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The Razer Raptor 27 box is quite stylish too, but we're surprised not to see gaming graphics superimposed on the screen, since that's what it's for.
The Razer style starts straight away with the cabling bundle, which includes HDMI, DisplayPort and USB-C – all green ribbons rather than boring black rounded ones. Even the external power brick has a green ribbon attached, although the power lead is more normal in appearance. There's a green USB extension cable, too.
Whatever angle you look at it, the Raptor 27 is a great-looking screen. In fact, we'd argue that it's one of the best-looking monitor designs currently on the market, if not the best.
Simple and unfussy, with a clear air of build quality, this is definitely a panel to impress your friends, and the gently rotating (by default) RGB lighting from the base is bling that manages to avoid any hint of tackiness.
There are removable slats on the back of the stand so you can route the flat cables neatly down the rear of the unit. This is a very clever and easy-to-use system. In fact, it's probably the most well-thought-out cable management system we've seen in a monitor, although it requires you to use the Razer-supplied cables only.
Adjustment abilities are quite limited, with no swivel available. Instead, you'd need to move the whole stand. You can raise and lower by 100mm, and tilt 5 degrees forwards or 25 degrees backwards.
If you push a little further, the screen will tilt until it's pointing completely upwards, making attaching cables much easier, because the downwards-facing ports then become readily accessible.
Next to the connector for the base lighting and the power input can be found a pair of USB 3.2 Gen1 downstream – enough for keyboard and mouse, but no more.
Then there's USB C, which supports DisplayPort Alt so can be used for connecting to your graphics card. The actual DisplayPort meets the 1.4 standard, whilst the HDMI is 2.0b-level. Then there's a minijack for audio output.
Finally, at the rear on the right-hand side is a joystick for controlling the menu functions.
