Razer Introduces Thin 17.3″ Laptop With GTX 1080 And i7-7820HK CPU

Razer introduces a new version of its 22.5mm thin 17.3″ gaming laptop with Nvidia GTX 1080 GPU. The new Blade Pro model gets an Intel Core i7-7820HK processor and has a THX-calibrated display with 4k resolution .

The 17.3″ touchscreen uses an igzo panel from Sharp with a resolution of 3840×2160 pixels. There is support for Nvidia’s G-Sync and according to Razer the panel can display the full Adobe RGB color space. The keyboard has mechanical keys with thin switches that Razer has developed itself and previously used for an iPad Pro keyboard. The keys feature Razer’s Chroma color lighting. The touchpad is placed to the right of the keyboard.

The new Razer Blade Pro weighs 3.49kg and measures 424x281x22.5mm. The slim housing houses a GTX 1080 video card with 8GB of vram and an overclockable quad-core processor. The Core i7-7820HK has four cores and eight threads. By default, the chip runs at 2.9GHz with a boost speed of 3.9GHz. Razer combines the processor with 32GB DDR4 memory at 2667MT/s. For storage, Razer offers three options: 512GB, 1TB or 2TB. In all cases, the storage consists of a combination of two PCIe SSDs in a raid 0 setup.

According to Razer, the laptop is certified by THX. That is, a screen profile is available for displaying movies according to the THX standard and the audio meets certain requirements, which are laid down in a new Mobile Certification Program that THX presented on Tuesday.

The Razer Blade Pro is the successor to the model of the same name that was announced in October 2016. That laptop also has a GTX 1080 GPU and the same mechanical keyboard. Last year’s version still had a Skylake processor.

Razer will release the Blade Pro on April 7 in select European countries. According to a press release from the manufacturer, the gaming laptop will be on sale in Germany and France. There is no mention of a release in the Benelux. The suggested retail price is 4499.99 euros.