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I was looking into trying to put together an egpu solution for the surface pro 3, with the new surface book having a cpu in the keyboard and the connector for the base of the tablet portion looking similar to the one that is the charging port for the surface pro 3 and 4, I was wondering if you could use that as a port for an egpu rig.  I would have tried usb 3 but I figured that it would be too slow and haven't found anything on it.  I have not bought anything at this point or physically tried anything, I figured it would be best to see what you all think about this before moving forward. 

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droland, on 09 Nov 2015 - 02:15 AM, said:

I was looking into trying to put together an egpu solution for the surface pro 3, with the new surface book having a cpu in the keyboard and the connector for the base of the tablet portion looking similar to the one that is the charging port for the surface pro 3 and 4, I was wondering if you could use that as a port for an egpu rig.  I would have tried usb 3 but I figured that it would be too slow and haven't found anything on it.  I have not bought anything at this point or physically tried anything, I figured it would be best to see what you all think about this before moving forward. 

The Surface Book doesn't have a CPU in the keyboard dock.  It has a GPU.  Additionally, you'll need at least 64Gbps or higher in order to have any kind of upgrade.  The Surface Pro 3 has a 4th gen Core series CPU with its integrated GPU, which is actually quite nice and should be able to play just about any game that you'd want to play on a 12.3 inch screen.

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Yes, this is where I bought it. 

 

To stay on topic. You can't do an eGPU setup, with any of the Surfacee products. It has no mPcie, Expresscard, Ng.ff or thunderbolt support. 

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The Surface book does not have the correct ports, so its not possible at the moment.

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