A real external GPU for only 100$? (eGPU for Laptops and gaming Handhelds)

[@ChuwiEnjoyer]

looking at 6:35, considering that intel's e-cores dont always get used in games (yet they count towards CPU utilization), its possible that the game is CPU limited and not bandwidth limited. Did you do any tests on this, like lowering the resolution to see if performance increased? Id love to know!

[@Hubwood]

Yepp I did, not CPU limited. The 125H "only" is an i5, but it's not the limiting factor here.

[@jeji5860]

Finally! An affordable Egpu dock!! ❤

[@Hubwood]

Thanks again mate :)

[@jeji5860]

​@@Hubwooddo you think the gpu dock will work if i use a 3080 with my 4050 laptop? Will it mess with the drivers?

[@Hubwood]

No, you can use the same drivers 👍

[@RobloxianX]

I love the idea of eGPUs. But even Occulink will have a bad bottleneck. We gotta wait until Thunderbolt 5 is a mainstream feature, and not a Razer Blade 18 exclusive.

[@D2firetech]

Thunderbolt 5 will be 120gbps on displays only but on pcie connections/ egpu it will be 64 gbps so its the same as oculink. 👍

[@RobloxianX]

@@D2firetech Defeats the purpose of TB5? People are perfectly fine using displayport.

[@D2firetech]

I was saying I only reached 64 gbps on pcie connections.

[@mechanicalmonk2020]

TB5 will be garbage obviously. We must wait for TB(N+1) always

[@axescar]

Nothing stops manufacturers from implementing oculink 2.0 (pcie4) even with x8 connectivity.

[@icyspecter]

for egpu maybe better disable resizable bar to avoid performance bugs

[@yoajp]

thankyou for the blender benchmark!

[@bepo13]

Great video and interesting topic. Something that might definitely increase lifespan of laptops with thunderbolt 5. Only thing that would be really nice is that in game comparison you included full powered 4070 from your PC too. But still nice finding!

[@LukMatx]

eGPU even on TB3 is great, but not for gaming. It's awesome for video editing and AI tasks, you can run it even on $200 Thinkpad turnining it into ultimate workstation. Difference for example in Davinci Resolve on TB3 vs PCIexpress are minimal.

[@roqeyt3566]

Always love it when you upload Somehow I can always purchase what you review in my country This is definitely on my radar! I bought a gigabyte aorus laptop you reviewed last year, and it comes with a thunderbolt connection. Buying the dock will definitely make it last

[@TrusteftTech]

For the mini PC, what about the 1070ti in your PC? This way to see if the difference is as huge as with the 4070. Basically at what point there is the sweetspot for what GPU to use and not lose too much performance. I like USB 4, but I feel like an occulink or whatever USB5 will be, would be more worth it. Now, can we get one, closed too, for this price? :)

[@Hubwood]

Some loss but not as big as fit the 4070. Thinking the sweet spot might be around RTX 3060 / 2070 / RX 6700 / 7600

[@TrusteftTech]

@@Hubwood Thank you.

[@piercarlociulli2183]

Thank you so much for this review. I'm keeping an eye on this product on Aliexpress for couple weeks Now. I've a Maxed Out Macbook with i9 and 64gb of Ram, Since I use a lot of 3d programs I'm evaluating an Nvidia Gpu to work on Bootcamp. Does this Enclosure support Power Delivery on the TB3 port?

[@Hubwood]

Oh I honestly don't know. I would have to check on that...

[@Randombullterrier]

Great review, please cover more affordable egpu docks

[@Shapeofselfhood]

Good Video and good testing :) Only thing You should also consider ist testing on 1440p. Besides the bandwith limitation are lower resoultions more cpu bound while higher resolutions are using more the gpu. It's possible that You see a better performance with the RTX 4070 egpu closer to the desktop at 1440p.

[@LuminousSpace]

with oculink definitely closer, tb4 or usb just not, tested this with gpd g1 at 1080p which have lower performance than 4070ti difference between oculink and usb4 is like night and day

[@smurftheocean1818]

should I plug PCIE power pin directly into gpu, or into that external gpu tools?

[@Hubwood]

The PCIe goes directl to the GPU. The big 24pin connector of the PSU goes into the eGPU base.

