Coral Keyes you the real MVP

God bless you, good sir!

Relevant usage info from 7:25.

You are a god send ty

OMG! Thank You!! Could he talk anymore about NOTHING??

10 more years it will be cheap

It’s a bit expensive but still convenient. In my case I have a 6 core laptop with a shitty graphics card, so spending $300 instead of buying CPU, motherboard, RAM, case, SSD and PSU is a reasonable price.

It will continue to be expensive as long as it stays niche

@@oscarmvl 300$ will be the cost of the enclosure only. You then have to spend at least 300$ more for a decent GPU...

And when think of the bloody expensive enclosure it’s unavoidable to think of rather build a pc that small but much less problem and much more performance (eGPU eat up approximately 10% on GPU on external monitor, if feedback on laptop monitor, it consume about 15%)

Who would be not grateful to have Any GPU,CPU,Mobo,tools,and more.In their diaposal.I would be very happy and grateful

He's grateful for having more than an average pc gamer? Woah.

He talks too much

He's so humble

No. He realizes his audience won't have things like a "library of graphics cards" 2:28, so he knows his demographic and communicates this. Acknowledging that his situation is different than being grateful. He's a good presenter and maybe he is full of gratitude off camera, idk, but let's not make him a saint for stating the obvious, and just doing his job.

Gotta get that 10min somehow

Yes... blah blah blah. GET ON WITH IT!

I mean, the full video title is "I bought an eGPU in 2020: My experience so far ", so it makes sense that the experience would be describing him buying it. Plus he gives some good advice for people looking into this for the first time anyways.

This isn't the first time I ran into this guy's videos and that's all he did was beat around the bush

Really he isn’t helpful that sucks what a waste of time

Damn that's for saving me

"Now this isn't a review, but I will be following up and a later date with benchmarks and my final thoughts, but I did want to include some of my initial thoughts." - direct quote from this very video, 7:17

@@kylezo You mean a direct quote from near the end of the video?

Wow I'm 8 minutes in what a terrible channel.

Which egpu do you have

In theroy it totally can, but i doubt it on a tiny connector like thunderbolt. I don't get why top end laptops don't just have a big dirty slot down the side to extend standard pcie.

Increíble! :o

If it works it’s just plug and play. In my case I have to turn on my laptop with the GPU disconnected, when I connect the cable I get an nvidia notification saying an external GPU was connected and that’s it.

The CPU would be the main bottleneck so it would vary a lot... basically just look at "GPU Usage" and if it's close to 100% on the laptop setup a desktop CPU wouldn't help much.. if it was closer to 50% only GPU usage then you've got a severe CPU bottleneck so might double your FPS... plus of course there may be latency issues and micro-stutters due to the interface so you need to compare carefully... the CPU bottleneck is probably the main reason why it's a waste of money to add an RTX2080Ti but laptop CPU's are getting faster.

Aayushman Singh I’m about to find out

At 1.25x speed sounds perfect lmao

It could have easily been about 5 mins long and got all of the points across just as effectively.

Absolutely

No

lol

LMAO..... 😂😂😂

Thank you.

Thank you. He was taking too long took explaining how he moved to a one-bedroom apartment.

@@NothingButStardust I was pointing out the fact he said gpgu instead of egpu lmao

The flip side is we now have the imminent arrival of Ghost canyon and modular FF PCs, which may make E-GPUs redundant. I have one on my Hades Canyon setup, and I love it, but if I could have something the size of the Core X or Core V2 that's the whole PC? Sign me up!

Get a job

Dude's thick and high

I’m going to try a GTX 1080 ti in it soon. Maybe also a 2080 ti.

I still think that the best option is to buys quite powerfull laptop (like the g14, asus zephyrus gx502gw, etc)

Tristan Chambers u program on windows? Bot 😂

Well its a waste of money you can get the better performance building and actual pc or buying a NEW LAPTOP

@@tiagosoares9160 yes you can buy a new laptop, but what happens when you want to switch out just your GPU? Not exactly an easy thing when it comes to laptops.

I agree with most of your points though I'm skeptical with the 2nd point you mentioned; 2- 80% of desktop performance is still a lot better than an igpu While it's true that you'll lose around 80% of desktop GPU performance in EGPU it is also worth mentioning that current-gen IGPU is just 10% behind the desktop GPU- I have MSI GT75 titan 8sg with desktop RTX 2080 that IGPU performs virtually same with a desktop counterpart with just a margin of 10 percent difference, use EGPU with RTX 2080 inside and I will lose 20 to 30% percent of performance I'm getting out of my IGPU. It is not that of a mobile though since it's beefy but I would say the same with carrying an extra EGPU.

@@ejsanjose3608 igpu = Intel graphics or integrated AMD graphics. If you have a rtx in your machine, chances are that you already lose on all the other departments i mentionned : Size, Price , Evolution.

@@ejsanjose3608 sorry, I'm trying to understand everything both of you are saying. I'm looking to transition from console to pc and I'm doing my research as much as I can, any chance we can talk on discord or something. I have way too many questions for it all to be in the comment section

Same here. But quite disappointing bc laptops with ryzen can't have thunderbolt 3 certification, also note that Intel offers more PCIe lanes

Would a usb 3.2 Gen 2 port Work???

@@ajaxsid9034 nope , gpus transfer data using pcie interface (it's just like usb , but faster and different category ) , thunderbolt is a combination of pcie , display port and pcie . You need tb port on a laptop.

Try not to use the USB hub in it or rather don't, there is already a bottleneck going on within the connection and if you use that same port will just decrease performance as it will eat up bandwidth that should have been reserve only for the GPU.

