Razer Core X Chroma | Your laptop, supercharged.

Looks amazing ! 😍

Yeah CHROMA, io ports, bigger PSU worth extra price:smile_:

DRIFT_IT
Looks awesome, just wish they would have added some more ports cause im maxing out all my current USBs.

You can get rtx card with usb C port and use it as other usb extension port, if that 4 usb ports isn’t enough. I tried rtx2080 usb c port for usb c monitor sometimes and works fine.

radioCyclamenbook293
As far as I know there is no graphics card that can take 500W by itself at this point. Slightly overkill.

Thought same thing 2 years ago but:smile_:

It’s true 2080ti with OC hits 300 watt but there’s also team Red, power hunger card, idk quite well their cards but I think r9 Fury when I’m not wrong consumes quite a lot. Vega 64 was also couldn’t work well on 375 max gpu watt enclosure like core v2, and this could be handled by core x 500 pretty well, that’s why core x is well known in MacBook eGPU Vega 64 users since OS X works better with AMD unlike nvidia.

Joikansai
Thought same thing 2 years ago but:smile_:

It’s true 2080ti with OC hits 300 watt but there’s also team Red, power hunger card, idk quite well their cards but I think r9 Fury when I’m not wrong consumes quite a lot. Vega 64 was also couldn’t work well on 375 max gpu watt enclosure like core v2, and this could be handled by core x 500 pretty well, that’s why core x is well known in MacBook eGPU Vega 64 users since OS X works better with AMD unlike nvidia.

r9 fury takes 300-350W (whole system), while vega 64 comes around 400-450W (whole system). The same system with 2080ti takes 400W and 450W with oc. Huge margin here.

Even in red team you still have quite a margin. Maybe it's good, I'm not sure how efficent this PSU is. If it's bronze then 700W seems ok.

Dark-Rider
Looks great! and 700w is very good for the PSU... but (there is always a "but")
- the laptop (for instance Razer Blade 15) needs 150w of power to operate so you may still need to plug the converter brick to the laptop, on top of the TB3 cable
- adding to GPU and Laptop consumption all the power needed for Chroma features + USB peripherals and you reach the max power the PSU can deliver
- Still no space for adding a M2 SSD drive

for 399.99 + 59.99 of TB3 cable + import taxes for EU shipping and this solution is seductive but again overpriced.
Razer is on the right path, but still, few improvement would still be needed to make this product the best of the market.

D8

Hmm, blade 15 port doesn't have charging ability like some other laptops. There's dual TB3 controller each for io ports and you data, for PSU itself it would supply enough for any gpu out there 2080ti consume not 350watt including OC, idk team red but Vega 64 and fury 9 is fine on core x PSU. Blade providing its parts its own power delivery separated from gpu inside the core, so you can't comparing with desktop PSU that supply all PC parts with this egpu setting. 50 Watt extra bigger psu compared to previous core x is for supplying chroma lightning and io ports. Yes extra m2 slot is nice to have. The fan anyway now is easier to mode for adding water cool setting apparently from user reviews on egpu.io which is nice. Other thing to notice any core comes with TB3 cable so you don’t need extra cable unless you want extra longer cable like 2m.
Core X is still number one most popular egpu according egpu.io. Import tax and shipping on some EU store price mostly included import tax and shipping for the core price, though the price may be a bit vary according the country and fee may also occur, so far I know UK, French and Germany are free of import tax.

0V3R_K1LL
Finally, a higher wattage power supply for beefier cards.

Not...
It has 50 more watts, but it goes for Chroma, Ethernet etc. GPU Max power is still the same (500W) for both (Core X and Core X Chroma).

Wow... That really looks mighty...

JORG33
if I have a razer rtx 2070 laptop if get this and add a rtx2080 or rtx2080ti will I get better performance? and would it even be worth it?

For performance it depends on your game setting like resolution and titles (optimization) there’s TB3 bandwidth hold the performance, probably you’ll take performance advantage with 2080ti on 1440p or higher. So for extra money I don’t think it’s worth. Your gpu performs already great and no TB3 bandwidth limitation, direct mobo PCIe speed. TB3 Egpu like Core was made for boosting ultrabook gpu performance. With gaming laptop the advantage is cooler overall temperature since dgpu off and fans can concentrate to cool cpu only, I notice up to 20 degrees cpu temperature improvement depends the title. Of course extra io ports, ethernet, and chroma for desk or battle station decoration are nice things to have.

Looks great! and 700w is very good for the PSU... but (there is always a "but")
- the laptop (for instance Razer Blade 15) needs 150w of power to operate so you may still need to plug the converter brick to the laptop, on top of the TB3 cable
- adding to GPU and Laptop consumption all the power needed for Chroma features + USB peripherals and you reach the max power the PSU can deliver
- Still no space for adding a M2 SSD drive

for 399.99 + 59.99 of TB3 cable + import taxes for EU shipping and this solution is seductive but again overpriced.
Razer is on the right path, but still, few improvement would still be needed to make this product the best of the market.

D8

JayVee1984
It figures this would happen. I feel like I asked elsewhere on the forum whether they would bring out a new version of the Core X with the USB ports and the consensus was it wouldn't happen any time soon if ever. So I bought a Core X. And now look at this. Trade in program, Razer?

I wish I knew that back then. I know a vanguard mate who also bought core x new and I think after you. This is how technology update goes today. About trade in it’s nice if there’s but it’s always sucks price for older hardware better sell it on ebay, look at Apple and GameStop trade in program. Good side it’s stil same TB3 bandwidth, extra PSU watt is for io ports, when I’m not wrong you’ve chroma stand and rtx card? Did you try using usb c on rtx card to power chroma stand. If yes I would like to know if it works or not.

Looks like laptop gaming is really evolving fast, but when you think you could buy 2 cars with the money for it.

0V3R_K1LL
Finally, a higher wattage power supply for beefier cards.

THIS
A much needed feature!