eGPU and PicoPSU

[Lord_Shuzen]

Hello everyone !

 

Owning an old i5 Asus K56CM with luckily 2 m.2 ports (1 for the wifi and 1 for the useless 24Gb boot SSD) I've decided to upgrade it with a GTX 960 4Gb that I had lying around.

 

To do so, I bought a pci-e -> m.2 Beast Pro adapter from AliExpress but I have a few questions regarding the latter :

- what's the 12V input port for ?

- I would like to use a PicoPSU to power up the adapter and the 6 and 8 pin required for the GPU, any advice for that ? (I was thinking about getting a psu of at least 150W coupled with a 150-200W power brick 12V but I don't really know how to plug a 6 and 8 pins power adapter to the GPU from a PicoPSU... I only see 6 pins and at best 1 molex adapter on most of them...) Can one molex to 8 pins or even better to 6+8 pins yield enough power for the GPU ?

 

I'm scratching my head to make this smaller factor because I would like to build a little case without using a full ATX PSU to be able to transport that eGPU setup easily in a backpack.

Edited May 17, 2019 by Lord_Shuzen
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[GrockleTD]

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[Lord_Shuzen]

1 hour ago, Grockle88 said:

Link is broken

Thanks, I just added a picture instead since the link didn't seem to work.

[Lord_Shuzen]

Update if anyone is interested :

 

I've found out that Dell made this 220W power block here which is just perfect to power up my PCI-e -> m.2 adapter

 

Dell da-2

 

So now all I'll need is a 6 pin to dual 6 and 6+2 pins adapter for the GPU and I'll be all set for really cheap !

 

I'll build an aluminum case for all this to make it easier for transport and protection. All in all, this is a much cheaper option that those already made cases.