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Add A Graphics Card To Your Laptop Or Mini PC With This M.2 GPU Dock!

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n this video I show you how to easily add an external Graphics Card “GPU” to your Laptop or mini PC using this awesome M.2 Graphics card dock from ADT-Link!
I test out a Radeon 5700XT on a cheaper 3500U powered laptop and I also test out an RTX 3060 on the new MINSforum H40 powered by the Ryzen 4500U
This dock supports boot delay and the DA-2 USff DELL 12V/18A/220W power supply, or a standard ATX power supply so it makes it super easy to power your eGPU.
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@jonmcentire 3 года назад

Pro tip with the laptop setup, they make HDMI dummy plugs (google it, you will find a bunch) that you can plug into the external GPU. It will trick the GPU into thinking it has a working monitor plugged in. With that set up, you go into display settings and set the GPU to have the same resolution as the laptop display then set the the laptop and GPU to duplicate each other with the GPU set as the primary display adapter. This way a game that loads wont even look at the integrated graphics and load on the correct GPU, but since the laptop display is duplicating whatever is showing on the external GPU you will see the game/desktop as though it was running on the internal GPU. Now you don't need the external monitor.

@febilogi Год назад

Thanks for sharing this tip :D really appreciate it

@Swamy456 Год назад

Bruh , ty

@azzrhei Год назад

Yo! Thanks for the info 👍😁

@JohnWilliams-sq7cj Год назад

Top flite info ty!

@INeedCofee Год назад

@@charmerabhi same here!

@JeffGeerling 3 года назад

Two M.2 slots, such luxury! And x4, so much bandwidth!

@madheshmithran055 3 года назад

Hey jeff , how is your project on rasp pi is going

@samie9907 3 года назад

Lol 🤣

@typeer 3 года назад

Three ports, he says!

@auto117666 3 года назад

Keep up the great work, Jeff! You have singlehandedly made me try to recompile a linux kernel.

@topperdude2007 3 года назад

...which got me thinking whether this dock be used with a computer that does NOT have a single M.2 port? In other words, for example - use an M.2 to USB 3.0 adapter to connect to the computer and the GPU etc as shown in this video. Or have I been watching too many Jeff Geerling videos 😃 Keep up the great work, guys? Perhaps you guys should consider doing a collab video on getting something like that to work in case there might not be a straightforward way to do that...

@makbar59 3 года назад

I think an interesting test would be to run benchmark tests on a normal PC between connecting a GPU through the PCIe slot and an M.2 X4 slot. That would really tell us what the performance drop off of this setup is.

@LanaaAmor 3 года назад

@DaKrawnik because most people that are watching this video aren't interested in doing this nor do they understand it.

@stonalisa3729 3 года назад

why would you do that?

@marioschatzipavlis2468 3 года назад

That's the reason i watched this video but unfortunately no comparison like this. The performance drop would be very interesting

@Unholy_Louie 3 года назад

It's very weird indeed that he didn't do that.

@crazyassmofoz 3 года назад

@@robertlee6338 lllll

@EpicTyphlosionTV 3 года назад

Alternate title: "Turn your laptop into a desktop"

@ETAPRIME 3 года назад

😂

@feomathardra 3 года назад

Actually i never use my laptop on my lap, so i cant complain. Also im using an exp gdc for my "lap"top

@MrJ0mmy 3 года назад

yip this would be great if you bought very cheap laptop with decent cpu and it had broken screen and maybe keyboard ect but motherboard still worked fine then made or bought a cheap pc case to house it

@AndroidFerret 3 года назад

@@ETAPRIME is there a way to connect an ext.gpu to a smartphone somehow

@michaelalexanderbuana 3 года назад

@@AndroidFerret No, smartphones don't work like that : )

@jameswalker9490 3 года назад

So many forums say things like it's impossible to use an external GPU on a laptop or mini-PC because there's no interface or because PCIe x2 isn't enough. It's great to see this setup!

