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#gaminglaptop #egpu #externalgpu
Happy to see people are still into this 👍
Thank you very much for this experiment, and sharing your reasoning.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the support! 🙏
No idea this even existed but definitely was looking for something like it. Thank you!
That's actually not a bad deal. I have no need for one of these but I find them fascinating. Thanks for the vid. I would like to see the benchmarks without the igpu to compare with/without it.
This seems like a nice pairing with a handheld
I needed this video thanks!
Thé excitement in your voice >>>>> 🔥
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Jason churning out the vids like a wildman!
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turned out pretty good
i have an Alienware Alpha R2 with the Graphics Amplifier eGPU and a GTX 1660 ti and its great. Alienware uses a proprietary connector which connects directly to the CPUs PCIe lanes so theres no performance loss or overhead like there is with Thunderbolt.
A major problem you will have is the T480 only has x2 lanes dedicated to the Thunderbolt. Sad really. At least with the newer Lenovo is adding an Occulink port. And an Occulink dock is only $30-40
what is the port…m.2 or thunderbolt
@hareezbenjamin2085 thunderbolt 3 (with only 1 pcie lanes vs the 4 of higher-end tb3 or tb4)
funny enough I just saw this dock advertised to me and was curious how it would work and bam this video showed up in my recommended, great video!
Another great option OneDock EGPU. The PSU can be a laptop charger intead of this whole block, if you value portability. (+ cleaner look) It also support thunerbolt 4 and Occulink.
Which charger did you replace the brick with?
@@D1mj28 Slim Q 330w charger. There are 450w and 600w chargers but for my need that was enough.
@@helmeston which dc converter would I have to get for it too fit?
That's good to know, my asus rog comes with a 350w AC charger :D
@@helmeston ?
I'd love to get a BeeLink mini pc and connect this up to it. Maybe I could get a used 1060 6GB card and an SER5 mini pc. The SER5 mini pc is around €330 or £280, the gpu is about €85 (including delivery) and the egpu is about €150. So for about €550 or €500 if you got the egpu cheaper, you could have a pretty kick ass little pc setup. Just use the mini pc when you are just doing general web browing to save power but when you want to game just simply plug in the gpu and away you go.
very inticing, i'll look more into this, might be a solution for my needs :D
Good information.. With the integrated GPU not being used, does that mean more thermal headroom is available to the CPU to reach higher sustained performance?
TDP of the CPU is limiting the already weak CPU. Also the voltages are high for the frecuency. 3.5Ghz on 14NM+++ needs 0.980 mV.
This works very well with all the 2018 Mac Minis out there. They have 8th Gen multi-core i3s, i5s, and i7s. Their downside is Intel integrated graphics. In fact, until the M1 Macs, they were the system of choice for many video editors. As you mentioned early in your video, the cost of eGPUs has been historically high. This $100 option brings that into the realm of usability.
Would having an external colling cpu system be better for a 24/7 gaming laptop ? or do gaming laptops get hot ? I love this idea for having the option to not use so much power for glamping/solar setup.
How is it for using gpus to render video like Sony Vegas? Does it not perform as well? Would be another interesting test to see the results for and if its worth it as some sort of alternative upgrade.
great video!
Great video. But did you see the new one they made? That have power delivery.
Can you make a video of your experience after 1 months use,and impact on pc
dude i have a legion go, and a rx7600 pc desktop, and im moving out so i cant take the Desktop, so i was searching cheap solution as Egpu or selling the PC. and now i can use my GPU and PSU from my desktop to were i go until i build a new one
subscribed i used a old OptiPlex 3010 to game on, years ago hehe
i see Jason vid, i click (I have exams tomorrow)
At the time of this comment I just got a really good deal from Microcenter on a 12600kf, an MSI Pro Z790-P Wifi DDR4, 16 gigs 3200 memory for $250- bought individually I priced it at between 400-500. Pretty sure they still have the deal going on. If you need a cheap good gaming build that's what I'd be looking at. The wifi on this board is really good too.
Literally my laptop except mine had 16gb + 1tb storage. I think a cooling pad or leaving the lid open ( screen off) might help to stabilize the lows. Although the bottleneck is inevitable thunderbolt 3 has an x4 lanes for the PCIe at 5 Gbps vs a desktop X16 or x32, ~20-30% hit vs a desktop but hey it can run Crysis!
Is there a Graphics card compatibility list for this unit? thanks..
Congratulations on the nas sponsor bro! Btw I'm about to be filming my first PC build! Laptop just couldn't keep up with video editing you know how it goes as a fellow creator!
Veo estoy muy interesante para sacar provecho en gaming a las tarjetas gráficas de mineria sin puertos de salida de video que se venden. Evidentemente instalandoles la bios original. Puede q este equivocado por mi ignorancia.
