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A thunderbolt laptop gaming pc, all parts added externally.

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We all know how cool and useful Thunderbolt 3 is.

That gives me an idea. Why not connect a Thunderbolt dock to an old sucky laptop, add an external GPU, an external monitor, an external CPU, external peripherals. 

Basically giving the laptop an upgrade without actually upgrading the inside, but using external hardware to do so.

 

I've zero idea if it would work and even if it does, how it would perform. Nonetheless, it'd be really really cool.

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23 minutes ago, aaaaaaaaaaaavm said:

Why not connect a Thunderbolt dock to an old sucky laptop

Because an "old sucky laptop" won't have thunderbolt ports.

23 minutes ago, aaaaaaaaaaaavm said:

an external CPU

And where exactly do you plan to find that?

 

 

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19 minutes ago, aaaaaaaaaaaavm said:

an external CPU

You need a CPU in order for Thunderbolt to work in the first place, so nope.

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Thats called a pc

GUITAR BUILD LOG FROM SCRATCH OUT OF APPLEWOOD

 

- Ryzen Build -

R5 3600 | MSI X470 Gaming Plus MAX | 16GB CL16 3200MHz Corsair LPX | Dark Rock 4

MSI 2060 Super Gaming X

1TB Intel 660p | 250GB Kingston A2000 | 1TB Seagate Barracuda | 2TB WD Blue

be quiet! Silent Base 601 | be quiet! Straight Power 550W CM

2x Dell UP2516D

 

- First System (Retired) -

Intel Xeon 1231v3 | 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport Dual Channel | Gigabyte H97 D3H | Gigabyte GTX 970 Gaming G1 | 525 GB Crucial MX 300 | 1 TB + 2 TB Seagate HDD
be quiet! 500W Straight Power E10 CM | be quiet! Silent Base 800 with stock fans | be quiet! Dark Rock Advanced C1 | 2x Dell UP2516D

Reviews: be quiet! Silent Base 800 | MSI GTX 950 OC

 

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Just buy a test bench, motherboard with thunderbolt and go nuts

i5 8600 - RX580 - Fractal Nano S - 1080p 144Hz

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