Cheap external GPU over thunderbolt 3?

[RadiatingLight]

 So i know that stuff like the Razer core exists, but that's absurdly expensive. My friend has an XPS 13 laptop, and wants to be able to run AAA titles, I've proposed a cheap, $450 build (with an RX 470), but if there was a way, even super ghetto, to use a GPU over thunderbolt 3 without buying a super-expensive dock, it could save a lot of hassle.

 

(the price needs to be under ~150 USD to make it worthwhile)

 

I know it's technically possible to do this by removing the wifi card, but that's complicated, and my friend needs his wifi.

[Alkali A]

8 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

 So i know that stuff like the Razer core exists, but that's absurdly expensive. My friend has an XPS 13, and wants to be able to run AAA titles, I've proposed a cheap, $450 build (with an RX 470), but if there was a way, even super ghetto, to use a GPU over thunderbolt 3 without buying a super-expensive dock, it could save a lot of hassle.

 

(the price needs to be under ~150 USD to make it worthwhile)

 

I know it's technically possible to do this by removing the wifi card, but that's complicated, and my friend needs his wifi.

the ONLY thing I could think of, would be to use a PCIE extension cable to either place the card somewhere else in the case

 

or just fully embrace the ghetto and get it outside of the case somehow?

 

https://www.amazon.com/EZDIY-Express-Flexible-Extension-Card-25cm/dp/B01NH0GW7Z/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1490852803&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=PCIE+extendor

[RadiatingLight]

Just now, Alkali A said:

the ONLY thing I could think of, would be to use a PCIE extension cable to either place the card somewhere else in the case

 

or just fully embrace the ghetto and get it outside of the case somehow?

 

https://www.amazon.com/EZDIY-Express-Flexible-Extension-Card-25cm/dp/B01NH0GW7Z/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1490852803&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=PCIE+extendor

the XPS 13 is a laptop.

 

I need some way to turn thunderbolt 3 into PCI-Express. that's it.

[Alkali A]

Just now, RadiatingLight said:

the XPS 13 is a laptop.

 

I need some way to turn thunderbolt 3 into PCI-Express. that's it.

ahhh, it all becomes clear.

 

A quick amazon search tells me that Razor is not the only the only company to have made an external graphics card to thunderbolt thing

 

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=thunderbolt+to+pcie

 

maybe there's one in your price range

 

I have NO IDEA if any of them work well though, this is the best I can do sorry

[RadiatingLight]

1 minute ago, Alkali A said:

ahhh, it all becomes clear.

 

A quick amazon search tells me that Razor is not the only the only company to have made an external graphics card to thunderbolt thing

 

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=thunderbolt+to+pcie

 

maybe there's one in your price range

 

I have NO IDEA if any of them work well though, this is the best I can do sorry

Ah.

 

most of those are thunderbolt 2 (so not for GPUs)

[Alkali A]

1 minute ago, RadiatingLight said:

Ah.

 

most of those are thunderbolt 2 (so not for GPUs)

riperoni, there are a couple thunderbolt 3s in there; but alas, above the worthwhile budget.

 

so unless you can find a way to jank the thunderbolt 2 into 3 I have no idea.

 

sorry man.

[Guest]

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http://www.onestopsystems.com/desktop-pcie-enclosures

[RadiatingLight]

11 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

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http://www.onestopsystems.com/desktop-pcie-enclosures

That would work, but i have no idea what they cost or where to buy them.

 

I'm really looking for a really cheap solution. simply a converter from Thunderbolt 3 to a PCI-e gen 3 x4 slot. i can hook it up to a spare PSU i have lying around, put it in a cardboard box, and DIY it for cheaper than buying a prebuilt solution. seems like no such TB3 > PCIe converter exists though.