Used to test all my built systems using Unreal Tournament GOTY. Just shows how long I've been in the IT game.
this sounds great for xmas when i go to my parents and can only bring a laptop. can just pop your gpu and a psu and away you go!
Honestly I don't know why more people aren't doing this, but going for dedicated EXPENSIVE and non upgradable external options. I mean it may not be oculink but we can easily buy a used RX 580 and pop it in, and then get a 3060 and pop that in, like... why limit ourselves? Sure it's not the total bandwidth of oculink but it's thunderbolt! It's pretty much universal. For me, 60fps is fine, 120hz is just for competitive kids who want everything to be fast. 60fps is fine and I'm sure this will do just fine. This is great for handheld's. Great vid! Subscribed! ^_^
This is a great video Buddy
Thanks! Just trying some new stuff lately
I love to see the boosts old laptops get for these upgrades
Now, what laptop would be a good option for an eGPU setup with an RX 570 4GB? Does anyone have good recommendations.
I have a NUC with a 1165 and still my older 580. I think this could be fun.
Think the ideal usecase for the eGPU is handhelds ... I have just bought the Lenovo Go, and like the form factor and am thinking of retiring my gaming desktop, pulling out the 2070super and doing this. I assume the AMD Extreme is a much more capable CPU than the i5. The Go is a pretty decent setup, and I was starting to move away from gaming...3 days in, and its been a bit of a reset for me. Started buying some indie games, in-between PC, Console, and Mobile phone games. Early days but the more flexible form factor is interesting.
I own a T480s and I am considering this setup with rtx 3060 12gb. Can you please share your experience of using generative ai software like stable diffusion and share it with us? The reason why I am asking this is because I'm into this stuff and wanna know if my laptop (same specs like yours) can actually do stuff like this. Thanks in advance brother. ❤
My lenevo loq 16 with a 4050 and a thunderbolt 4 would really benefit from this.
Hi do you think this will with my msi gl 75se? Thank you.
my laptop has a 1 SuperSpeed USB Type-C, would it be compatible which is a gen 3 port
I have a lenovo thinkpad p53s, 16gb ram i7 8565u... Will it work?
You should use oculink, its cheap has better performance than Thunderbolt, only side effect is, you need to turn off your computer and then you plug your graphics card
I will double check, but I think the T480 only has x2 lanes for the M.2 and x2 for Thunderbolt. So minimal if any gains, and you will have trouble with storage because there is not a lot of choice. Maybe 2242 M.2 SATA is the only other option.
i have a dell g15 5515 ryzen edition it has a 3050 ti laptop gup in it would it help preformance to get one of these with another graphics card??
Just FYI. You can split the 24 pin and 8 pin and run 2 GPUs with one PSU with those setups.
Would have liked to see a Timespy Benchmark for the metrics!
would this work with a zbook g3?
I run ai art on my 3080ti all day which uses 70-100% of the gpu so I was thinking about running this setup with my old 2080ti on a laptop for gaming.
In a couple of months I’m hooking a 4080 super into my laptop that has a 3060 in it and a 17-12650H
I want one of these simply to run 4 4k monitors for work
Shoulda tried cyber punk with dlss see if it looked good and reaches 60+fps
Nice logitech k400+ lol. Thought I was the only person who used one
Pretty damn good! From pretty good reviewer :))))
I just wish there's an alternative solution where the GPU and the power supply are housed together neatly and have the same size as a minicomputer. So, for example, if it's the 3060 Ti desktop version, then it's just the GPU and maybe a single high-quality slim fan to cool it. The dedicated PSU or power brick is then designed to draw enough power for the 3060 Ti and that's it. Yes, you can't switch GPUs and PSUs if you want to, but I'm okay with that as long as it's lighter and smaller in contrast to the conventional setup. The solution in the video is great as it does give you options, like which graphics card and PSU to pair together, but tbh is a little bit bulky and carrying all that weight if you decide to play somewhere else is going to be a hassle.
Most eGPUs are designed how you’re speaking - but they are 3x-5x the price - some do included the GPU though
can you do this if your gpus die?
this is COOL! 👌
omfg tysm
do you need an external monitor in order to have the external GPU? or can you run the game on the laptop screen?
Yes external tv or monitor is needed
u can use the laptop screen but u lose some performance
you can use the laptop's screen but expect a performance hit due to the TB cable's bandwidth since data is looping from the laptop to the egpu then back to the laptop
would this conflict with an existing gpu if you already have a gaming laptop or does the system just just swap it out for the better gpu ?
It swaps!
can this play helldivers 2?
Video is pretty good
pretty good
Why crapy cpu whats your problem?
