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Hi, I want to create own "EGPU" because the cases from Razer are too expensive. Like a 500$ I found the EXP GDC, but it´s too expensive. Like 30$/40$. But I found the "Riser Card" but its for mining cryptocurrency. It looks similar to "EXP GDC". and I thought to use "Riser Card" like a "EXP GDC". And if it works, what will it take? Second question is, when I will buy the EXP GDC, Can I connect it to my laptop via USB-C / ThunderBolt 3. Because on side of cabel is HDMI and that goes to EXP GDC, and second side of cabel goes to Laptop. But my laptop has ThunderBolt 3, than I though to buz USB C - HDMI cabel, and connect it to my laptop via ThunderBolt3 / USB-C. It will work? EXP GDC: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001205947679.html?spm=a2g0s.8937460.0.0.6f382e0ee1rh3P Riser Card: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32870183633.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.12e47fc2NeC6x3&algo_pvid=null&algo_expid=null&btsid=2100bdd816201984413588275e2899&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_ I have notebook: DELL G3 15(3590) GPU: 6GB GTX NVidia 1660 Ti CPU: i7-9750H RAM: 16B Thanks for all response. Sorry for my English, I´m from Europe.
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Well, the title says the first and foremost: I regret everything. Nevertheless, I'm in this hole now and so I need to make camp. I have a 16" MacBook Pro with an i9-9880H and a 5600M. Despite the 5600M being a very competent chip, I failed to realise something: it puts heat into the same cooler as the CPU. When gaming, they have to share the same credit card cooler and it has some, ahem, interesting side effects. Namely, the CPU will almost never go above 2Ghz when gaming. It'll usually just sit around 1.78Ghz or 1.67Ghz. Sometimes, if it's feeling extra miserable, it'll even go down to 1.3Ghz which is a very fun experience. I'm well aware this is a cooling issue because Throttlestop is telling me BDPROCHOT basically constantly. Fun fact: the MacBook Pro 16" will actually throttle even if the CPU is well below 90 degrees celsius. Why? Well, the VRMs overheat! Fun, that. Anyway, question of the day: would an eGPU, effectively removing the 5600M from the cooling problem, at least get me to base clock while gaming? My reasoning is simply that if the internal GPU is doing nothing, it aught to give the CPU more breathing room, right? I mean, it'd still be like moving from a rubber mask to a pillow - still a smothering that will eventually chime the bells of death by warpage - but an improvement? If anyone has access to at least similar hardware, I'd love to hear what your results were. -
Hi Peeps, I recently acquired the ASUS GTX 680 for an EGPU project. I purchased an Akitios Thunderbolt 2 case along with it. I know it won't fit without modding it. I want to know what kind of power it requires, knowing the Akitios case doesn't provide enough power. So on top of the GPU, there are two connectors. I Don't know the correct naming for these connectors. I want to know how I can provide the GPU the necessary power. Using a whole PSU just for this isn't what I want to do. I want to build a custom solution for this. Now I know this man who can do this, but he wants me to research how these connectors work. Is there anyone here who can tell me how this works? Like a power blueprint? With kind regards, Ramsey
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Hey Everyone I'm a college student who wants to get a new laptop. I want just a regular mobile laptop to take to class and get work done on, but I also want one that has a thunderbolt 3 so I can plug in a Razor Core X eGPU and play some of my current games with much better performance. (I'm not looking to play cyberpunk on max graphics just a simple set up to play Rainbow Six and Minecraft with shaders.) Given what I'm looking for what kind of laptop would you recommend for mobile work purposes and what kind of Graphics Card would you recommend for a Razor Core X enclosure. PS I am only a criminal justice major I know absolutely nothing about computers so forgive me if I misspoke some terms.
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So in September I'll start University (engineering for now) and I need to move to an other city, so I'll live my actual rig to my brother and go buying a new portable setup to help me with the study and for some casual gaming. So far I've listed tre option, sorted by preference: Dell XPS 13 with i5 or i7, 16GB + External GPU + Monitor Asus Zephyrus G15 GA503 with 5800H, RTX 3060, 16GB (+ Monitor?) Apple MacBook Air/Pro (idk yet) + Monitor + GeForce NOW The first one I would have already bought it if not for the GPU shortage. About th second one I don't intend to bring a whole gaming laptop in class if I had the chance not to, plus this model is the only in my country and still not available. On the third one, I'm not an apple guy, but these last macs got me and may fall for them if other options don't come up (even if I'm still sceptical about cloud gaming). The monitor I thought something like the 1440p 144Hz by LG or TUF. The main thinghs I need form the laptop are: Battery life Screen (mostly color accuracy) CPU Lastly while I would like to do some 3d works, along with graphics and video editing, I'd put first single-player games (Tomb Rider, Star Wars, Assassin's Creed) and mainly R6S and Valorant for the multiplayer side. I would like to ask anyone for their opinion on these configurations and if any other ideas come up, I would really like consider them.