[@smurftheocean1818]

@Hubwood so I should not use the PCIe slot that next to 24 pin? cause I see some egpu has that PCIe pin

[@Hubwood]

@smurftheocean1818 don't know what you mean to be honest. The one in the video does not have that. 🤔

[@montgomeryfitzpatrick473]

Ive got a Legion Go with a spare 3080 12gb and extra PSU so if i get a egpu base(going with one on amazon i can return easy for $150) i can max out my living room tv at 4k60 on most games without moving my pc or running 100ft hdmi 2.1 cable through house

[@montgomeryfitzpatrick473]

Router TV and PC wireless card are 5 years old so streaming 4k would an be expensive upgrade

[@RobRuffMusic]

Is this just a bracket stand and you have to buy the GPU separately?... Or does this include the actual GPU in the AliExpress link?

[@Hubwood]

No this does not include a GPU as everyone chooses their own GPU. Including the GPU would make a price of 100$ impossible. People would buy this and then sell the GPU 😅

[@rmt3589]

Any advice for an eGPU for a Raspberry Pi? Gaming(server) would be nice, but my primary needs are Embarrassingly Parallel.

[@Hubwood]

Wouldn't make sense since the pi CPU would be a hard bottleneck. Also I'm not familiar if raspberry pis do have USB4 or thunderbolt or Occulink. And it might be a hustle if you're not running windows ...

[@rmt3589]

@@Hubwood Ty. It has a USB, but I think USB3. Think I found some AI kits that I may be able to use.

[@phblue3973]

Man, from what i have heard u can be losing fps bc u not using the oculink cable or at list a connection in the m2 port, thunderbolt is easier to connect but u lose fps

[@TheDailyMemesShow]

Can you use more than one video card for AI training with this setup (maybe creating a multi video card rig)? Thanks for your answer!

[@rdraw2067]

Cara muito obrigado pela ajuda, era esse tipo de vídeo que tava procurando para colocar uma egpu no mini pc via thunderbolt no berlink ser6 💟💟💟

[@7374jdkk]

Love the tutorial!! I am a complete noob in computers, may i know the recommended power supply for the 1070ti or 3060?

[@7374jdkk]

Using it for my legion go

[@Hubwood]

Should be fine with a decent 400w power supply. But it need enough PCIe connectors! So make sure to check that before buying...

[@spaanmac]

While using Blender for 3D rendering you did show performance of combined GPUs so is this applicable for gameing too? Did you have to do anything special to have them work like this? Also, while just using the eGPU, I just have to disable hardware of my internal GPU?

[@Hubwood]

No you can't use both GPUs for Gaming. It's not a must to deactivate the internal GPU, but if you have problems it's an option that might fix problems

[@30092001]

Is it possible to connect other monitors to the external GPU ports ?

[@Hubwood]

Yes!

[@SIMPLEisWIN]

Does it also provide power delivery?

[@VincentTubed]

so 1 - not $ 100. and not less but more for just the eGPU. plus indeed the power supply. so $150 -$175 bucks

[@faizannabi7540]

Thanks, man I have the same setup gmktech k8 and was looking for a cheap egpu as I have a spare 1060 6GB.

[@axioslive2915]

Great video sir I wanted order I have 4070 super And my laptop does thunderbolt 4 So I wanted ask u did u use the thunderbolt 4 for your 4070 on this video Or should I go FOR OCUIlink

[@Hubwood]

If your laptop has oculink, you should use that. It's faster. If it has thunderbolt only, you can use this eGPU. Yes.

[@kva3262]

Hi, Thanks a lot forthe video! Are you planning to test an eGPU with OCuLink and compare results with TB3/TB4 and desktop installation?

[@Hubwood]

Need a oculink capable device first 😅

[@johntoto5496]

​@@Hubwoodthere are plenty of cheap nvme to oculink adapters and there are egpu boxes oculink compatible (for around the same price).

[@Hubwood]

@@johntoto5496 yeah I know but the nvme solution is not a solution to most people. Involves opening the laptop... Blocking an nvme port... Beeping ugly and uncomfortable... Not being flexible when you actually need to transport your laptop often etc.

[@miloboy82]

will this supply power over the TB to a handheld pc? likw legion go?

[@giovannigrigoretti0]

Hey ppl how much is loss with gpu's performance on this station? It's ok to build up it around maybe HX99G with rx7900xt or this is pointless?

[@haraldkrieger6562]

What about connecting miniPCIe or M.2 PCIe directly to your GPU?

[@omarshady4891]

Your laptop's power supply can't power the laptop and the gpu at the same time

[@adelalmansoury]

Thank you so much for your great guide for this Topic.

[@joebilly3719]

I have a silly question, if I use two thunderbolt 4s (assuming wikingoo has to thunderbolt ports) would performance increase ?

[@DanielCWERTY]

Thats depend your cpu, If you have highend cpu Which can handle dual gpu, the performance of gpu will double(in term you use dual gpu), But you should remember this, use two gpu without necessary knowledge is disaster, I don't recommend that unless you have proper skill for do that

[@tack1278]

Can anyone tell me if there is any box that can perfectly fit for this egpu dongle?

