At CES (Consumer Electronics Show) this year, there were many new tech products being introduced, such as new, safer drones, and 8K TVs. However, one of the most interesting products unveiled ad CES 2016 was the Razer Blade Stealth and the Razer Core.
The Razer Blade Stealth (Source: Razer)
The Razer Blade Stealth is a new laptop from Razer, but unlike their Blade and Blade Pro models, the Blade Stealth is an ultrabook. The specs for the Blade Stealth are pretty impressive. It has an Intel Skylake, Core i7-6500U clocked at 2.5GHz (3.1GHz @ max turbo), 8gb of dual-channel memory, and PCIe solid state storage. And since Razer is a gaming company, you would expect all of their laptops to have some sort of discrete graphics, but in the Blade Stealth, they stuck with the integrated, Intel HD Graphics 520, which is why they were able to keep the form factor so small and keep the price down to $999.
However, while Razer is stating that the on-board graphics will be able to drive the 4K screen that comes on the higher end Blade Stealth for work applications, it will not be able to handle the demanding games that people who buy Razer’s laptops expect to be able to play.
And that is exactly where the Razer Core comes in.
The Razer Core is meant for people who have the Razer Blade Stealth, but want to be able to play more intensive games on it when they’re not out-and-about. Razer hasn’t announced the price of the Core yet, but you cannot just buy the Core by itself. Once you have the Core, you will have to buy your own graphics card, which is the really amazing thing about the Core. It connects to the Blade Stealth via a USB type C connector, and it has a PCIe x16 on the other end for you to plug your GPU into. This means that not only can you use any graphics card that you want with the Razer Core, but it also charges the Blade Stealth at the same time, as it has a 300W power supply behind the graphics card.
The Razer Core and Blade Stealth (Source: GameSpot)
One additional feature to make the Core a bit more compelling for Razer Blade Stealth users is that it also adds four USB 3.1 ports on the back, so you can plug your gaming peripherals, so that all you have to do convert your Blade Stealth into a gaming PC is plug the Core into the USB type C port on the Razer Blade Stealth and you can have a better graphics card, a few more monitors, Ethernet, and your USB peripherals.
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