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Hello peeps! Ok so here's the deal. I have a gaming laptop with a 2080 Max-Q inside and it runs pretty much everything I can throw at it fairly well. Now I do run most of the games I play on a 1440p monitor, and I've recently been playing Cyberpunk 2077 and notice that it's struggling to keep up in native 1440p (Without DLSS). I figure this is going to be the case for a lot of games coming up. My question is, do you think it would be worth it to buy en eGPU dock like the Razer Core X and an RTX 3070/3080? I've been trying to find some eGPU benchmarks on the 3070/3080 cards but there is so much conflicting data I don't know what to believe. My laptop has Thunderbolt 3, but I've also read that you can get much more out of the cards with Thunderbolt 4. If it's not worth it I'll scrap the Idea and just save up for a full desktop build instead, but that would take me a lot longer and I wanna play Cyberpunk at native 1440p now Any thoughts? Thanks in advance!
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Budget (including currency): <500 USD (for the pc itself) Country: Mexico Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: An always-on, probably Linux, server pc hosting all sorts of stuff. Should be able to connect to eGPU for remote heavy lifting. Other details I've got a standing desk, a 2020 Acer Spin, and a Razer Core Chroma. I will be buying a GPU for it as it becomes available. My goal here is to have a no-compromise setup. A good laptop, portable GPU power, and a server PC back at home to take advantage of the Core when it's not with me. I also want the setup to look as clean as posible. I attached a few images of how everything looks right now. Please excuse the bad cable management. Surge protector should be glued/screwed under the desk, and egpu cable should be longer and go trough the arm, so it looks cleaner and it is long enough for the laptop to charge while being used in the bed. I plan to add more monitors down the road, as money becomes available. End game is four arms and three monitors (plus the laptop one). Now, here comes the brainstorming... My first thought was to have a mini PC like the intel NUC, and hold it to a VESA mount behind the laptop arm. This way, when I unplug the laptop I just plug the cable into the NUC, which would be right there, and it's all done. This could also take advantage of the custom cooling I made for the laptop (see pictures), as it would be in close proximity to it. Nevertheless, this would add unnecessary bulk to the laptop arm, making it harder to maneuver, and probably cost some flexibility when expanding. The "server" pc is meant to be fixed, so it could just as well be screwed below the desk. An ideal scenario would be to have some sort of switch that "connects" the core to the laptop whenever its plugged in, but "connects" to the server when it is not. I am not aware of any device that does that. I don't want to need to dig below the desk, or accidentally forget to plug it back every time I leave. So, condensing everything into questions... What is a good and discrete solution for the server pc device? What would be the approach for managing the server/laptop switches?