@Sushi-Katana 2 года назад

Thunderbolt 3 is how I connect my eGPU to my mini PC and my HP spectre laptop. I think the method in this clip is still supposed to be faster though.

@christiansilvermoon 3 года назад

This... kinda makes me question why we don't see computers with external M.2 slots... that could be insanely useful.

@CholsreaRedstone Год назад

Yea this gave me the idea to find or make an m.2 extender, and put a small hole in my bottom case, allowing the extender to slip through, and a second divot in the bottom to flushly seat the cable. With that i can swap between my dual boot and this set up (if i get a graphics card worth the same as my computer)

@nomars4827 Год назад

Maybe because it can be dangerous to plug and unplug m.2 on turned on notebook?

@nomars4827 Год назад

@@CholsreaRedstoneit would be interesting to see! If you'll do it post a video!

@CholsreaRedstone Год назад

@@nomars4827 it would be dangerous to do so while it was on unless we modified how we use m.2 slots, having a variant for external connections, similar to usb ports

@nomars4827 Год назад

@@CholsreaRedstone I found out that there are such cases which work through Thunderbolt connection via USB-C. It also has same bandwidth of 4 PCIE lanes. You can also find a video where a guy connected GTX 4090 to usual laptop.

@Gunbomber 3 года назад

Pretty impressive! I bought a mini PC as backup after crashing my main computer, now I can make a side project to transform it into a decent gaming backup.

@BronPuca83 Год назад

I just purchased a mini PC for the sole purpose of playing my game. I didn't want to destroy my laptop. It has the exact same specs as my laptop and is a pretty nice little unit for under $200. I have noticed some issues and was just telling my husband I wanted to find a way to do this! Thank you for making my research easy. This is perfect. ❤️

@skysky4198 Год назад

How much did your computer costed?and how much mini it is?

@herbmegurch4984 3 года назад

I'm glad you mentioned to limit power to the GPU manually. You would have to do this with most new cards with a small 200W PSU.

@steinbauge4591 Год назад

But why have a small PSU? It's not the expensive part here anyway.

@giancarlodeassis1839 Год назад

How do you limit the power to the gpu manually? I have a Intel NUC10 i7 windows 11 Pro. TIA

@zeronin4696 Год назад

@@giancarlodeassis1839heavy undervolt with msi afterburner for example (for nvidia)

@zagvot 3 года назад

back in my day we use the wifi slot ... woah the future is now

@handcannon9814 3 года назад

Im using this about 2-3 years already. Follow tablettech

@midiskykiller1794 3 года назад

for the next maybe we can use ram slot....maybe

@handcannon9814 3 года назад

@@midiskykiller1794 bro pcie 4 is faster than ram. Even fastest ram ddr4 3200mhz is only 25.6gb/s meanwhile pcie is 32gb/s.

@midiskykiller1794 3 года назад

@@handcannon9814 oh i see......thank you for the information. so its mean M.2 X4 slot is faster right than ram?

@raszelast 3 года назад

I'd love to see either a weaker or stronger GPU used in the same system. See if the bottleneck means there's little difference between say a 3060 and a 1050 Ti or a 3080.

@jerdojo4524 10 месяцев назад

1660 super isn't bottlenecked by it so 1660 super and 3060

@quantamatrix7551 3 года назад

Man you're a life saver. I was worried when I saw that my newly purchased VivoBook flip didn't have a thunderbolt 3 type c.

@gerthinatorgaming5952 3 года назад

DUUUUUDE.......😲😲😲😲☹ This is awesome. What a massive improvement this could make to so many of our retro gaming systems. Funny that I've got my old msi 980ti just laying around in it's box.

