Best External Graphics Card Enclosure

[BeastyB314]

I'm going to be headed off to college soon, and I am most likely not going to bring my big boy desktop with me to school. However, I am planning on purchasing a Framework Laptop for college, which does support Thunderbolt 4 (according to the internet) and I was thinking about maybe purchasing an external GPU enclosure to let me game at school still. I currently have a 6600XT by itself and a 6900XT in my desktop.

 

Is it worth it to even purchase an external GPU? If so, which ones are best? I don't want to go crazy overboard with prices, hopefully not spending over like 300$ max, but if the eGPU isn't worth it, then I'll be fine.

 

I have been looking at certain enclosures like the one from razer, but they all are like super expensive. Are there any cheaper alternatives?

[dizmo]

For the cost of most GPU enclosures you can almost build an entire PC. Which would stress the laptop less. This is the route I'd personally take.

[BeastyB314]

4 hours ago, dizmo said:

For the cost of most GPU enclosures you can almost build an entire PC. Which would stress the laptop less. This is the route I'd personally take.

I was afraid of that as I was avoiding trying to make another and bring it to college with me. Thanks anyway though.

[DANK_AS_gay]

13 minutes ago, BeastyB314 said:

I was afraid of that as I was avoiding trying to make another and bring it to college with me. Thanks anyway though.

Asus has a machine that has an external 3080 mobile that you can hook up, I think it's the Asus z13 flow

[dizmo]

1 hour ago, BeastyB314 said:

I was afraid of that as I was avoiding trying to make another and bring it to college with me. Thanks anyway though.

I mean...the size difference between a small enclosure and the GPU enclose really isn't that great. The only way to truly cut down on bulk is to buy a gaming laptop instead of the Framework one.