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I asked the eGPU forum a while ago and didn't get any response so i figured y'all would be my next best shot. after opening up my laptop to install 16 GB of ram on a hunk of metal from 2014 i noticed there seemed to be what looked like two WiFi card slots. one was occupied by the currently functioning WiFi card and the other just hanging out without anything plugged in. i assume this second slot was for plugging in a 4g card to connect to cellular in the field (this is a i guess one could say a field laptop, mainly used by companies). since i am trying to make this a usable gaming computer i asked around online but no one seemed to have in depth knowledge of the subject. after some research i found the EXP GDC Beast which can plug into WiFi card slots. and so i turn to you fine people, given the 16GB or ram and Intel Core i5 4300M @ 2.60GHz and retched Intel HD Graphics 4600 (Dell) is an external GPU viable. since i have a second WiFi slot and I'm not looking for 4k 260 or anything (1080 at 60 fps on most games is a dream come true for me) could i make it work? unfortunately i wasn't able to find which kind of WiFi card slot (PCIE or PCIE mini???) it was I don't know if it will work with the Beast. any info what so ever is very much appreciated. also building a full on pc isn't an option for my budget. attached are 4 photos of the insides of the laptop. on the zoomed out photo the second slot is too the top left of the pre existing card https://imgur.com/a/eoqbJ92
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I won a gpu giveaway but I don't have a pc but i have a laptop so i want to connect the gpu to my laptop via m.2 slot using the exp gdc my laptop is the acer aspire 5 does anyone have experience on this laptop using the exp gdc
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Hello there everyone! I'm having some trouble figuring if I should attempt having an eGPU on this laptop. The GTX 1070m is dead. Here are the specs: https://www.msi.com/Laptop/GT62VR-6RE-Dominator-Pro/Specification But I'm sum up what is on my mind: - It has no TB3 - It has an m.2 connector which I have my SSD on. - It has a PCIe for wifi. - It has an MXM socket (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Mobile_PCI_Express_Module ) with the dead GPU on. I have a few options: lose the m.2 SSD, lose the wifi, or the option which I can't find any info on: Is there a way to remove the dead GPU and use its connection (MXM socket) to plug an eGPU? With that, I think I would have a much safer route and wouldn't lose any perks. Hoping for tips on how to proceed!
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I am using an RTX 3070 in a Razer core X my laptop has a 2070 max q, i7 9750H, 32Gb ram, 1TB Nvme SSD ( MAG 15 ). when playing some titles and benchmarking with Heaven I get the expected performance boost. however when playing warzone some issues occur. Frame rates will constantly dip down to 25fps from an average of 70 when in more built up arears or sometimes at random. The Fps and changes stay the same regardless of having the settings maxed or on min I will still get a frame drop to 25. this is compared to the 2070 max q in the laptop which will hold a steady 70fps regardless. I have tried updating the bios, drivers, firmware and thunderbolt controllers. I have not tried re installing windows. Some users on Reddit recommended adding a thermal pad to the PCH to stop it from throttling which did reduce temperatures on the PCH from around 75 C to 65C. The CPU is pinned at 95C the entire time I Live in AUS with no Aircon so its hot but it will only throttle down from 3.79 GHz to 3.55 GHz. I've checked and the GPU is running on PCIe 3.0. I've also noticed that the CPU usage without the eGPU is around 75% in game however with the eGPU connected it hits 95-100% with the Fps drops happening when the CPU sits at 100% usage. Any ideas on what could be causing this issue or what I could do to fix it? I'm considering just selling the razer core x and using the money to buy a R5 3600 and build a desktop since I'm $1000 in with the GPU already. I checked benchmarks for COD before i made the purchase and they all showed an improvement with an eGPU. Thanks
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I'm in search of a laptop with a long battery life that is compatible with an eGPU. The main usage for the laptop is browsing, youtube, and work (programming and light simulations) without access to power a lot of charging opportunities. In my off-time, I like to do a bit of gaming but I thought as a gaming laptop and battery life usually don't fit together an eGPU would be a good option. The current laptop I own is a Surface 2 which is not up to the task anymore for light work and I'm out of the loop what is the current best value options for my application. I'm currently used to a Ryzen 7 1800X, GTX1080 and 32GB RAM (which I don't usually need) in a desktop which would be replaced by the laptop. I've looked at the: Huawei MateBook X Pro LG Gram 17 Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 HP Elitebook x360 HP Zbook 14u What are your thoughts and recommendations on possible laptop choices? Is a slim&light laptop with an eGPU enjoyable for gaming? What kind of a laptop/eGPU would I need for steady 60FPS in recent FPS games? (e.g. Rainbow Six Siege)? -
So this is an interesting piece of kit that I recently came across. The Expansion unit (Top) is build inside of an IBM pc chassis, but is mostly empty inside. It links to the host with a special card that is apparently very rare due to them being commonly discarded. Also the cable they use to attach is MASSIVE. After doing some preliminary research this seems to be a very rare item to have, never mind having it complete and functioning.. It was a very cool find and I currently have a CGA card, and a modem card installed in this alongside the hard disk controller and receiver card.
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I have a Dell XPS 13 9380 that was using a Sonnet eGFX Box with an RX 580. It was working completely fine connected to a Thunderbolt 3 port on the computer, which ran it well. Recently every time I plug in the chord to the port, the eGPU will connect for a couple of seconds, then disconnect and keep reconnecting. I assumed it was an issue with the port or cable, but after switching the thunderbolt cable and seeing the same issues, as well as the port working fine for a charger, it must be something internally that is conflicting with the connection. Can anyone help me figure out how to stop my eGPU from disconnecting/connecting every couple seconds for no reason?
