[COMPUTEX 2022] Corsair launches its first laptop

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As we revealed a while ago, it’s now official, Corsair is launching itself on the market of Laptops. Taking advantage of the Computex, Corsair presented a 100% AMD laptop (Ryzen 9 6900HS and Radeon RX 6800M ).

Corsair PC portable The Corsair Voyager a1600 is also distinguished by a rather original chassis and (it must be said) by a spicy price: the entry ticket starts at $ 2700.

Corsair Voyager a1600 Laptop: a high ( very high ) positioning

For this price you get a laptop built around a 16-inch IPS panel with a Quad HD+ resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels (16:10) for a refresh rate of 240 Hz. To support the AMD CPU and GPU, you can choose to accompany this laptop with 16GB or 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM and a 1TB or 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD storage.

For the rest of the elements we have a keyboard equipped with Cherry MX ultra-low profile, a 1080p webcam (blackout), 2x USB 4.0 / Thunderbolt 3 ports, 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen2, 1x USB 3.2 Gen1, SDXC 7.0 card reader, WiFi 6E + Bluetooth 5.2 and a 6410 mAh battery (99 Wh) in a 19.9 mm thick chassis weighing 2.4 kilograms. There are also four directional microphones with ambient noise cancellation, a built-in receiver to support up to three Corsair Slipstream Wireless devices.

Pc Portable CORSAIR VOYAGER a1600 Finally, Corsair insists on the cooling system designed around a compact-sized vapor chamber that allows the laptop to maintain the CPU and GPU in optimal conditions. You will be asked to pay $2699 for the first version (16GB / 1TB). An ambitious positioning while the market should undergo some shocks in the next few weeks…

Pc Portable CORSAIR VOYAGER a1600Integrated Streamdeck ?

Part of the curiosity of this laptop lies in its shortcut bar that acts like an Elgato Stream Deck. This is what justifies Frank Azor, AMD’s gaming boss, saying that this is the “first laptop ever designed to be a true mobile streaming solution”

Corsair PC portable