Can I use the thunderbolt cable with a 3.1 USB type C port on my laptop for gaming?

@@incognito7144 you need at least 3.2 i suppose

Also the fact that just the enclosure is $300-400 alone half the time and then you gotta spend another $300-500 on a good GPU its pointless

Alienware has entered the chat.

Right, now try and take your mid-sized tower to work with you. Can't? Exactly, because you're comparing completely different use-cases. It's like saying that a car is a bad investment because you take the train to work. Good for you, kinda irrelevant though.

@@user-ds8rj2vc4v If I'm not mistaken, Adam specifically stated he bought the eGPU because his new place was small, not because he has to take it to work semi-frequently. I did acknowledge there are niche use cases though, so I wasn't completely dismissing eGPUs, just that it's a terrible investment if the only reason you'd get one is because your place is small. Good job on missing that context 👍

@@blarghmcblarghson1903 My apologies, I must have misread or misunderstood. You're right then, if the only benefit is for space saving, they could have just invested in a SFF PC.

Depends on what you need and how much money you have to spend. If you want a thin and light laptop with a long battery life for work, like say the LG gram. But when you come home you want to game? And eGPU makes sense.

@@G33kyAli isnt this where AMD comes in with the new g14 Laptop? I think its kinda cool being able to have the ability to game and Confidently take my laptop without having charging anxiety in uni or work, not that I go to uni. Or work. Or have the G14... Why did I Write this comment?

My thoughts exactly, just need to surpass the need to disassemble a laptop in order to connect the cables and you can build your own without any sort of stress and for way cheaper too.

Better buy a pretty powerfull laptop and stay with it

@@santiagocv9918 a "pretty powerful laptop" come with a minimum 1000$ or 900€, the CPU will indeed keep up with time but the GPU will be bonkers in no time. Doing the Math and paying 300€ from time to time, may be preferable than 800 plus everytime...

Form factor?

Me to i have the XPS 15. Just download Cinebench.

I also have the 7590, do you have coil whine when you turn yours on? (Robotic internal sounds) just as the dell logo appears on boot

Looks like an NZXT H1.

you can just use an elgalto switch and use 2 pcs on one monitor

That's the only reason I watch the vid, good thing I watched it at 2x the speed otherwise I would have really been disappointed.

My HP Spectre and Hades Canyon both played nice with my eGPU (Razer Core X + 1080 Ti).

Im thinking of picking one up is it worth it still?

Yeah, sell your laptop and buy one with a graphics card.

You need 10 minutes to put in ads

Danger Snek no you don’t. You just get more ad revenue if it’s 10mins+

gotta hit that 10min ad revenue

🤣

I don't find it pointless. He's actually introducing the reason why he bought it, which might help some people out there decide

@@MeatCatCheesyBlaster There actually isn't a FF button on UKposts, so I wouldn't go calling other people bitches, dumbass

Rendering is more RAM heavy than it is GPU heavy. Your processor may need an upgrade, too.

@@Lord6 good luck upgrading laptop processor

@@dinodinoslav it's easier than you think. Buy a better laptop

@@Lord6 only really pricey ones like Eurocom have upgradable CPU, Dell Inspiron do not, so your previous comment is pointless.

@@dinodinoslav it is not. Upgrade your processor by buying an entirely new laptop. Problem solved. I didn't mean buy a better laptop that allows for an upgradable processor. I simply meant buy a better laptop. i5 8th gen is not ideal.

rtx 2070 is the sweet spot imo

@@keoface I quess so too. I havent played plain 1080p for years. 1080p ultrawide a while ago. Then 1440p and now mainly 4K atm since motion tech better on new screen. Around 500buck LG.

@@ArdgalAlkeides case: >$80 "unique" connectivity (whatever that means): >$100 $180 This case does not include the power supply. He mentions that he got an external one

It is certainly possible (in fact it is what I did). ADT-link TB3 (via Ali express) + eBay 2nd hand Dell PSU 230Watt. Less than 200$ in total, and no case is needed. Adding a case complicates cooling, it makes the whole think much heavier and less portable, and it cost double. Best case is no case!

@@javiej i disagree on that last point to some degree. Cooling and weight are impeded, but your electronics are protected. For an egpu, whose nature is portability, I would want the case. I just wouldn't pay $400 for it, I'd make it

@@gormauslander Well, it depends on your eGPU concept. To start with I assume that if somebody wants one is because these cases : - When a laptop class GPU is not enough for the purpose. - When you want something repairable & upgradeable But we still have to distinguish two cases, portable eGPU or fixed eGPU. 1 - If you need a "portable" eGPU then the best solution is to buy a mini pc, (best eGPU is no eGPU ;) , for example an Intel NUC (one of the models including a discrete GPU) and a portable monitor. Note that when using an eGPU, the GPU itself plus the companion PSU are big enough as to make the size of the NUC motherboard and CPU irrelevant, so it is like putting them."inside the eGPU case",.that is, a miniPC. Provides desktop class performance and saves the size and cost of the thunderbolt electronics + using two cases + two PSU + and extra cables. And you still get the repairability and upgradeaibility of a PC. 2 - But if you plan to use the laptop on the go and the eGPU only at home (or only at the work place ) then the "no case" solution is enough, which is the case I was talking. Ideally with some DIY around for cable management and protection (mine is well protected behind the monitor so I don't care too much. But with some home work aesthetics can be even better than a commercial case. In any case I think paying near 400$ for a commercial eGPU case GPU excluded (or a proprietary eGPU solution such as the new Asus) is a non sense (or if you like to waste 50% of the budget on aesthetics and only dedicate 50% to functionality then better buy a Mac, they match that concept perfectly)