The Core operates through a single Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) plug to deliver both power and data (up to 40 Gbps) to the connected ultrabook. Plus, It supports double-wide, full-length, PCI-Express x16 card from AMD or NVIDIA -- that's four times the data bandwidth of what its rival, the Alienware Amplifier, offers. What's more, the Core will include four USB 3.0 ports and wired Ethernet connectivity. Note, you will need to buy a graphics card separately to stick into the Core. The following models will be compatible at launch:

Qualified AMD Radeon graphics cards:

- R9 Fury

- R9 Nano

- R9 300 Series

- R9 290X

- R9 290

- R9 280



Compatible NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards:

- GTX Titan X

- GTX 980 Ti

- GTX 980

- GTX 970

- GTX 960

- GTX 950

- GTX 750 Ti

- GTX 750

Edgar Alvarez contributed to this report.