@gerthinatorgaming5952 3 года назад

@DaKrawnik 🤣 at least it's better than crap graphics, if ya had the money for a more balance set up you wouldn't be running a cheap laptop and a GPU like this

@yuni_is_cool 3 года назад

The 980 ti is still a beast tho, I mean if you don't use it how about lending it to me for the rest of my life xD

@gerthinatorgaming5952 3 года назад

@@yuni_is_cool I've now sold it 🤣

@yuni_is_cool 3 года назад

@@gerthinatorgaming5952 I mean I would have given you 20$

@pandierik8346 2 года назад

You are talking about your gtx 980ti and i am struggling to find a decent one. I love that card XD -.-

@ClayWheeler 3 года назад

MOOOORE WE NEED MORE SUCH VIDEO. M.2 NVMe eGPU is the future of Cheap External GPU solution

@BigGayRapper 3 года назад

Just sat down to take a shit and see this uploaded 30 seconds ago. Perfect timing!

@zaki_1337 3 года назад

😂😂😂

@FS--ew3se 3 года назад

Yes

@AuroraAce. 3 года назад

I hope you enjoyed your shit

@FS--ew3se 3 года назад

@@AuroraAce. I'm shutting rn

@jussikankinen9409 2 месяца назад

And wipe phone no need washing

@plutoniumshore 3 года назад

I was trying to do this with a Dell AIO a few years back. They had some kind of lock on the M.2 slot to only allow certain devices. While there were a LOT of customized firmwares out there to unlock various M.2's on lots of machines, they didn't have one for my particular machine. So the whole project was a "no-go". I did pick up an alienware graphics accelerator for ridiculously cheap that I wanted to gut out (just needed the shell since most are prohibitively expensive) to stick the adapter into...has been sitting in a box of forgotten projects ever since.

@dalethepalemale6855 3 года назад

Closer and closer to a future where I don't need to have two separate computers anymore. Just need this with a nice convenient/accessible way to plug it in.

@_Digitalguy 3 года назад

the nice and convenient way is thunderbolt, this implies opening your laptop every time you need to plug in....

@dalethepalemale6855 3 года назад

@@_Digitalguy Yeah, if there is a thunderbolt dock that can supply power, ethernet, and eGPU that would be perfect for me. Currently already using a thunderbolt dock, but I've read that you can't plug an eGPU into the dock, because its just too much latency to the CPU

@_Digitalguy 3 года назад

@@dalethepalemale6855 but is it a dock specifically made for eGPUs?

@dalethepalemale6855 3 года назад

@@_Digitalguy No its a dock for power, ethernet, displayport, USB, etc. What I would like is to still have those features plus an eGPU, but currently its not possible I think.

@_Digitalguy 3 года назад

@@dalethepalemale6855 It is possible. The Razer Core X Chroma has 100w power, 4 usb and ethernet. Display port is in the GPU itself, which sticks from the enclosure just like from a desktop (there are several, depending on the GPU, my 2070 super for instance has 3 + 1 HDMI)

@tdata545 3 года назад

I wondered this, glad to see it's finally here. Also waiting for a USB 4 adapter for the M.2 slot.

@mvgiacomello 3 года назад

I came here to comment the same or thunderbolt over usb-c.

@grant78uk 3 года назад

This could be the answer to my laptop gaming needs. It looks so simple to do even me who’s not very tech savvy could do it

@tom611 3 года назад

I kinda wish that they'd make these with an extra connector that is small and close to the m.2 side that you could easily cut a hole for, that way you could detach it and move the machine easily, whether laptop or mini pc. Though, it might be a problem if someone tried to hot-swap it.

@lightfantastik 3 года назад

This was my exact thought too. If someone is motivated, you could maybe cut the ribbon cable in half, and solder some ports to it, but without seeing it in person, IDK how plausible that is (or if you can get compact male/female connectors to support the necessary amount of wires)

@rustyshakkleford 3 года назад

Really impressed with the mini PC performance. I have a 3060 and in most of the GPU heavy games and benchmarks you are getting the 85%+ of the cards performance. For instance a graphics score of 10,000 in Timespy would be an amazing result for that card, so a 9070 is pretty damn impressive with that setup.

@HandheldHardware 3 года назад

This dock is awesome! I’m working on an enclosure for this now. Great video

@thethoughtfraud779 3 года назад

Can you share a link? I'd love to see progress and for enclosures to become standard!

