External GPU for MSI CX61 16GD

[Draake]

Hi,

 

i have a a MSI laptop which I use for mobile gaming. I wanted to upgrade the GPU as it is by far the weakest part of the laptop (Nvidia 740m) I wanted to look at putting on a external PCI-e port so I could upgrade the GPU. It seems like you require an x16 port to be able to do this and wanted to confirm if I had one of those before buying the external GPU setup. There is no marking on the motherboard next to the available ports but I have attached some pictures if anyone is able to help. 

 

Spec is 

 

i7 4702mq

16gb ram 

geforce gt 740m 2gb

250gb SSD

1tb HDD

MS-16GB motherboard. 

 

Thanks for your help. 

 

[Uptivuptiz]

I don't think you can attach a eGPU to this laptop. The 1st picture just show the backside of an SD card slot and the 2nd picture shows a port I've never seen before. So I don't think it's a PCIe port. Also in order for it to work (if it had a PCIe port) you would need to mod the underside of the back plate or leave it off completely when you want to use the eGPU.

[Draake]

OK thanks for your help. Looks like i will either need to stick with teh 740m as it seems to be soldered onto the motherboard or upgrade my laptop!

[7upTurbo]

On 9/17/2018 at 1:26 PM, Draake said:

How is it possible that no one knows what this port is for? It's been 2 whole days that Im looking but I can't find anything and it's driving me crazy??? 

 

 

 

 

[xyaz]

on the second pic MAYBE you can take out the Wi-Fi card and use a mini pcie 1x to 16x adapter for egpu(works on some laptops), no idea if it will work but I have the (sorta) same laptop MSI cx61 2pc i7 4700mq (upgraded) and a GTX 820m, I was looking to see if anyone has done an egpu for that laptop, I dont wanna burn $100 to do this without knowing if it will work,