"Why I'm not buying it?"
Source: YouTube - Just Josh
Based on notebookcheck.net, heat isn't such an issue (https://www.notebookcheck.net/Razer...17-Performance-At-Half-The-Size.546754.0.html). Interesting he say Intel runs hotter than AMD. Most amd chips these days generally run hotter than Intel.
Ram wise and support is probably the biggest turn off. Plus, the premium price.
Tbh, the current options for portable 14" gaming laptops in SG is pretty much limited to the Zephyrus G14 or the Razer Blade 14.
The base model of Zephyrus G14 (2021) with RTX3060 goes for about $2.8k in Shopee / Lazada. A similarly spec'd Razer Blade 14 goes for the same price too if you use an education discount (5% off) at the Razer Online Store. Might as well pickup the Blade 14 for the superior build quality and a webcam + IR for Windows Hello, if you see no need to upgrade any components inside the laptop.
I went for the Blade 14 in the end cos not having a webcam is an absolute no-no in this era of Zoom and MS Teams.
But yeah if you're not moving about and only use your gaming laptop at home, then go for a bigger and bulkier gaming laptop such as the Legion 5 Pro instead. Far cheaper too.
G14 is overpriced in Singapore. I got the 1660 version last year.
Razer blade 14 is a good choice bc the price diff is minor, plus Blade 14 is more powerful.
How is the battery life?
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Also it runs hot when gaming AAA games. Incredibly hot, enough to cook an egg on the laptop that kind of hot
The above video also highlighted this.
Also razer 14 gpu has a higher tdp than G14. This is why razer 14 has better gpu performance, at the expense of heat.Probably due to the compact size of the laptop. Only so much you can do to cool with a smaller heatsink in a 14" chassis. Asus G14 also has similar thermals issue, although that one is slightly better since it has vents on the sides too.
If not comfortable to game at such high temps i highly suggest to go for larger gaming laptops instead.
I actually think Singapore is too small of a market for laptop manufacturers. Asus G14 is a good example. Asus can produce enough to sell at Best Buy in USA. After conversion, it is like 2000SGD. Here the markup is 1000 more. Why is that? Bc Asus can produce so much more and sell to Best Buy at a discounted price.SG is not the market for small players like Asus, Acer, MSI, etc. Their laptop pricing is ridiculous compared to other countries