Hey man, I don't have a thunderbolt port on my laptop. I really want this setup without stripping my laptop to connect these other things. Is there another way?
Unfortunately not - usual USB ports dont have the required throughput to support it. It's either thunderbolt or NVME slots inside the laptop.
Can you do a video on that too for other people that don't have thunderbolt inputs?
Werid though could this work on the msi claw since it’s Intel and thunderbolt?
Yep it works on the claw!
@@JasonWitmerYT thanks any werid issue just thinking I have an old Razer box and that could save a lot of money
Can it play rust ????
I think its more suitable for one of these mini PC's than a laptop ...... but im wierd so theres that ;-)
Stopping all the kids from saying first Edit: or maybe second
First
As a 40 year old man.: First.
You're still saying first/second, you're just wording it different, people like you are just as annoying as other people who say first.
One hundred and fifty sixth.
@@RobLeonard one hundred seventy-eighth.
Can I use this EGPU set up on a mini itx set up instead of laptop? Im really into building an ITX pc that is small and I can take anywhere but when im at home gaming i can just add this and be good to go.
You could!
Thanks for the quick response. Subd
@JasonWitmerYT do i just use a pci cable and a dedicated power supply to my graphics card and its good to go?
Anyone know if this specific one works with usb 4.0? Would love to see something like this plugged into a rog ally(the normal z1)
ROG Ally doesn't had USB4, the Type-C is only USB 3.2 gen2 You need their proprietary connector to connect eGPU
You were just gonna say "good" then proceeded to correct yourself to "pretty good" 😂
Well, I guess I've found my next "litte brother" gaming pc.
but, would this still work, if, lets say, a normal c type. would it still work?
Probably not
Can i connect this to a portable game handheld rog ally?
Absolutely
Would the egpu still work even though my laptop already has a NVIDIA gpu inside
Yep!
yup. and the total cost, much less than building a PC desktop with a 3060 Ti. i encourage this kind of "economical" solutions. dont get dictated by industry and "brands trends". just do it the way you prefer it. kudos for those small companies that are making those kind of cheap desktop GPU thunderbolt/USB4 docks. thats the "cyberpunk" way.
price bumped to $118.. still a good deal..
nice t480!
that would be awsome for a mobile phne
"Some assembly required" I see no problem
What is the little green peice he installs?( Timestamp 2:03)
This is the controller that you plug the thunderbolt cable into
Now it costs 250 $.
do they make the enclosure with a occulink port..?
Im prettu sure they do. I think i saw one on aliexpress not too long ago. Im thinking of doing this for the legion go im gonna get. It will be good for those games that need extra juice.
Thank you very much. What I am wondering is how far you can push this? Sadly, my RTX 3050M laptop doesn't appear to have a Thunderbolt port.
It can be pushed only as far as your CPU can be pushed, and the maximum output of a thunderbolt port. If your laptop doesn’t have it, you’ll need to utilize the nvme egpu but I hate those things haha.
Yeah, that's what I thought. What I am thinking is that next year I will upgrade to a laptop with Ryzen 9-7940HS/RTX 4070, which will definitely have Thunderbolt, and hold open the possibility of eGPU down the road.
Smart idea!
To all my fellow broke gamers, there's hope ❤
Hi all, you can also opt for cloud gaming provider like shadow if you don't want to invest in hardware
Great choice as well! People sleep on cloud - it’s a cheap way to bridge the gap while you save for something better
The CPU cores were at 88-99°c that is maxed out.
I laughed when he said "unlock desktop performance." Yeahhhh not really. Laptop cpus, even the high end ones, while better than the GPUs are not exactly desktop performance either
8th gen Intel processors are surprisingly capable. A big leap from 7th gen
Not a bad idea for that gamer on the go I guess.
For my next purchase i need to make sure that my laptop have thunderbolt ports!
I think most newer laptops are coming standard with these ports.
This would be great if my laptop uses thunderbolt 😅
90 Celsius on the cpu is not good
Can this work with usb 3.0?
Nope, it's only work with USB 4 or Thunderbolt 4 & Thunderbolt 3
Pretty good ….. video
I wish someone could make a credit card size gpu for cheap that could fit inside the m.2 port. Powerdraw in the 10-15w would make those mini pcs killer, and make the pi5 with egpu a killer combo.
That’d be pretty amazing haha
Hey, if you selling it im buying!🎉
eGPU enclosure: 100$ GPU: at least 300$ Power supply: 50$ That's 450$ for a cumbersome setup, and doesnt even include a laptop. For 800$ you can buy a decent gaming laptop from Asus or MSI. But still, I think it's great if you have all the spare parts lying around or maybe to game on your work computer...
Upgradability 0,
Why doesn’t the gpu fans spin even when you start the game?