@tonyfrancis6505 3 года назад

@@thethoughtfraud779 me too

@titntin5178 3 года назад

Shame you didnt post this back in the days when you could buy a gpu! Still, future generations may use it if the world ever functions correctly again xD

@PhillyCableDave 3 года назад

Just Wow. ETA - You are always thinking outside the box, and always finding Awesome Technology Solutions, I love your Channel 👍😎👍

@patrickryan7829 3 года назад

Yeah use something you can't get.... It's not new or viable in this climate.

@PhillyCableDave 3 года назад

@@patrickryan7829 - Ok Thank 🙄

@patrickryan7829 3 года назад

@@PhillyCableDave it's more expensive than buying a better laptop.... For worse performance.

@BomarJr 3 года назад

I'd love to see this on that GameCube PC build!

@chibilawl 3 года назад

his gamecube build already has thunderbolt 3, so he could just use an egpu enclosure.

@lightfantastik 3 года назад

@@chibilawl this would be a lot cheaper though.

@Psychx_ 3 года назад

Always make sure that your Powersupply provides enough juice to power the GPU. Not meeting wattage requirements can trip overcurrent protection or fry the PSU if it doesn't have working safety mechanisms.

@thegodhoward8037 Год назад

He has plenty as long as he doesn't go into rtx 70 territory 200w should be fine

@JefferyMiller21 3 года назад

Thank you for this! I was actually thinking about how this could be accomplished this very morning!

@ccricers 3 года назад

This makes me think of possible enclosures to fit this build into. A sandwich style SFF case like Ghost S1, but smaller than mini ITX only tall enough for these NUC-style boards. Like the NUC extreme but more custom.

@Taras-Nabad 3 года назад

This is very cool. What's not cool is when you spend $1500 on a laptop with Nvidia, then Nvidia decides to make your non removable video card obsolete and not update the drivers anymore.

@LetsListenToMus1k 3 года назад

Manufactors should plan a specific space on the laptop side to easily access a these free port for extension, like an opening with a removable plastic part. I know Intel can use Thunderbolt 3/4 but in the futur it might be awesome to directly access PCIe slot potentially higher than 4x.

@feeblemonster8174 3 года назад

Check out Asus flow x15

@LetsListenToMus1k 3 года назад

@@feeblemonster8174 thanks! Never saw it before. Looks like a pciE + usb-c combo to have the GPU directly using pci-e and the I/O of the external case using usb-c. Quiet nice concept, hope the idea expand to other model /brand.

@hobbypyromane2.05 2 года назад

@@LetsListenToMus1k I now own a great gaming laptop that I plan to use for at least 7 years. I’m thinking of modding it in a way that would give me the option to quickly connect and disconnect a egpu to make it better in the future.

@maybeiam3367 2 года назад

Yes they should just have an m2 port on the side of the laptop like you would with usb or thunderbolt. I don’t understand why that isn’t done, I mean thunderbolt has its uses for things besides egpu set ups so why not add a pcie 4.0 4x m2 slot on the side just for that? I don’t want to fiddle with my laptop to do this, it’s a hassle and I don’t want to have to remove an ssd if I have two in there. Simply give me a m2 port on the side. Also with this the internal gpu should be disconnected and that external m2 slot should be greater than 4x, that’s assuming the 4x limitation of m2 is from the cpu and not connector. If it’s the connector that’s fine but if not it should be greater than 4x.

@eizc Год назад

alternate title: turn your slow school laptop into a $5000 gaming PC

@justinpatterson5291 3 года назад

This would actually solve one of the primary issues with one of my theoretical shrunken builds. Finding a good m.2 adapter.

@williampan29 3 года назад

That's so cool! Now all I need is finding a gpu!

@am8115 3 года назад

😢

@lightfantastik 3 года назад

It's bad out there, but not impossible. I get tips on inventory releases and managed to get a 3070 in my shopping cart, but didn't actually have the money, and had to abandon it (just wanted to see if the tip was accurate).

