eGPU Help

[Saucx]

So I wanted to get for a family member of a mine a eGPU such as the Razer Core X. I have a GTX 1060 3gb laying around that I don't need anymore, and prefer to give it to him. Problem is he owns a Lenovo Z50-75, boasting a powerful quad core AMD APU (Lol). Is it possible to like get a adapter of some sort that wouldn't necessarily affect speed? Such as a 2x usb to a 1x Thunderbolt 3. If that sounds confusing, I mean an adapter that uses 2 USB Type A ports, and somehow splits the data (More or less equal) to the thunderbolt 3 connection? Will there be any problems at all? Idk, I don't feel like it would be necessary to buy a whole laptop with better specs, neither a laptop that has thunderbolt 3. Thank you for reading this! 

 

p.s are there any alternatives for this too? That I can somehow improve PC performance for him? Specifically GPU wise?

[5x5]

No, the system will not recongnize an external PCIe device under any circumstances. You COULD replace the Wi-Fi adapter but that requires you to gut the laptop and basically never touch it and also never use the WI-Fi on it and it's just a lot of hassle for something that may or may not work. Your only practical solution is indeed a new laptop with a proper dGPU. eGPU as a whole is super janky, buggy and unreliable. It's usually a 500-600$ investment for unstable performance. You can get a 1650 laptop for that kind of money.

[Shogunluffy_1982]

12 minutes ago, Saucx said:

So I wanted to get for a family member of a mine a eGPU such as the Razer Core X. I have a GTX 1060 3gb laying around that I don't need anymore, and prefer to give it to him. Problem is he owns a Lenovo Z50-75, boasting a powerful quad core AMD APU (Lol). Is it possible to like get a adapter of some sort that wouldn't necessarily affect speed? Such as a 2x usb to a 1x Thunderbolt 3. If that sounds confusing, I mean an adapter that uses 2 USB Type A ports, and somehow splits the data (More or less equal) to the thunderbolt 3 connection? Will there be any problems at all? Idk, I don't feel like it would be necessary to buy a whole laptop with better specs, neither a laptop that has thunderbolt 3. Thank you for reading this! 

 

p.s are there any alternatives for this too? That I can somehow improve PC performance for him? Specifically GPU wise?

im buying this to try it out on a laptop is it what you search for?

[Saucx]

On 4/17/2020 at 5:46 PM, 5x5 said:

Your only practical solution is indeed a new laptop with a proper dGPU

By that I'm assuming a Discrete GPU?

Also @Brass_01 After what 5x5 has said. Idk if that will work, Also what is the other end of that called? Like not the hdmi but the other end? Is is some sort of pcie?

[Mnky313]

1 minute ago, Saucx said:

By that I'm assuming a Discrete GPU?

Also @Brass_01 After what 5x5 has said. Idk if that will work, Also what is the other end of that called? Like not the hdmi but the other end? Is is some sort of pcie?

it's mPCIe, usually used by WiFi cards in laptops

[papajo]

On 4/18/2020 at 12:47 AM, Brass_01 said:

im buying this to try it out on a laptop is it what you search for?

That's it but that's totally some ghetto solution since you have to cut a hole in your laptop to pass that cable through or leave it exposed underneath with some ducttape holding things in place... wouldnt recommend it other than for experimental uses or for using a laptop old and crappy that you keep on one place as a desktop anyway. 

[5x5]

9 hours ago, Saucx said:

By that I'm assuming a Discrete GPU?

Also @Brass_01 After what 5x5 has said. Idk if that will work, Also what is the other end of that called? Like not the hdmi but the other end? Is is some sort of pcie?

It's mPCIe X1 used for WiFi. It's a very very slow connection and not worth the time, energy or money

[Shogunluffy_1982]

On 4/23/2020 at 6:06 AM, 5x5 said:

It's mPCIe X1 used for WiFi. It's a very very slow connection and not worth the time, energy or money

i have a old laptop might work and can you use this on a desktop?