Transform your laptop with the Razer Core X

This is nice. $299 is the sweet spot for this!

I sold most of my body parts already for the laptop, now this?!

Look nice :cool_::cool_::cool_:

Ahhh I wish the pricing could be swipe and forget... while I did the plug n play... But looks awesome

Joikansai
Lower price is good, how about releasing the mini version, for itx cards?

+1 for the "poor man's" option.

DAYUM. Nice job reducing the price point guys, this is much more affordable and more compatible. Sacrificing the lighting for that price difference was totally worth it. I'm guessing it won't charge the Blade through USB despite a higher output because its far more power hungry and Blade's aren't designed for that...someone please correct me if I'm wrong because if it somehow did I'd buy one right now.

ThirdDegreePun
DAYUM. Nice job reducing the price point guys, this is much more affordable and more compatible. Sacrificing the lighting for that price difference was totally worth it. I'm guessing it won't charge the Blade through USB despite a higher output because its far more power hungry and Blade's aren't designed for that...someone please correct me if I'm wrong because if it somehow did I'd buy one right now.

if you think about the existing blade 14 or pro the 100W shouldn t be enough.

if you think about the stealth or new blade 15 then it should be compatibke( the new 15 use a new connection for the power suplly).

Asten__
Hi!



Theoretical, yes. Tough there are a lot of issues if you own a macbook pro with two graphics cards for reasons i do not understand - you need to hack in efi code to make it work afaik. For normal MBpro's with intel gfx cards it should work.

My story was that i switched from an imac that was 6 ys old and only had tb1 - so i would have to switch systems anyways and I wanted something really portable with some awesome gfx card (playing on an imac was ok but compared to my current razer setup somewhat lacking as you can expect). I was aware of Apple's efforts with external enclosures at that time tough everything was still in beta. Generally, for me the external enclosure market was not yet mature enough (given everything i heard about the CoreV1 and the manuals i have seen to connect some Sonnet Gfx-enclosures to a Mac) that I wanted to go with one supplier for the complete system to avoid having compatibility issues even tough that meant i had to switch away from mac os which really is a downer. On the hardware side, the Razer Tech delivered everything i had hoped for and more, this setup (corev2, RBS i7-8550 and a 1080 gtx with a nice big screen) for me is working exactly how i had hoped it would be in the ideal case - so i am very happy with that. On the OS side, i am fairly ok with runnig debian in a WSL container for all the command line tools i am used to and the rest native on windows.
Still - even tough I do not need the Core X at the moment i am fairly excited about it because it means there would be a "supported" way back to mac os for me.
I have to say tough - the RBS in terms of production quality and product design outmatches apple products in my point of view (tough i think both are great)!

Greetings!
Did you also already check egpu.io there’s a lot Apple users talking about egpu there, if you don’t check it yet it’s worth to check, a lot of Forum threads recently talking about ...Mac OS...egpu...

XrayNorthWest
Any fire strike scores using Core X with the new Razer Blade 15?

It’s similar egpu setting with previous core, only has bigger PSU that take advantage only from AMD card, and bigger room for better compatibility and bigger Fans for cooling, in term standards non OC performance is similar. Here’s one of the highest score . But graphics score somehow lower than mine (Blade 14), and cpu score should also higher, as score with dgpu...

RazerRanix

if you think about the stealth or new blade 15 then it should be compatibke( the new 15 use a new connection for the power suplly).

That is only power connection and won’t be able to transfer gpu data, unless they add (unlock) usb c charging ability on new Blade 15, unlike previous model, it would similar with xps 15 but it charges slow.

pillowism
thicc Core

Yes different from Aorus gaming box Core isn’t made for portability, anyway who bring eGPU out there, Linus or someone who taking picture of his eGPU in hotel is ...idk what to call, maybe if like Lenovo TB3 Dock with 1050 that could be easily slipped on backpack I can understand, but with full size gpu, even itx, that against the meaning of laptop portability, it’ll be better bringing gaming laptop for that even bulky 3Kg one, still way better and lighter than bringing Aorus gaming box and ultrabook, and save more space.

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.

Hello Joikansai
Thank you for your reply! I am very curious to see your feedback, using the Razer Core V2, once you will have your graphic card in it.

Don't get me wrong, I am a Razer fan, despite having issue with 2 mouse cords (Orochi and Diamondback), and having my Razer synapse not recognizing my Orbweaver if I unplug and replug the usb cable of the gaming pad. Or even just the fact that my Diamondback is incapable to retain the chroma configuration more than 10 mns - it disconnects or reconnects and switches back to factory default dpi and spectrum cycling when ever it wants...)

My point is, there is still room for improvement (and a lot) on Razer Products and the Razer Core is no exception.
Imo, I believe it is important for the audience to understand that purchasing the Razer Core will not "solve just everything" by just plunging the Thunderbolt cable to your laptop.
It will reduce laptop heat, usb-c hub and using multiple screens, yes, but that is the added value I really see using a Razer Core. For multiple screens, in high res. I would like to see with my own eyes :smile_:

For my Blade 14 I would want a Core (v3?) that will support the following features
- support wide screens (> 34") at 140hz refresh in 4K
- a place for not 1 but 2 (or even 3) graphic cards as I seriously doubt you will be able to run 3 screens at 140 Hz 4K resolution on 1 single graphic card.
- or alternatively, a Core that will be able to combine both processing capabilities of the internal graphic card and the external one.
- a more practical design with a decent usb-c cable length to be able to put the core box on the side of my desk and still have 40gb of data transfer (50 cm cable that is one big issue for me, I believe you will discover this "limitation" soon enough)
- a noise less enclosure (I mean really silent, like a modern desk PC - the core is very noisy compared to my actual setup - and for that price, I expect noise to be reduced to the max)

Cheers
D8