@xxNerv 3 года назад

Literally thought of my motile laptop when I saw this then noticed you was using one lol dope

@meneguzzo68 2 года назад

A good power supply alternative could be Cooler Master MWE 550W FM 80+ Gold *MPY-5501-AFAAG-EU , which has all modular cables , so you can put only the required gpu cable on it

@benchabasilem4352 2 года назад

How much watts it can supply?

@x7slim8x 3 года назад

Yessir! Yet another cool video!

@ebrocoliphoto 3 года назад

PCIe gen 4 M.2 in a nutshell : I'M BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE WITH YOU ALL

@cptcrogge 3 года назад

9:01 "Preparing automatic repair"

@cptcrogge 3 года назад

@@bland9876 he probably turned it off while it was running

@cptcrogge 3 года назад

@@bland9876 1. You start the PC, Windows is booting... 2. You turn it off while Windows is starting 3. Do this a few times 4. Enjoy automatic repair

@cptcrogge 3 года назад

@@bland9876 We are all just human beings

@ceemontana5877 3 года назад

What would be nice, is that laptop manufacturers offered external M.2 slot plug-ins on the side of their units

@lowshot959 2 года назад

Excellent video, I've been waiting for a setup just like this! I have a Dell Venue 11 Pro tablet with a passively-cooled 4.5W Core M. It would be interesting to see how it performs using an M.2 connected GPU. Thanks for the idea!

@pinkipromise 2 года назад

core m is from an era without nvme

@akeelshah7904 Год назад

Even if you could make it work the cou is such a bottleneck i remember when I had one I had to make my own CPU headsink to maintain higher CPU clocks

@Jay-lc1nh 3 года назад

How bout a Dual M.2 to PCIe Adapter for dual purpose.

@virtual-viking 3 года назад

"Dual purpose"?.... you mean dual GPU, like SLI/CrossFire. If so, I actually think running 2 identical adapters would work just fine, even adding an SLI bridge might work. Having an integrated adapter only makes sense if you want to combine 2 M.2's into a single x8 slot.

@Grumpy-J 3 года назад

Great vid. Concise, too the point and an easy how to explanation.👍

@brad7207 3 года назад

Great stuff Prime, I've been following for just under a year. I would appreciate it if you would do an episode featuring the egpu dock from this episode with the beelink gt mini pc you featured in the past. I just got the i5 version with 16gb/512gb brand new for under $400. If you only have the ryzen model from the previous show that's cool, but the ultimate would be a head to head. I would watch that over and over again. Keep up the great work

@tefoonez 2 года назад

did you do this gpu for the beelink? just got one a couple of months back and this has me very curious!

@brad7207 2 года назад

@@tefoonez not yet, I'm thinking of using a 1650 super

@tefoonez 2 года назад

@@brad7207 good luck buddy

@theoneyoudontsee8315 3 года назад

if you can get pci-e gen4 X4 with this m.2 adapter you can actually destroy thunderbolt 3 4 and maby even thunderbolt 5 when it comes to a actual egpu like this setup. thanks eta for pointing out still the fastest egpu solution even if its not neat as a thunderbolt cable to a finished egpu box!

@shadowr2d2 3 года назад

Very educational, & informative as well. You sir have a new subscriber. Keep up the great work..

@ero-samairianto625 3 года назад

I already have this setup as a daily driver. Mini pc with i7 8750H from AliExpress, and this ADT Link also from AliExpress. Been running for about 4 months now. I7 8750H and rx 570 combo. Great for daily task and "light" gaming 😁👌

@steinbauge4591 Год назад

Awesome! You used the exact same ADT? i bought an intel based i9 mini pc and seller tells me this cannot be done. But then it is possible on intel based too?

@ero-samairianto625 Год назад

@@steinbauge4591 same ADT, but different mini PC. Mine is older version which had 2 m.2 slot and 1 HDD slot but fewer usb slot and a weaker CPU. So I still can use nvme SSD and ADT link simultaneously. And yes, it's still working today !

@steinbauge4591 Год назад

@@ero-samairianto625 Great! Thanks for answering. Now my storage slots are SATA but there are setups for ordinary pcie mini ports. Only works with some 'moderate' gpu like GTX 1080.

