t quite stiletto-thin, but it’s becoming far more knife-like over time. Compared to past iterations, the shell is now as tall as 10 pennies stacked on top of each other, which means the new blade might be as thin as your wallet after buying one. On top of being the thinnest Blade 14 Razer has ever made, it’s also the most expensive, starting at $2,300 for a version with Nvidia’s new GeForce RTX 5060 laptop GPU. Razer’s always tried to offer quality for its high price, but with tariffs in effect, the new Blade 14 is pushing what consumers can expect from gaming laptops. The Blade 14’s base price is $100 more than you would have paid for the 2024 Blade 14 with an RTX 4060. If you upgrade the new Blade to the version with the RTX 5070, Razer told us you could spend $2,700 for the sake of a laptop that’s “not a big brick,” as the company put it. Razer is always an enticing buy because of its generally strong build quality, but even a frisbee-light fr ... Read full article.