• Razer's $150 Power Bank gives laptops a battery boost
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[url]http://www.pcgamer.com/razers-150-power-bank-gives-laptops-a-battery-boost[/url]
All this is so stupid. They make laptops/smartphones so thin they loose ports and battery space, then they sell those as an extra thing you need to carry with you, and they still market it all as a great portable experience.
[QUOTE=AntonioR;51864766]All this is so stupid. They make laptops/smartphones so thin they loose ports and battery space, then they sell those as an extra thing you need to carry with you, and they still market it all as a great portable experience.[/QUOTE] Most people buy gaming laptops as portable desktops if that makes sense. I do not expect to get much battery life out of my gaming laptop. But a powerbank gives people plenty of options and the fact you can use it on other devices makes it a decent value.
That seems massively over priced, I have a 25000 mAh for my surface for £50... the razer one is half the capacity and x3 times the price
[QUOTE=MR-X;51864777]Most people buy gaming laptops as portable desktops if that makes sense. I do not expect to get much battery life out of my gaming laptop. But a powerbank gives people plenty of options and the fact you can use it on other devices makes it a decent value.[/QUOTE] I sort of agree, my main reason for having a really powerful laptop is just to have a desktop replacement that I can really easily take with me, but I rarely am bothered with the battery honestly. I mean if I'm going to be somewhere for more than an hour or two I'll plug it in and if I'm not the battery will do. Even though I have my laptop with me basically everywhere I doubt I'd use this very often, but it's a nice idea if you typically carry one for your phone to be able to use it to charge your laptop as well [QUOTE=lordofdafood;51864801]That seems massively over priced, I have a 25000 mAh for my surface for £50... the razer one is half the capacity and x3 times the price[/QUOTE] I expect it does have a pretty decent markup being razer but unless your battery bank can charge laptops you're comparing apples to oranges to be fair. It's also worth noting that many manufacturers of battery banks are lying to an enormous degree using a lot of filthy tricks that make it technically true but you'll never ever see that capacity. Without going into details and math, it definitely appears that razer is doing that too. Look at watt hours when possible, it's in the fine print on the razer page (46Wh) which I SERIOUSLY doubt is going to give your razer laptop an additional 6 hours of battery life :v:
[QUOTE=Elspin;51864955]I expect it does have a pretty decent markup being razer but unless your battery bank can charge laptops you're comparing apples to oranges to be fair. It's also worth noting that many manufacturers of battery banks are lying to an enormous degree using a lot of filthy tricks that make it technically true but you'll never ever see that capacity. Without going into details and math, it definitely appears that razer is doing that too. Look at watt hours when possible, it's in the fine print on the razer page (46Wh) which I SERIOUSLY doubt is going to give your razer laptop an additional 6 hours of battery life :v:[/QUOTE] Yup it charges laptops uses DC to whatever plug design you need my one does around half a charge on my surface so its a little under what it states but its still pretty decent
[QUOTE=lordofdafood;51865116]Yup it charges laptops uses DC to whatever plug design you need my one does around half a charge on my surface so its a little under what it states but its still pretty decent[/QUOTE] Sounds like a pretty great battery bank then tbh, you got the make/model?
[QUOTE=Elspin;51865216]Sounds like a pretty great battery bank then tbh, you got the make/model?[/QUOTE] Intocircuit - [url]https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00AV4M1LQ/[/url] doesn't appear to be in stock anymore, it came i with a load of common laptop plugs but I had to buy the DC to surface cable but it was pretty cheap still
[QUOTE=lordofdafood;51864801]That seems massively over priced, I have a 25000 mAh for my surface for £50... the razer one is half the capacity and x3 times the price[/QUOTE] yeah, i have a 20,500 one i got for $50. i dont get this razer one at all
I talked about this in that one thread about the really powerful gaming laptop; Not everybody lives in a situation where a desktop is a good option. Example, me. I'm a student who moves a lot so having a gaming laptop makes it possible for me to actually play games. If I had a desktop, I'd probably just be browsing facepunch all day with my desktop being stuck at home since my mom wouldn't let me pack it with me. (Currently at uni in a different country which is why I travel a lot). The worst argument I've heard for gaming laptops is "but the battery life is shit!" Well, yeah. That's fine. Mine is always plugged into an outlet because I have no reason to have it run on batteries. Sure, I can't play a games for more than 30 minutes if I'm outside, but that has never happened. It's not meant for you to take outside and play games on the go, it's just a portable desktop. With regards to this product, I guess it could be used for that purpose, if you're planning to play games that don't tax your computer and having it set to power-saving mode. My laptop (ASUS G75V) has around 30 minutes of battery while not being plugged in. Probably because I've got it set to ~gaming mode~ where it'll drain battery much quicker. I'd imagine this being a worthy buy if you travel A LOT and have a relatively small gaming laptop. Mine is pretty big so it wouldn't be comfortable to use in an airplane for example. They advertise the Blade Stealth for it, and up to 15 hours worth of battery. That's a hell of a good deal for somebody who travels a lot and wants to play their viddy games.
[QUOTE=Rusty100;51865745]yeah, i have a 20,500 one i got for $50. i dont get this razer one at all[/QUOTE] Can it put out enough wattage and/or voltage to sustain an entire laptop including its desktop-grade cpu and gpu and not just a smartphone?
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;51866998]Can it put out enough wattage and/or voltage to sustain an entire laptop including its desktop-grade cpu and gpu and not just a smartphone?[/QUOTE] Considering the razer power bank would get fucking devastated by my laptop in roughly 16 minutes under load even if the battery bank matched up to spec perfectly (and it definitely won't, really) I don't really think the razer one will manage either regardless of its discharge rate capability. For reference, i7-6700HQ and a GTX 1060. So if your laptop has anything higher than a 1060, you're pretty fucked. Could be anywhere from 8 to 11 minutes for a 1080
[QUOTE=Elspin;51867716]Considering the razer power bank would get fucking devastated by my laptop in roughly 16 minutes under load even if the battery bank matched up to spec perfectly (and it definitely won't, really) I don't really think the razer one will manage either regardless of its discharge rate capability. For reference, i7-6700HQ and a GTX 1060. So if your laptop has anything higher than a 1060, you're pretty fucked. Could be anywhere from 8 to 11 minutes for a 1080[/QUOTE] Yeah the blade stealth has a dual core i7 and is meant to be used with an external GPU
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