@steinbauge4591 Год назад

@@ero-samairianto625 Thx again, this was useful input as the seller now informs me the 2 slots I have are NVME, 1 also supports SATA. Seems their techs just assumed egpu was not possible on this one (ofc an assumption that potentially loses them business)

@dpprinters 3 года назад

i installed an exp gdc beast on my old toshiba satellite i3 laptop and i am using it right now works perfectly fine, thanks for the video

@ericsankey5756 3 года назад

That is really crazy tho. A mini PC doing that. Building an enclosure around the GPU, that would look so cool.

@sparkz1554 3 года назад

They need to make one of these as a gaming box with intergrade psu. just to keep it all neat in one package. Maybe a flex psu to keep down the size.

@Deedlbug 3 года назад

Now I just need to find a graphics card in stock.

@lucky88shp 3 года назад

Nice! This is a great way to have a highly portable gaming setup on the fly.

@williamlee9135 3 года назад

That power supply yoi mentioned just solved a minig issue I was having over here ! Thanks a lo! Great channel btw

@pauldeshield 3 года назад

Awesome video! *How does this compare to using an eGPU over thunderbolt 3?* I have an Intel NUC connected to a 5700xt in a razor core x chroma

@MandoMTL 3 года назад

This'll give a second life/purpose to a lot of units purchased as pandemic stopgap solutions. Anything that denies these silicon gangsters more revenue is golden in my book.

@sourcey6620 3 года назад

Ooooooof, now I have a reason to buy a gpu. Thanks prime! I literally just bought this week's anbernic because of you. Hahah

@crvoincr 2 года назад

am I able to do this with a graphics card instead?

@revolvant 3 года назад

Nice, i love these EGPU solutions. Would there be a difference with thunderbolt, or is the M.2 x4 just as good?

@nuyorican91st 3 года назад

When u can utilize x16 that'll be the day...but for used laptops with shit mobile gpu like old sager laptops with gtx 770m or old-school crap like that this method is cool What's not cool? Gpu price shit circus show going on now...buy your tickets!

@grambottle033 3 года назад

It's definitely a clunky setup right now, but with this functionality in M.2, hopefully ease-of-use improvements are a few iterations away.

@smailh.k2635 3 года назад

I hope they will make m.2 slot like an SD card slot.

@MrFallen1ne 3 года назад

Or you just pull that board from the laptop and put everything into a hand built case for a nice sleek package since it's not like people who do this will be removing the back plate to connect and disconnect just to take the laptop out of the house.

@steinbauge4591 Год назад

with a 50 cm cable you could get it off the desktop (its an option for the ADT set)

@kieranmandy9987 3 года назад

I remember doing this in 2011 with a Sony Vaio Z... Amazing how nothing has significantly changed and implementation hasn't significantly improved in that time...

@hassanahmad568 3 года назад

Imagine adding egpu to new steam deck with this adapter

@agusprayogo7932 3 года назад

I just hoping to use the built in monitor for the laptop. Is it even possible?

@_Turbocat777 3 года назад

there are ways to still use the gpu while routing the display through the onboard port/monitor sometimes. gonna take an fps or latency hit but it's been done before

@mattbell1907 3 года назад

Yes but it sends the video back over the same link so bandwidth can be an issue

@62akira 3 года назад

You miss a very importend Information it only work with M.2 NVME Slot an not M.2 SATA Port, I think you the normal user this information is helpful.

@_Digitalguy 3 года назад

Yeah too many people use the word M2 and don't realize that some people don't know that M2 can also be SATA

@handcannon9814 3 года назад

I knew about this thing 2 years ago from techtablets channel.previously using this with my mi notebook air+gtx1060. Now on my 3400g asrock a300. No issues.

@ezg8448 3 года назад

Great video! The Golden standard would be a DIY homemade thunderbolt solution but this is still awesome and has greater compatibility.

@Sup_D 3 года назад

What is the GPU performance difference between using the "M.2" slot and directly connecting to "PCIe" slot on the Motherboard on a normal PC?