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Hi, I wanna get an eGPU (probably a 2060 or maybe a 3060/70 if those are in my budget) My laptop is a Surface Pro 2017 / 5 which doesnt have usb-c, thunderbolt or access to mPCIe slots. Any ideas? Is there a way to connect it over the usb 3.1 gen 1 port? (5gbps) I know it would be slow, but i dont think that would really matter if im not using it for graphic applications. I will be building a pc some time in the future (a year or 2 away tho) once I have enough money, so I will be buying a graphics card and PSU anyway. thanks heaps, jensen -
I have found recently that I prefer having 1 device to do everything instead of a laptop for school work and a separate desktop for things like gaming. I want to get an eGPU box like a Razer Core but I'm not sure what GPU would work best with my current laptop. For reference, I have a Dell Precision 5530 which comes with an intel i7-8850H and is essentially an enterprise version of the XPS 15. I haven't been able to find anything online for this (I'm assuming because this is not exactly a popular use case). I want to get a 30 series (when they actually are in stock again) but I don't know if there would be too much of a CPU bottleneck. Any thoughts on this subject would be greatly appreciated.
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Budget (including currency): 4000 INR Country: India Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: NVIDIA GeForce NOW Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): This is for an eGPU to my i3 (sorry for the numerous threads on this one thing, but I still can't decide) I have an i3 first gen, which has an iGPU and way worse than the GT 710, It is DirectX10, But at least DX 10 is required to run GeForce NOW, As the subscription is only $5/pm, it's very good on my budget. The GT 710 has DX12 which is more than enough for GeForce NOW I'm not gonna use 1080p. (but instead 360p or 720p depending on which is better) So the first component is the GT 710 (Zotac 2GB edition) The second one is the exp gdc mini pci-e to hdmi version. (allows to connect the gpu to the laptop) The third one is a PSU which I haven't decided upon yet. (budget for psu is around $20 can go up to $25) Thanks.
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Hi everyone, I've been having trouble with stuttering on my laptop when using an eGPU. First I'll start off with my laptop specs MSI GS65 Stealth Thin 8RF Intel Core i7-8750H w/ Intel HD Graphics (iGPU) Nvidia GTX 1070 (dGPU) Nvidia RTX 2080 Super (eGPU) in Akitio Node Pro 32GB DDR4 RAM 2 M.2 SSDs Windows 11 Pro insider. So now for the explanation of the issue. I recently got an Akitio Node Pro TB3 eGPU enclosure and a RTX 2080S to pair with it. However, I quickly noticed heavy stuttering in game and during stress tests. After doing some research online, I found the most likely culprit to be Nvidia Optimus. I believe this is the case because disabling the 1070 dGPU solves the issue as does having a load on the dGPU while using the egpu. However I don't like the thought of disabling both the iGPU and dGPU since I would like to use the dGPU for Stream labs encoding while I game on the 2080s. So this is where I hand the mic to you after asking if y'all have any solutions. Maybe something like a program that will keep a small 5 or 10 percent load on my 1070 at all times? Like an OpenGL program that constantly renders in the background. Thank you in advance!
