Transform your laptop with the Razer Core X

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Anonymous
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5 years ago
12 June 2018

Razer.WolfPack
Power up your Mac or Windows laptop with desktop-class graphics thanks to the Razer Core X, the ultimate in external graphics enclosures: http://rzr.to/CoreX

Watch your Thunderbolt 3 eGFX laptop transform before your very eyes with the Razer Core X. This beast is designed to deliver desktop-class graphics straight to your laptop without the fuss—just plug and play. We’ve made sure that the Core X is compatible with both NVIDIA GeForce, NVIDIA, Quadro, and AMD Radeon cards. With built-in versatility, it doesn’t matter if you’re a Windows or Mac user, this is the external graphics enclosure for YOU.

The aluminum enclosure is designed with open vents and additional desktop cooling to provide optimal thermal performance for long gaming sessions. It houses a massive 650W ATX power supply to provide power for the latest and even future graphics cards. A single Thunderbolt 3 connection to the laptop now provides 100W of power for charging. Plus, more space for larger graphics cards at a new affordable price.

Unlock desktop-class performance with the Razer Core X today: http://rzr.to/CoreX

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poppacalypse
Insider Mini
314 replies
5 years ago
15 June 2018

i feel like i need to make sure i have a share-worthy battlestation before i can even think of getting this beauty..

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I'm still settling in with my lovely new Blade Stealth and have been drooling over the Core v2. Now this... this is a piece of kit! Firmly at the top of the wishlist.

So a Core and Core V2 but with a bigger (generic ATX) PSU, no USB/Ethernet ports, and lower price?

I get the appeal of being a pure eGPU (if you are a mac user, at least) but having a eGPU+dock+charger is really nice!

I'm sure razer will sell dozens of these things, for sure more than they sold of the old core, because mac compatibility, and every other egpu box out there looks like an undergrad project gone wrong.

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Anonymous
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5 years ago
19 June 2018

I’m thinking about this or the v2.

I see the cable from the core to the laptop is only 50cm, which is quite short. I don’t want this thing sitting on my desk, I want it at my feet like a desktop, out of sight (it’s got no usb or Ethernet afterall).

Is there anyway to get a longer physical connection between the laptop and the core x or Core V2?

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Joikansai
Community Ranger
1975 replies
5 years ago
19 June 2018

mrvortep

I see the cable from the core to the laptop is only 50cm, which is quite short. I don’t want this thing sitting on my desk, I want it at my feet like a desktop, out of sight (it’s got no usb or Ethernet afterall).

Is there anyway to get a longer physical connection between the laptop and the core x or Core V2?

You’re lucky to live in US I believe? You have this. Always on stock, meanwhile here in Germany store never available since I want to buy it early this year, no one care about me after asking several times to stock it, though there’s some alternative TB3 active cable on Amazon, but I don’t want to fry my core;)

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Anonymous
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5 years ago
19 June 2018

Joikansai
You’re lucky to live in US I believe? You have this. Always on stock, meanwhile here in Germany store never available since I want to buy it early this year, no one care about me after asking several times to stock it, though there’s some alternative TB3 active cable on Amazon, but I don’t want to fry my core;)

Thanks Jokansai! My only concern is that cable looks to be rated to 60w, whereas the core X delivers up to 100W? Maybe they will release a 100W extension t3 cable soon.

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Joikansai
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1975 replies
5 years ago
19 June 2018

mrvortep
Thanks Jokansai! My only concern is that cable looks to be rated to 60w, whereas the core X delivers up to 100W? Maybe they will release a 100W extension t3 cable soon.

Hmm, 60 Watt is power delivery you don’t need that for your Blade 15, its usb c doesn’t support power supply anyway. Unless you’re using ultrabook with 8550U like recent stealth that use 65 ac adapter you have only have to check bandwidth and transfer speed that doesn’t decrease with longer TB3 actives cable that mostly issues from longer than 50 cm TB3 cable on eGPU setting.

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Anonymous
0 replies
5 years ago
19 June 2018

Joikansai
Hmm, 60 Watt is power delivery you don’t need that for your Blade 15, its usb c doesn’t support power supply anyway. Unless you’re using ultrabook with 8550U like recent stealth that use 65 ac adapter you have only have to check bandwidth and transfer speed that doesn’t decrease with longer TB3 actives cable that mostly issues from longer than 50 cm TB3 cable on eGPU setting.