[@MrlFixZ]

Will it support rog ally.. cuz i have sealed rx6700xt rog strix gaming oc

[@hma419]

The usb from the egpu can charge the asus ally x or the legion GO?

[@Hubwood]

No.

[@Preventmm]

Can I stick a big gpu in here I'm thinking about using the Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 6600 EAGLE

[@Hubwood]

Sure :)

[@oakleytrue2414]

Would this work with new line of Snapdragon Laptop too?

[@Hubwood]

If they have usb 4 or thunderbolt, in theory, yes

[@oakleytrue2414]

@@Hubwood Thank you

[@jabronilifestyle]

OCulink is way faster. Even when TB5 comes out, OCulink will still be superior. The only plug I see outperforming OCulink is the new ASUS Mini-SAS which hits 192GBs

[@stansmith7445]

Say I use the thunderbolt connection with a cheaper lower powered GPU. Would the difference in performance be as large it is with the 4070 compared to native?

[@jabronilifestyle]

@@stansmith7445 it depends on which lower powered GPU you're comparing to a 4070. Main point is the Thunderbolt interface in general is way slower than OCulink. If you're gonna go external GPU, use OCulink instead of thunderbolt every single time.

[@X862go]

Does this have power over pcie?

[@dariomoratafernandez4051]

Thunderbolt 5 or direct pcie 4.0x4 are better options to avoid 40 GBps bottleneck. At 64-80 GBps bottleneck is minimum, less than 10 fps

[@GG-Play12]

Can you tell me how much will cost its price in Bangladesh. I had a laptop hp 250 G9 with i3 12gen processor Dose will it work

[@Hubwood]

You can order it for the same price over the link with AliExpress

[@yurika-rie]

Google exist lil bro use it to convert

[@hassanchakir1672]

Does it charge for example handheld devices?

[@deluge6479]

No that's not going to work

[@draadi6603]

Hello sir so we don need to open laptop and connect it and also it is directl connected to port without going process of m.2?

[@Hubwood]

Correct.

[@draadi6603]

@@Hubwood thank you sir appreciate to your response i have lenovo IdeaPad slim 3 not a gaming one and i have budget for amd 5600xt or 1050ti will it work on it?

[@Hubwood]

@@draadi6603 Does your Lenovo IdeaPad slim 3 have Thunderbolt? Then it will work. The 5600XT is MUCH faster than the 1050ti by the way.

[@Mr.Askani]

If i order this egpu from aliexpress do i get power supply with graphics card? Please Reply 🙏

[@Hubwood]

No you have to use your own power supply and your own graphics card

[@Mr.Askani]

@Hubwood 100$ only for thunderbolt ?

[@Hubwood]

@@Mr.Askani Yes its only the eGPU Dock.

[@danny-wv5yb]

I’m waiting for razerblade rtx 5090 with thunderbolt 5

[@stormfire451]

40gb bandwidth is larger than pcie 3.0 x16 isn't it?

[@Hubwood]

No no no. You're mixing up GigaBYTE with GigaBIT ;) PCIE 3.0 x16 is faster :)

[@shibin8579]

Hi I have this same setup but every time. I have to restart my laptop for the gpu to work why is that

[@Hubwood]

Before you turn on the laptop you have to tun on the eGPU.

[@shibin8579]

@Hubwood It's turned on and connected, I have updated the driver's multiple times

[@user-mz6yc9wd6w]

can i use it with usb c port (i have office laptop)?

[@arferf2869]

Need a USB thunderbolt 3 or 4 Not juste a "simple USB c"

[@VivekSingh-ih3zg]

Brother, what software you use for screen recording?

[@Hubwood]

OBS via a capture card on a seperate PC

[@VivekSingh-ih3zg]

@@Hubwood Okay, Thank you very much♥️

[@gabrielpeter1125]

Noob disclaimer. Can you connect the gpu output directly to the monitor and if you can, does that help with performance?

[@ChristopherRodriguez-qu6pu]

That is the preferred method. If you still use the output from the main machine, you need to send the signal back through the Thunderbolt/USB port, thus consuming more of the limited bandwidth you need for the GPU.

[@ChristopherRodriguez-qu6pu]

So always use the output from the GPU you are using

[@RobRuffMusic]

Why do you need the minipc box thing?

[@Hubwood]

What do you mean?

