Razer unveiled a $250 “gaming” router

Razer has all kinds of products for gamers, from keyboards and mice to laptops and even a gaming Android phone. Someone on the company management team thought it would be a good idea to push gamer routers on the market, so here we are.

Meet Razer Sila - a $250 “gaming” router that hits worldwide markets today. This network device has tri-band AC3000 radio, able to transmit 1,734 Mbps using 5Ghz band, which should be enough to cut the cord on a gaming laptop while streaming. Theoretically it can achieve a whooping 2,999 Mbps speed if all 3 bands (2.4GHz, 5GHz-1 and 5GHz-2) are used simultaneously, but it’s not something you’ll find use for in your house.

As usual with Razer products, there is a whole suite of special features and applications for simple management.

Razer CEO and creative director Min-Liang Tan said:

The “special sauce” of Razer Sila is its "FastTrack" QoS engine which prioritizes gaming related network packets. In theory, it should improve in-game latency in scenarios like when someone is watching YouTube near you.

Razer engineers believe it’s really time to cut the cord and provided only 3 LAN ports instead of the usual 4. Sila also has 2 USB ports for the support of external devices, such as printers and USB sticks.