Do hp envy work with razer core

[Creativenames]

Do razer core work with hp envy?

[HoneyBooBoo]

You need to be more specific and you also need to make sure your laptop has a thunderbolt 3 port. 

[Dackzy]

there are work arounds to get it to work, but they are a hell.

[Naeaes]

Hi!

 

If you're taking educated guesses, I'd like to throw my "NO" in the hat.

Officially only the few Razer laptops support Razer Core. But what you really need is Thunderbolt 3 to connect it, which I'm guessing you don't have. Going further away from official support, you can always remove the Wi-Fi chip in pretty much any laptop and use the mPCI-E connector for Thunderbolt 2 output which can work in theory, I guess. I'd have it tested before paying a cent for such a janky rig though.

 

If not, we gotta dig deeper. "HP Envy" is an entire line of computers (not all of which are even laptops) consisting of dozens if not hundreds of varying setups spanning nearly ten years. When talking about compatibility, you need to be more specific about the model. "Is a hammer compatible with a nail" kind of level simply won't do. If tomorrow, you remember just one single thing, please let it be that.

 

See in this picture: 

 

• "HP Envy 17 Notebook PC" is a broad blanket term. With that info we'd know enough to tell that it's a laptop and that it's got a 17" screen but not enough to even tell which year it's from. Certainly nothing about the connectors or functions it has.
• "Product" or to be exact the product code is more useful information. It not only specifies the year, it also specifies the hardware inside. The product code may or may not include a hashtag and three digits after it, depending where it's read. Those three digits aren't significant. It's the localization code.
• HP also uses a model number along the lines of 17t-j000 which would be a step in the right direction too. With that, the exact HW can also be deduced.

Partsufrer.HP.com is a great repository for information about the HW used in various HP products.

 

With Core still unreleased, I'm not taking any official stance. Just trying to help you find enough info to make your own educated guess. Also, welcome to the forum @Creativenames. Hope you fill in your bio and enjoy your stay!

 

[Pendragon]

7 minutes ago, Naeaes said:

With Core still unreleased

it's been released for months now.

[Naeaes]

45 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

it's been released for months now.

Oh. I thought it was just a paper-release but it actually look like they're just selling it out of the razerstore.