![]() The peak temperature of 110 degrees F isn’t in an area you’d put your hands, and even that temperature is in the acceptable range. The Voyager a1600 handles its heat well as shown in this image from our Flir One Pro during a 3DMark Time Spy stress test. However, gaming performance shouldn’t be affected much since games rarely max CPU usage for extended periods. It’s rated for 35 watts, not 45 watts like the Ryzen 9 6900HX, so it likely won’t perform as well. The Ryzen 9 6900HS CPU in the Voyager deserves a callout. On the Intel side, the Razer Blade 15 Advanced commands $3,299 with a Core i9-12900H, a GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, and an OLED screen, but you get just 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD for that money. ![]() The Alienware m15 R7 is close it’s $2,699 with a Ryzen 9 6900HX and an 8GB GeForce RTX 3070 Ti. In fact, I found no other laptop offering a Ryzen 6000 series CPU and a Radeon RX 6800M graphics at review time. The laptop is backed by a one-year warranty.Īll-AMD hardware is refreshing in a market dominated by Intel and Nvidia. ![]() It fits up to two storage drives ours has a single 2TB PCI Express 4.0 solid-state drive, specifically a Corsair MP600 Pro XT, loaded with Windows 11 Home. A rare all-AMD gaming get-up, it has an eight-core, 3.2GHz (4.7GHz boost) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS processor, 32GB of DDR5-4800 dual-channel RAM, and a 12GB Radeon RX 6800M graphics card. The Voyager a1600 seen and tested here is a customized version from Corsair’s Miami-based subsidiary Origin (Opens in a new window), a builder of high-performance PCs. The Slipstream functionality lets you connect supported Corsair peripherals without a dongle, sparing USB ports.īon Voyage: Testing the Corsair Voyager a1600 Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth are also built in, as is, uniquely, a Corsair Slipstream (Opens in a new window) module. The ports are properly situated towards the rear so plugged-in peripherals' cables don’t potentially intrude on your space for mousing around the sides of this machine. The Cherry MX mechanical keys are a tactile delight, emitting subdued versions of the clicks and clacks you’d get from a desktop mechanical keyboard. The Dolby Access app has several equalizer settings and a dynamic mode (the default) if you don’t care to tinker.Ĭorsair’s expertise designing keyboards also found its way into the Voyager a1600. Corsair gets a nod for including a dedicated power button instead of making it a keyboard key, which, when we see that kind of design, always seems like cost cutting.ĭolby Atmos-tuned speakers, meanwhile, straddle the keyboard with airy sound but minimal bass. Though the cam doesn’t support infrared for facial recognition, the Voyager a1600 has a fingerprint reader built into its power button for getting around typed-password logins. There’s also a dedicated camera app with all kinds of fine-tuning control, including white balance, and the Elgato Stream Deck app has microphone shortcuts. Though the buttons never failed to register my touch, I still missed physical reassurance of a tap.Ībove the display, a sharp 1080p webcam with a privacy shutter and a quad microphone array enhance this laptop’s streaming focus. My nitpick is that the bar has no physical separators between buttons and no audible or haptic feedback. ![]() As its shortcuts can be used for anything, I even set up an office profile to launch my usual apps and commands. Touch arrows on either side let you switch to other modes. It can show time, component temperatures, CPU usage, and more. The button color is customizable in the Corsair iCUE app, which also controls the touch bar’s display. How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication.How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac.How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files.How to Save Money on Your Cell Phone Bill.How to Free Up Space on Your iPhone or iPad.How to Block Robotexts and Spam Messages.
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