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eGPU vs.Desktop?

Ryno04
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I have a 2019 Razer Blade Stealth with a 10th Gen Intel Core i7 Ice Lake processor with a GTX 1650 Max - Q, it's a beast considering they shoved a GPU in here. However it is limited, I want more POWER. I can buy an eGPU enclosure along with a graphics card for about 500 - 800 USD or should I use that same money to just build a decent gaming rig? Thoughts?

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Just buy a new pc. You can get more performance at that price point. Using egpu will use(if the laptop supports it) the thunderbolt port. At that point it could be okay or slower depending on the type of thunderbolt port you have so going for a full rig is better.

Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL"

 

CURRENT PC SPECS    

CPU             : Ryzen 5 3600 (Formerly Ryzen 3 1200)

GPU             : ASUS RX 580 Dual OC (Formerly ASUS GTX 1060 but it got corroded for some odd reasons)

GPU COOOER      : ID Cooling Frostflow 120 VGA (Stock cooler overheats even when undervolted :()

MOBO            : MSI B350m Bazooka

MEMORY          : Team Group Elite TUF DDR4 3600 Mhz CL 16
STORAGE         : Seagate Baracudda 1TB and Kingston SSD
PSU             : Thermaltake Lite power 550W (Gonna change soon as i dont trust this)
CASE            : Rakk Anyag Frost
CPU COOLER      : ID-Cooling SE 207
CASE FANS       : Mix of ID cooling fans, Corsair fans and Rakk Ounos (planned change to ID Cooling)
DISPLAY         : SpectrePro XTNS24 144hz Curved VA panel
MOUSE           : Logitech G603 Lightspeed
KEYBOARD        : Rakk Lam Ang

HEADSET         : Plantronics RIG 500HD

Kingston Hyper X Stinger

 

and a whole lot of LED everywhere(behind the monitor, behind the desk, behind the shelf of the PC mount and inside the case)

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IDK what Razer's implementation of Thunderbolt 3 is like, but going off Apple's: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/metal/gpu_selection_in_macos/understanding_gpu_bandwidth

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Thunderbolt 3 is 1/2 the bandwidth of PCIe 3.0 x8, or 1/4 that of x16. So basically on par with PCIe 3.0 x4. So any card that would get bottlenecked by PCIe 3.0 x4 will be choked by Thunderbolt too, any card under that bandwidth requirement will be fine. From other articles I've seen it looks to be an 8-20% performance hit on something like a 980 Ti or above (lowest at 4K, highest hit at 1080p). 

Gaming PC NAS Laptop Workstation

CPU: i5 12600KF 6P+4E Ryzen 7 3700X M4 SoC 4P+6E Xeon X5690 6c12t

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S Wraith Stealth w/NF-A9 Passive Apple CPU Cooler

Motherboard: ASRock Z690 ITX/ax ASUS Pro B550M-C/CSM Apple J713AP Mac-F221BEC8 (Mac Pro 5,1)

RAM: 2x16GB 3600Mhz DDR4 2x16GB 2400MHz DDR4 24GB Micron LPDDR5 4x8GB 1333MHz ECC DDR3

GPU: Sapphire Pulse Radeon 9060 XT 16GB Radeon WX2100 M4 SoC 10C Radeon RX 5700

Storage: 1TB MP34 + 2TB P41 500GB SSD + 2x4TB IronWolf Pro in ZFS Mirror Apple AP0512Z 1TB Crucial MX500

ODD: LG WH14NS40 None LG GP65NB60 USB DVD Writer Don't know

PSU: EVGA 850W GM Silverstone SST-TX300 53.8Wh LiPo Battery Delta DPS-980BB

Case: Silverstone Sugo 14 Dell Inspiron 530S Mac16,12 chassis (13" MBA) 2009-2012 Mac Pro "Cheese Grater"

OS: Gentoo Linux TrueNAS Scale macOS 26 Tahoe Fedora Linux

 

Display: LG 27UK650-W (4K 60Hz IPS panel)

Mouse: EVGA X17

Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB

 

Mobile/Work Devices: 14" M5P MacBook Pro (work) - iPhone 17 Pro - Apple Watch S11

 

Other Misc Devices: iPod Video (Gen 5.5E, iFlash Solo w/128GB SD Card, Rockbox), Nintendo Switch

 

Vehicles: 2002 Ford F150, 2003 Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200, 2022 Kawasaki KLR650, 1994 DR350SE

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Having 2 different systems is always an advantage imo. If I were you, I would build a system with ryzen 5 3600 + 1660super and have much more performance, and it is less than $800. If you can find any 3300x on market get it and try squeezing in RTX 2060 in this system:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $166.89 @ Walmart
Motherboard Gigabyte B450 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard $109.99 @ Best Buy
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $73.98 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital Blue 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $64.98 @ Amazon
Video Card Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB TUF GAMING OC Video Card $229.99 @ Best Buy
Case NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case $69.99 @ Best Buy
Power Supply EVGA BR 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $65.81 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $781.63
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-05 13:08 EDT-0400  

 

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600X - GPU: EVGA RTX 3070 XC3 ULTRA - Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX B550-I - Ram: Corsair Vengance LPX 16GB @3200Mhz - CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L12S - PSU: Corsair SF600 Platinum - SSDs: WD Black SN750 500GB w/ EKWB Heatsink - Case: FormD T1

Laptop: 2020 M1 Macbook Air 8/256

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