Does my motherboard have any mPCIe port?

[Dogggo]

So, i wanted to add some e-gpu on my laptop, i got MSI GE62 6QC Apache, and the motherboard is MS-16J5, so my questions are,

Does it have any mPCIe port? how many? and how to make sure if the port is mPCIe or not?

 

Thank You

[Crazycatman]

Yes over the Type-C port
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX8Y2NWs7vg

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Why do't you take the bottom off and look?

 

It has mpcie, but with a wifi card in it.

 

It also has a m.2 which is a lot faster normally.

 

But egpu in laptops like this are a pain and need the bottom removed to work, and are normally bandwidth limited. Sometimes they won't even work at all.

Just now, Crazycatman said:

Yes over the Type-C port
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX8Y2NWs7vg

 

thats usb, you need thunderbolt for this, and it doesn't have thunderbolt

[Crazycatman]

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Why do't you take the bottom off and look?

 

It has mpcie, but with a wifi card in it.

 

It also has a m.2 which is a lot faster normally.

 

But egpu in laptops like this are a pain and need the bottom removed to work, and are normally bandwidth limited. Sometimes they won't even work at all.

thats usb, you need thunderbolt for this, and it doesn't have thunderbolt

Yeah...

[Dogggo]

30 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Why do't you take the bottom off and look?

 

It has mpcie, but with a wifi card in it.

 

It also has a m.2 which is a lot faster normally.

 

But egpu in laptops like this are a pain and need the bottom removed to work, and are normally bandwidth limited. Sometimes they won't even work at all.

thats usb, you need thunderbolt for this, and it doesn't have thunderbolt

the m.2 is called NGFF right?

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Dogggo said:

the m.2 is called NGFF right?

yep, same thing.

[Dogggo]

32 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Why do't you take the bottom off and look?

 

It has mpcie, but with a wifi card in it.

 

It also has a m.2 which is a lot faster normally.

 

But egpu in laptops like this are a pain and need the bottom removed to work, and are normally bandwidth limited. Sometimes they won't even work at all.

thats usb, you need thunderbolt for this, and it doesn't have thunderbolt

well, i asked to MSI tech support and they said my motherboat has 1 x 2.5" HDD + 1 x NVMe M.2 SSD by PCIe Gen3 X4 / SATA-SSD Combo, so PCIe Gen3 X4 is mPCIe?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Dogggo said:

well, i asked to MSI tech support and they said my motherboat has 1 x 2.5" HDD + 1 x NVMe M.2 SSD by PCIe Gen3 X4 / SATA-SSD Combo, so PCIe Gen3 X4 is mPCIe?

the m.2 isn't mpcie, there differenent connectors.

 

But the m.2 has pcie so it can use a breakout to an external gpu, but it might not work at all, and is a pain.

[Dogggo]

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

the m.2 isn't mpcie, there differenent connectors.

 

But the m.2 has pcie so it can use a breakout to an external gpu, but it might not work at all, and is a pain.

i saw from google like this, so rate of failure and success depend on on the M and B thingy on the e-gpu kit? and i was about to buy like this one: https://www.banggood.com/NGFF-Version-V8_0-EXP-GDC-Beast-Laptop-External-Independent-Video-Card-Dock-p-1009978.html?cur_warehouse=CN, so would it work? 

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 minutes ago, Dogggo said:

i saw from google like this, so rate of failure and success depend on on the M and B thingy on the e-gpu kit? and i was about to buy like this one: https://www.banggood.com/NGFF-Version-V8_0-EXP-GDC-Beast-Laptop-External-Independent-Video-Card-Dock-p-1009978.html?cur_warehouse=CN, so would it work? 

If your putting this in a ssd slot you want one with b and m keys, not a and e

 

Also ive tried this type of egpu, and many of the systems i tried just don't work at all with it or will bluescreen, so be warned of that.

 

 

[Dogggo]

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

If your putting this in a ssd slot you want one with b and m keys, not a and e

 

Also ive tried this type of egpu, and many of the systems i tried just don't work at all with it or will bluescreen, so be warned of that.

 

 

what about the mPCIe egpu? did most of it works? i have a usb wifi adapter at home, so i shouldnt worry about my connection

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Dogggo said:

what about the mPCIe egpu? did most of it works? i have a usb wifi adapter at home, so i shouldnt worry about my connection

totally depends on the gpu and board, and you often have to try it yourself to know.

 

Unless you have a supported thunderbolt 3 or other supported egpu solution, egpu's are pretty hit or miss.

 

If you have a gpu and psu laying anound, its pretty cheap to give it a shot, but if you want a known working system id just get a cheap desktop and keep the laptop for on the go use or sell it.