Posted July 15, 2018 Hey All I have bought an extra second hand macbook pro 2011.. Ya Ya I know Apple, But hey it only cost $90 on the South African second hand market and its what i can afford for study machine, What can i do apart from the below? Custom External GPU Egpu Custom Sealed Case Creating My New Liquid For Cooling Ram Upgrade 8G Ram Hard Drive Upgrade 120 SSD Macbook Pro Case Mode Before I dive deep into it I want to say that I want to keep the entire macbook look but add something almost all macbook pro lack and its cooling and battery life "and YES i know performance plus apple care LoL" So basically what I have designed theoretically thus far is a new cooling liquid for application use that help out allot for the cpu, for the external a fan will be to bulky so I was thinking on a slim pad that used also liquid cooling that can be 3D printed and then just added cooling to it, as benifit it might be even possible to add the external EGPU to it "WHAT" yes according to what I see here it might be possible. This will allow to compete with gaming machine as also having the most awesome apple product in the world and YES i think this might be worth all the effort. If anyone can think of somthing else or new let me know. Kind Regards: Jacques Seyfried MSc,BSc,MM https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacques-harry-seyfried-a05752155/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 15, 2018 You actually can't do any eGPU stuff with it since Apple has blocked Thunderbolt 1 and Thunderbolt 2 eGPU setups due to severe lack of bandwidth. Judge a product on its own merits AND the company that made it. How to setup MSI Afterburner OSD | How to make your AMD Radeon GPU more efficient with Radeon Chill | (Probably) Why LMG Merch shipping to the EU is expensive Oneplus 6 (Early 2023 to present) | HP Envy 15" x360 R7 5700U (Mid 2021 to present) | Steam Deck (Late 2022 to present) Mid 2023 AlTech Desktop Refresh - AMD R7 5800X (Mid 2023), XFX Radeon RX 6700XT MBA (Mid 2021), MSI X370 Gaming Pro Carbon (Early 2018), 32GB DDR4-3200 (16GB x2) (Mid 2022 Noctua NH-D15 (Early 2021), Corsair MP510 1.92TB NVMe SSD (Mid 2020), beQuiet Pure Wings 2 140mm x2 & 120mm x1 (Mid 2023), Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 15, 2018 This might help you https://www.zdnet.com/pictures/six-must-have-macbook-pro-accessories/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 15, 2018 Author 8 hours ago, AluminiumTech said: You actually can't do any eGPU stuff with it since Apple has blocked Thunderbolt 1 and Thunderbolt 2 eGPU setups due to severe lack of bandwidth. your incorrect as I personally seen the youtube videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 15, 2018 4 minutes ago, J.Seyfried said: your incorrect as I personally seen the youtube videos I'm right. It doesn't work on 10.3.4 or later. Judge a product on its own merits AND the company that made it. How to setup MSI Afterburner OSD | How to make your AMD Radeon GPU more efficient with Radeon Chill | (Probably) Why LMG Merch shipping to the EU is expensive Oneplus 6 (Early 2023 to present) | HP Envy 15" x360 R7 5700U (Mid 2021 to present) | Steam Deck (Late 2022 to present) Mid 2023 AlTech Desktop Refresh - AMD R7 5800X (Mid 2023), XFX Radeon RX 6700XT MBA (Mid 2021), MSI X370 Gaming Pro Carbon (Early 2018), 32GB DDR4-3200 (16GB x2) (Mid 2022 Noctua NH-D15 (Early 2021), Corsair MP510 1.92TB NVMe SSD (Mid 2020), beQuiet Pure Wings 2 140mm x2 & 120mm x1 (Mid 2023), Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 16, 2018 Author 14 hours ago, AluminiumTech said: I'm right. It doesn't work on 10.3.4 or later. I just got back from ineradicable connection SA largest hardware store and tested the macbook pro on their demo Egpu, worked perfectly even played arc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 16, 2018 Author The only issue i can see is the bottle neck in the performance but it can be fix by finding the sweet spot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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