After years of silence in the eGPU space, Razer is back, but not quite with a bang. The company has unveiled the Core X V2, its first Thunderbolt 5 external GPU enclosure, alongside a separate Thunderbolt 5 Dock. On paper, both look like futuristic upgrades to their respective categories. Razer's last enclosure was the Core X Chroma, released six years ago, and it only had Thunderbolt 3 capabilities, so this upgrade was long overdue.
The Razer Core X V2 is a steel eGPU chassis with support for full-size PCIe Gen 4 GPUs, including quad-slot cards from the current RTX 50 and Radeon RX 9000 series. There's a 120mm fan inside to keep things cool. It’s marketed as a plug-and-play solution that brings desktop-class graphics performance to Thunderbolt-enabled laptops and handhelds, but its practicality is more nuanced.