Got it, thanks again. What's the 100W spec for the CoreX for then anyway?

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Joikansai
Community Ranger
1975 replies
5 years ago
19 June 2018

mrvortep
Got it, thanks again. What's the 100W spec for the CoreX for then anyway?

MacBook Pro, especially 15 one? Or maybe if they refresh it with 6 cores cpu it’ll need more than current 85 Watt ac adapter.

mrvortep
Got it, thanks again. What's the 100W spec for the CoreX for then anyway?

USB-C PD spec is up to 100W, you have a great big supply in the box already, so what would be the point of offering anything less?

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Anonymous
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5 years ago
20 June 2018

Pentalobe
USB-C PD spec is up to 100W, you have a great big supply in the box already, so what would be the point of offering anything less?

The reason I was asking this was because I want to use the longer active t3 cable you can get from Razer as the 50cm one that comes with the core x is too short for me. However that longer cable is only rated to 60w, so I was asking if using a 60w cable would negatively affect performance if we need the full 100w for something (what thing?).

Practically speaking and based on today’s tech, what’s the best external gaming gfx card I can use with the Core X, and what’s the best external gaming gfx card I can use with the Core V2?

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Joikansai
Community Ranger
1975 replies
5 years ago
20 June 2018

mrvortep
Practically speaking and based on today’s tech, what’s the best external gaming gfx card I can use with the Core X, and what’s the best external gaming gfx card I can use with the Core V2?

Core X Titan V;)

PhrostByt
Insider
73 replies
5 years ago
22 June 2018

looks interesting

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What's the power rating on this build?

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Joikansai
Community Ranger
1975 replies
5 years ago
24 June 2018

chickenchlorine
What's the power rating on this build?

It depends mostly on which graphics card you’re using but with 650 Watt PSU you won’t use more than 650 Watt hours of energy.

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looks good for my work laptop when gaming at home

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Anonymous
0 replies
5 years ago
25 June 2018

This is better to transform your laptop with the razer core. Hp Printer Support available this and you can add to your system. This provides better graphics.

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What sort of cable is used with the Thunderbolt 3 port?

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Anonymous
0 replies
5 years ago
1 July 2018

Emmmm nemogu nichego skazat;

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Joikansai
Community Ranger
1975 replies
5 years ago
1 July 2018

Inushiak13666
What sort of cable is used with the Thunderbolt 3 port?

TB3 active cable, to support max 40Gbs speed and max 32gb like gpu data in PCIe3 4 lanes laptops like the Blade Laptop, and max 100 Watt charging function.

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Anonymous
0 replies
5 years ago
1 July 2018

I can’t decide between getting a dedicated pc box or using the core v2 or core x. Can you use an sli setup in any of the core boxes and, even if you could, would the RB15 cpu be a bottleneck for a high end sli setup through a core?

Thanks!

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Joikansai
Community Ranger
1975 replies
5 years ago
1 July 2018

mrvortep
I can’t decide between getting a dedicated pc box or using the core v2 or core x. Can you use an sli setup in any of the core boxes and, even if you could, would the RB15 cpu be a bottleneck for a high end sli setup through a core?

Thanks!

If you’ve room PC is way better performance to connect mobo and gpu. Egpu setting is still limited by many factors, TB3 bandwidth max only PCIE3X4 lanes vs desktop (16 lanes?), Laptops CPUs bottlenecked, and lame FPS on high frame rate like 100~FPS. For example overwatch on Blade 15 1070 is between 120 to 150fps, when I test 1080ti with it lower FPS was worse, around 100fps (don’t remember high FPS but it should way better on PC setting). The only one I like from egpu setting beside strong performance on 4K, it made system cooling with Blade way better, last time I measured both CPU cores and 1080ti was 70ish which I don’t see on Blade cpu and 1070 dgpu setting which its cores are hitting often 90 on my games like AC Origins, FFXV and Far Cry 5.

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Anonymous
0 replies
5 years ago
3 July 2018

wow, very nice

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Joikansai
Community Ranger
1975 replies
5 years ago
4 July 2018

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