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Can i use a gtx 1080 as an external gpu?

VRfux
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I want to buy a gtx 1080 since its cheaper when rtx came out, but i don't have enough money to buy a pc so i thought to just use my laptop ( asus x450j , core i7 something , 12gb ram , gt940mx ) and connect the gpu using a PCle port and using a xcsource v8,4 exp gdc laptop internal. Can i connect my gtx1080?

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If your laptop can support it can work, but your laptop has to support it. Most laptops that support External GPUS require  a Thunderbolt connector, as most external docks run through that. 

 

Otherwise its really not worth buying a GPU to run externally if you dont already have it.

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I mean using the pcle port , i saw the tutorials on youtube "egpu without thunderbolt"

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You're not going to get anywhere near GTX 1080 performance. I wouldn't bother. You could probably build a budget PC with a lower end video card that would get the same performance as the GTX 1080, for the same price, and save your laptop.

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Can i get a cheap build for my 1080 but under 400$?

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Check your local listings. Plenty of stuff around normally. 

Facebook marketplace has a lot of deals. One guy near me had a 4790k, 16gb of ram and a board for $250. Plenty left over for a case, psu and ssd. 

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Can i take my cpu from my laptop and put it on my new pc?

 

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1 hour ago, VRfux said:

Can i get a cheap build for my 1080 but under 400$?

Yeah, probably. If you live near a microcenter you can get a 2700x combo for about ~180. All in all that would out you around the $400 mark.

ask me about my homelab

on a personal quest convincing the general public to return to the glory that is 12" laptops.

cheap and easy cable management is my fetish.

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I'll try selling my laptop so i can get money to buy a new rig, i hope that anyone would buy this laptop

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Only if your laptop has thunderbolt 3, and even then, gpu enclosures are expensive and you loose some graphics performance. If you can sell your laptop, I would definitely try that and then build a budget gaming rig. $400 should be enough to work with a 1080.

 

As to whether you can take your cpu and put in in a desktop, the answer is probably no unless your laptop's cpu is socketed.

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So this what i came up amd ryzen 5 2600, Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler, Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard, Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory,Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive , GTX 1080 (already owned) , NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case , and Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply. I hope i can get 60 fps on witcher3

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3 hours ago, VRfux said:

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler

Cheaper to get a GAMMAXX 400, and it's got the same cooling performance.

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Monitor: ASUS ROG Strix XG32VC Case Fans: 2x Arctic P12 PWM Storage: HP EX950 1TB NVMe, Mushkin Pilot-E 1TB NVMe, 2x Constellation ES 2TB in RAID1

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