Corsair Voyager a1600 (16-inch, 2022)

Solid gaming performance Stream Deck is useful and highly customizable Color-accurate 240Hz 16:10 display Great processor performance

Expensive Middling content creation performance Stuffed with confusing configuration apps

“The Corsair Voyager a1600 throws caution to the wind with its features -- and makes me appreciate that other laptop vendors don't.”

Top-notch build ; 240Hz 16:10 screen ; Mechanical keyboard, huge touchpad ; Unique shortcut bar ; 1080p webcam ; Thunderbolt 4

Too pricey for its middling gaming performance

Corsair’s first high-end gaming laptop hits the ground running, with an excellent feature set that includes a nifty, Elgato-powered macro bar, but its middling performance doesn’t match its high-flying price.

Slick design ; Ambitious feature set ; Great keyboard and giant trackpad ; Good gaming performance in most cases

There are faster gaming laptop options that cost less ; It’s a fingerprint magnet ; Stream Deck experience isn’t as good as using a real Stream Deck ; Lousy webcam

Corsair’s first gaming laptop has no shortage of interesting features, including a Stream Deck, but starting at $2,699, neither its unique quirks nor its performance are at the level to make this a must-have gadget.

Since Corsair does have the ability to patch the machine, and since the company has generally taken good care of its products in the past, I don’t have it in me to excoriate the device completely. It really does have good components, and an excellent...

Decent build quality

Price is far too high

Corsair Voyager a1600 is an interesting laptop that includes stacks of Corsair functions however there is room for improvement in version 2