Razer blade 2015 - any heat issues?

I was about to buy the blade QHD last night. I've read a lot about it and found people complaining about the heat problem. I have two questions to owners:

1-After how many hours of gaming does the laptop get really hot?

2-Is the heat a really big problem? Does it damage the laptop/ table it's on or ever cause burn injuries? Or is it simply an inconvenience?

I may buy it today, but that hugely depends on the responses I get here.

 

It does get warm under heavy load. It's not dangerous or a cause for concern of failure. Get a lap desk if you plan on using it on your lap. You can't use it for anything but light work without one.

I've been gaming on mine all the time for a year, still going strong.

 

Thanks, I read that the FHD is a better value for money but I couldn't find that one so I guess I might go ahead and get the QHD tonight.

 

You are not going to be able to push graphics on the QHD display so might as well get the FHD and enjoy that.

 

http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade/#thermal

From https://www.facebook.com/minliangtan:

One of the questions I've been getting is: The Blade has the same performance/power as other systems which are twice the thickness/weight - how have we managed to design in so much power without the system overheating?

Well, we've got pretty much some of the most talented thermals engineers in the world here at Razer and it's really based on 2 really incredible major innovations:

1. Hyper-efficient Bespoke Cooling:

The Razer Blade’s CPU and GPU are cooled by a custom-designed heat pipe that moves hot air away from sensitive components to a heat exchanger, then pushes the air across fans which rapidly dissipate it. It's one of the most efficient cooling systems in the world today.

Diamond-cut and milled vents strategically placed throughout the system chill incoming air as the warm air is vented out. Meanwhile, custom-designed firmware and software, both in the BIOS and on the PC itself — tells the thermal system when to turn on and how fast to work. This means the Blade is whisper-quiet and able to throttle up and down quickly for max performance.


2. Touch Point Engineering

The other main innovation is that we've taken a design approach to thermals engineering and the Razer Blade’s performance is driven by the engineering principles of touch point engineering or localized heating.

Essentially, we divert the heat away from where people make touch contact with their laptops and allow the areas which aren't usually touched to get warmer.

We used thermal sensors to test how warm each area of the notebook’s exterior becomes during various workloads. Our main goal is to dissipate heat and keep it away from key user touch points. The attached thermal image gives you an idea of where it gets warm (bright yellow) and where it remains cool (purple/blue)

This keeps the Blade cool, comfortable, within safety standards and yet still allows us to design in incredibly powerful specs within.

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So there you have it - one of the most innovative thermals cooling systems in the world for laptops today. Designed and engineered by some of the most talented systems engineers - inhouse right here at Razer.

All the performance and power of an insanely powerful laptop, in an impossibly thin form factor.

 

As long as you don't use it you know, in your lap, I generally agree with this statement. The palm areas, and WASD area are not overly warm when gaming, however the bottom of the laptop is a raging inferno of pain if you touch it to bare skin.

For the record, I'd like to point out the laptop doesn't "over" heat for me.

I haven't yet experienced any thermal throttling. However if you expect a 14" aluminum notebook with a GTX970 and quad core haswell to be cool to the touch and "quiet", when its thinner than a dime, you're asking for a lot.

 

This is true, thread title is misleading, it doesn't "overheat". It's operating within the design specifications.

 

Thanks to everyone who participated here. It wasn't my intention to mislead anyone and I apologize about that.

On a positive note I did end up getting the laptop after getting a clearer picture of what everyone is experiencing.

Now I'm trying to find a game really enjoy on the laptop ^^

 

Sounds like my steam backlog, 170 channels and nothing on. . Actually I'm finishing Dishonored as I never finished it. Almost done with Brigmore Witches then I can uninstall and hide it. But I'm going off topic I digress.

 

After discovering the Amazon sales on the 870m version I'm going to be picking one up toward the end of this month. It will be the laptop that I take with my pretty much everywhere.

 

For what it's worth I couldn't tolerate the noise and heat of the 2015 Blade any further (or the insane brightness at minimum) and ended up returning it to the Microsoft store. I ended up with an Asus G751JY and I honestly couldn't be any happier. $500 cheaper and it barely cracks a sweat playing Ark, which used to destroy the blade from a heat and noise perspective. Take that with a grain of salt though, as they are obviously very different notebooks from a size and weight perspective.

 

That's the kicker, they aren't even in the same class. If size, weight, and build quality are important to you there's not much else to use. I have a 9lb behemoth that collects dust because it's just too big.

I think you just realized a different set of parameters are important to you.