[@RobRuffMusic]

The other small silver box​@@Hubwood

[@Hubwood]

@@RobRuffMusic you mean the mini pc? You don't need that. I juat used that MininPC to test the eGPU as well. Because that MininPC also has a thunderbolt port. So it can use the eGPU. You could also use a laptop with thunderbolt 4 instead. Or a gaming handheld or really any device with thunderbolt 4 or usb 4.

[@carlosc3899]

Can you do a legion go tutorial please 🙏🥺🙏

[@vyshnavraj9426]

Will this work with ryzen laptops ?

[@Hubwood]

If they have usb 4 it CAN work.

[@Havanu81]

Oculink is the only way that makes sense to run an EGPU in 2024. That or an Asus Flow/XG Mobile combo if you're made out of money.

[@Hubwood]

Yeah oculink is a bit better but less common ...

[@Havanu81]

@@Hubwood Minisforum seems to include them more and more often these days. Love their designs (even though after sales support is supposedly terrible...)

[@NF276_]

can i use that on rog ally x?

[@Hubwood]

Will Test that probably next week ;)

[@NF276_]

​@@Hubwood imma push that notification then

[@spenceranderson4045]

yes the ally x now comes with one usb4 port with display port 1.4

[@Tidedroid]

You should text oculink devices next

[@derJackistweg]

Für mich wäre das im Hinblick auf Videoschnitt spannend. As always: Do not follow the link: Führt zum 134€ Preis, cookies sei Dank. Mit VPN wird der gleiche Artikel für 107 € angezeigt. Das exakt gleiche gilt für Amazon Links.

[@Hubwood]

Danke für den Hinweis. Für Videoschnitt absolut hilfreich, yes.

[@Asadc1995]

Damn this is really cheap compared to a razer core x or hp omen accelerator

[@BlueshellGamer]

How much woupd I needto payyou to help me build a pc? Maybe you can even documebt it, and make a video ' I taught a complete noob to build a gaming pc' or. Something... I really know only basics about pcs hardware. i.e a power supply, graphics card, case, cpu, monitor is needed. Lol But I really want to add powe tto my ally X. So maybe a e gpu build is a good place to start?

[@noname-uf4je]

better spend 100$ on old PC with i3\i5 from 6-7 gen and put 4070 and even 1070 there than "do all this in video" (and do not rely on all "this" cables and problems with band width and etc.)

[@Hubwood]

This is for older laptops, mini pcs of handhelds.

[@Mr_elseworld]

Is this safe for any laptop?

[@Hubwood]

Yes. It's not dangerous. But the laptop needs Thunderbolt or USB 4.

[@vladimirzaika3594]

So we started only 100$, then 122-150$ and without gpu.

[@Hubwood]

The eGPU case is as low as 100$. Yes. If you're using a used gpu and PSU you can go as Low as 200-250$. A complete eGPU with PSU and GPU usually costs hundreds of dollars. So complaining about 20$ is a bit.... Well 😬

[@vladimirzaika3594]

@@Hubwood Hold on, the title says "A real External GPU for only 100$" but reality is that the case is 100+ only without PCU and GPU it self.

[@mackximus1]

Better than a razor chroma at $500 🙄🙄

[@vladimirzaika3594]

@@mackximus1 don't buy it then

[@warlockboyburns]

the lid costs an extra $200 rofl

[@oskarzemcik1548]

Here in europe it cost 150$. :0/

[@Hubwood]

It's on sale often

[@henryofskalitz2228]

I game on a thinkpad p53 man

[@X862go]

Would this work with a discreet card?

[@eineatombombe]

the whole point is using a discrete gpu

[@X862go]

​@eineatombombe but dose it have power over pcie?

[@holzlaim2864]

Enter shikari 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@PriceIsNeverRight]

2024 and eGPUs still not worth the hustle

[@lewalexzy5257]

Better to just get a cheap used gaming Laptop

[@racing_mntage1584]

My brothers already got a 3050 laptop but thr 4gb vram kills the performance so it would be worth it for him

[@PriceIsNeverRight]

@@racing_mntage1584 not worth it, instead of buying an external 3060 gpu save money, sell your 3050 laptop for $200 add $400 to that and buy yourself a 4060 laptop used or a 4050 laptop brand new

[@ErnestCarroll]

It’s $100

[@kgrayman]

Clickbait title tho 😂

[@leekame이카메]

I installed egpu + 3060ti before you mentioned. The game is good. But the encoding is disappointing 😂

[@dayner989]

Whats next ecpu? Then ememory and eventually everything will be external 😂

[@D2firetech]

That's a nice idea but I think cpus need more bandwidth due to how much of the motherboard cpus use so maybe🤔

[@holzlaim2864]

What