Corsair Voyager a1600 Laptop Review

Specification
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS 8-Core/16-Thread Up to 4.9GHz
Screen: 16.0-inch, 2,560×1,600, 240Hz, IPS, Anti-Glare 3H, sRGB 100%, FreeSync Premium, Factory Calibrated, 3ms Response Time, 16.7M colours 8-bit
Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 6800M Graphics 12GB GDDR6 (Radeon RX 6800M has 2,560 shaders, RX 6800S has 2048 shaders )
Memory: 32GB (2x 16GB) Corsair Vengeance DDR5-4800 SO-DIMMs
Storage: 2TB Samsung M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0
Audio: Dolby Atmos custom tuned internal speakers

Wi-Fi: 802.11ax (WiFi 6E) 2×2, 2.4GHz/5GHz/6GHz bands with Qualcomm Dual Band Simultaneous, Bluetooth 5.2
Keyboard: Cherry MX Ultra-Low Profile mechanical key switches, membrane keys for half-height and arrow keys, and per-key Capellix LED RGB backlighting.
I/O ports left side:
2 x USB4 Type-C, Mic/Headphone Combo Jack, AC-in, Kensington Lock
I/O ports right side:
1x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C and 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, SDXC card reader.

Power adapter: 230W
Battery: 6410mAh/99Wh
Dimensions: 356mm x 287mm x 19.9mm
Weight: 2.4kg plus 640g for power supply and mains cable

Corsair lays it on a bit thick in its claims about the Voyager a1600 as it is not especially thin or light and the fact it runs on a Lithium Ion battery and uses Windows 11 is entirely to be expected. Thankfully we can push our scepticism to one side when we take a closer look at the keyboard with Cherry MX switches as it works fabulously well.

The inclusion of two USB4 ports is also welcome but as we mention in our video it would have helped matters if Corsair included dongles for DisplayPort, HDMI and Ethernet. In an ideal world you never require dongles but every once in a while they can be a life saver.

The layout of the hardware inside the Voyager a1600 looks entirely conventional and if we couldn't see Corsair branding on the DDR5 memory modules we would be unable to guess at the origins of this laptop. The clues to Corsair's involvement lie on the outside where we see the S-Key Macro Bar with ten shortcut buttons arrayed either side of a small LCD screen that can be used for widgets such as  battery level or CPU load. You might think the S-Key Macro Bar bears a resemblance to Apple's Touch Bar and we could not possibly disagree.

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