This is an excellent deal on an Ice Lake i7-1065G7 ultrabook. The Mercury White finish looks like silver aluminum in person. Model number RZ09-03100EM1-R3U1 comes with 1x Thunderbolt 3 port, 16GB of LPDDR4 RAM, 256GB NVMe, FHD Matte 13" panel, and Iris Plus Graphics iGPU only. This configuration is more appealing to eGPU users because Razer set the TDP to 25W on CPU unlike the GTX 1650 Max-Q dGPU configuration which has a 15W TDP. This version should have longer battery life when use on the go. I placed an order just now and will have it next week! [Best Buy Link]
Update: The Razer Store has a similar sale as well. $500 OFF savings is a clear message from Razer to get an eGPU companion to make it a gaming laptop. [Razer Store Link]
Once my unit arrives, I will run comparison tests with 2019 13-in MacBook Pro (i7-8569U) and 2019 16-in MacBook Pro (i7-9750H) pairing with both Nvidia & AMD eGPUs.
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2021 15" ASUS TUF Dash F15 [11th,4C,H] + RTX 3080 @ 32Gbps-TB4 (AORUS Gaming Box) + Win10 2004 // my 3rd RTX 3080 build [build link]
THE DEAL WAS GONE... SO SADDDDD
To do: Create my signature with system and expected eGPU configuration information to give context to my posts. I have no builds.
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