The Tomahawk is the final edition of what we saw back in January at CES 2020. With two PCIe slots, it is a basic case design: one for a full-sized GPU, and one for an Intel NUC Part board containing the CPU, the RAM, the storage, and practically everything else you need for a functioning PC.
Razer has been tackling lightweight gaming PCs and simplified swapable parts for years. Today, the company is currently selling a pre-built laptop PC for the first time after various ideas, CES says, and standard PC cases with similar branding.
A 45W Core i9-9980HK Coffee Lake processor, 16GB of DDR4 RAM, a 512GB NVMe SSD and a 2TB hard drive are included in the NUC module. Memory and storage can be upgraded, but the CPU is not until another compliant NUC board is issued by Intel that you can swap directly into the Tomahawk. The Coffee Lake CPU is the kind of feature you might see in a high-end gaming laptop, so it might well be something you'd like to upgrade down the road while it's quick today.
There is space for a full-size GPU up to 320 x 140mm for the Tomahawk and there is an option to order it with a pre-installed Nvidia RTX 3080 Founders Version. The metal chassis of 210mm x 365mm x 150mm is 10L in capacity comes with a 750W PSU, and uses active cooling. There are 4 USB-A 3.2 ports and 2 Thunderbolt 3 ports, as well as Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 on-board. Razer says the compact size is intended to carry or only open up desk space for tournaments and LAN groups.
For the Tomahawk to be worth it, you'll have to truly respect those qualities, because, unsurprisingly, it doesn't come cheap. For the base model without a discrete GPU or $3,200 with an RTX 3080, Razer has priced it at $2,400; preorders have opened in the US but it's reportedly listed as out of stock.