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Hey all I know nothing about eGPUs can someone explain to me if i can make one for my device? Here are my specs: Device name DESKTOP-VA8N2CT Processor Microsoft SQ1 @ 3.0 GHz 3.00 GHz Installed RAM 8.00 GB (7.54 GB usable) System type 64-bit operating system, ARM-based processor two USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 ports
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Hello Ltt community! A little while ago, I purchase a Razer Core X as an eGPU solution for allowing me to game while still enjoying the portability of a laptop most days. I have an existing nVIDIA gpu from my desktop which I'm not currently using and have put that into the eGPU, which when my laptop is actually connected, is working fine! However the problem arises when I have to undock from the eGPU and go back to using my latptop standalone. My laptop is a Dell Precision and it also happens to have its own on board graphics card, an Nvidia Quadro T2000. While amiable as a display card, its not really meant for gaming in a general sense and the graphics card that I'm using in the eGPU is an Nvidia Geforce. This ends up being a scenario where an nVIDIA utility switches over to using only the Geforce drivers and disables the onboard (this is technically correct). However, in installing the Geforce drivers, it invalidates or removes the Quadro drivers so every time that I undock it from the eGPU, I have to uninstall the Geforce drivers and reinstall the Quadro drivers, which is a headache. Is there a better way to run this setup? Is there some bios utility or functionality that I'm missing that would make this work better? Or are there better options in general for choosing a different graphics card that would actually allow this setup to work the way that I envisioned? Many thanks, PowerLeaf -
My current PC is almost 10 years old and starting to have some issues. I'd like to upgrade/replace it but I'm having difficulty deciding with what. I'm currently working as a software developer, and I'll be going back to school next semester. I'd ideally like to have some sort of laptop for school and potentially work (not as necessary). I used to play a games a lot more but now I pretty much just play League or Elden Ring on occasion. I like the idea of using the same computer across the board rather than switching between a laptop and desktop, but for the price of a lot of laptops I feel like you sacrifice quite a bit of power compare to the price of PC components. My primary use cases are: software development, Unity game development, Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, & After Effects, light gaming My current build: i7-4790k RTX 2070 16GB DDR3 1TB Samsung 860 Evo + 4TB & 1TB WD HDD I was considering either a Surface Pro 8/Surface Laptop + a docking station or: i7-11700k 32GB DDR4 Crucial P5+ SSD RTX 2070 (keep the same one) + a lower spec laptop, but not really sure on what would be good here Any recommendations on a PC upgrade + laptop, or pure laptop would be greatly appreciated as I'm struggling to decide. Thank you! -
Budget: $2500 USD Country: USA Workloads: Video editing, Video capture, Audio transcribing, PDF creation, process mapping, MS Office productivity tools, multi-monitor (x4) outputting, and portable storage outputting (thumb drives) Adobe Premiere, Acrobat, Otter, Ms Office, Visio Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Razer X Chroma AMD Radeon Pro WX 9100 Black Box USB C 2 Port KVM Rocketek USB 3.0 Switch REI UHD 404 HDMI Matrix Dell Docking Lenovo Docking Sabrent USB 3.0 External Docking Seagate External Drive Google Drive Blue Yeticaster HP E221 x4 HP Elitebook Folio Lenovo Thinkpad X390 Yoga Goals: 1) Get two old laptops to project to any one monitor. 2) Hot switch monitor display modes between two laptops 3) Prepare for data consolidation. Initially to Google Drive 4) Build a NAS with Capture (video & audio) I have a need to dual switch from work laptop & old personal laptops for when I’m not working. I’m trying to avoid unplugging them for various reasons. I currently can’t project any of them to the old monitors They were free from an older job. So, just trying to get the best use. My video and audio editing are currently moving around from iOS and Android mobile devices to the cloud and is necessary when not at my desk. I currently use Google Drive to manage storage and I do have plans to build a NAS, but right now I’m just trying to get these laptops to project to my monitors. What hodgepodge hardware am I missing to project these to the monitors?
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Hello, I have the Razer Blade 13 (i7 1165G7, 1650 Ti, 120hz FHD screen, so on) and am considering a nice eGPU, most likely the razer core or some thunderbolt 4 one. However, if I would get some super sweet gpu, what does the system do with the cpu? Will it disable the dedicated 1650 ti? Will it give all the cooling power to the cpu to get best performance? Will the cpu power limit get lifted for super performance?? Thanks for help.
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Hello! I'm new to the Forum. I have a Framework laptop (i5-1135G7) running a 3060 TI in a Sonnet 550 Breakaway Box eGPU case. The 3060 TI in question was lifted from an HP Omen prebuilt (though I don't know which one, I purchased it on Facebook Marketplace) and installed in my current setup. In PassMark Performance Test, the highest score I got after 3 runs was 9763, which is only 48% of the performance of the average 3060 TI, which is provided as 20334. My highest speed is still 2.08x less than the average. In case it's important, my CPU runs better than the average. It's been doing this essentially since I got it, and I was pretty sure something was up but only decided to test it now. Anyway, I'm left wondering what's causing the problem. Is it the eGPU (which should only have a drop of 10-30%)? The fact that it's from a prebuilt? I don't think it's a cooling issue, my drivers are up to date (GPU and Framework drivers), I couldn't find a GPU BIOS switch anywhere, and I don't really know what's causing this problem. Having a 52% performance drop is kind of a big problem, especially in VR. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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