@ants288 3 года назад

Usually the M.2 slot is more limited in bandwidth which can prevent the GPU from reaching full performance.

@azraeihalim 3 года назад

@@ants288 well back in the day this solution much more limited bandwidth because it only have mSATA version 5Gb/s slot

@pweddy1 3 года назад

It would be interesting to experiment and see how low you have to go with the GPU before the PCI 4 slot wasn’t to bottleneck?

@Moddedby Год назад

Yes

@nbkkash9451 2 года назад

I been wondering how to turn the $200 mini pcs without thunderbolt into discrete gpu capable units. Thanks man. You helped me. Now my truck mini pc will have discrete graphics so I can play some newer games

@lonergothonline 3 года назад

seeing this reminded me for some reason of what some people are doing with their nintendo wii's, cutting the circuit board away and using just the smallest amount of board necesary connected to another board, in order to have portable games consoles that play all wii and GC games natively, in tiny form factors like 'altiods mint can', imagine having a M.2 graphics card, that is just a tall memory stick or something, that can play games at 1080p60hz med settings for most games.

@monolofiminimal 3 года назад

Would be funny if you could use it on sbc/pi. Too bad we can't, at least not yet.

@alexisrivera200xable 3 года назад

A hat to add m.2 to the pi seems to exist.

@monolofiminimal 3 года назад

Btw if anyone is interested, Jeff geerling did a video about this very thing a few days ago.

@FirstnameLastName-mr8lk 3 года назад

@@bland9876 ayyy you have the same name as me

@123Suryasis 3 года назад

Thanks for the indepth setup guide and the product links. In this way, these amd based mini PC's can be turned into a solid gaming rig. Would you please test it with some mini PC with desktop class apu like R7 4750GE or R5 4650GE? The performance should be Higher considering those CPUs have higher power limits.

@Snowaxe3D Год назад

TBH it's not a bad investment, If someone wants to build a Gaming PC but can't buy everything at once yet have the itch to play games, then This will work amazingly, I know this because this was me, I bought my GPU 2 months before the rest of my Rig 😆

@jccnguyen 3 года назад

The 3060 lined up perfectly with the dock

@laurencetam724 3 года назад

Next: Add A Graphic Card to Your two-way pager!

@DaraulHarris 3 года назад

Wait you guys have graphics cards?

@ETAPRIME 3 года назад

😂

@fuxyews2177 3 года назад

Once around the campfire my grandfather remarked of how he once saw such a thing. I remain unconvinced

@foxg_ming1148 Месяц назад

your GPU has a nice laptop

@madhavgohel3550 3 года назад

Please a video on chrome os in virtual box and your content and information is great and the way you explain i love it

@KomradeMikhail 3 года назад

Dremel. You can just cut a slot in the bottom cover panel of a laptop, nearly the size of a cooling vent slit.

@_Digitalguy 3 года назад

the issue is that if you carry your laptop around a hole big enough to conveniently plug this is is going to leave part of the internals exposed

@alexisrivera200xable 3 года назад

@@_Digitalguy Seems like a good idea to 3d print a custom dust cover for that hole.

@jdarius5877 3 года назад

Hi prime, let's say I'm using more powerful gpu, rtx3080, can i use 2 of that 220w dell power adaptor on the m.2 external graphic dock? Or is it meant to be equipped with 1 dell power adaptor only?

@virtualtools_3021 3 года назад

Not supported AND 2X isn't enough power even if it was

@ETAPRIME 3 года назад

One only, I would personally just pick up a cheap 400 watt ATX PSU

@jdarius5877 3 года назад

Ok will do and thanks for the reply.

@loucipher7782 2 года назад

there should be an option to keep the m2 connector inside the laptop and just pull it out to connect to the egpu at home

@JosephDickson 8 месяцев назад

Fantastic, an external GPU might work well with my slim Dell desktop too.

@user-zu3rr6hq2c 3 года назад

Test it with Ubuntu, please.

@one.toke.man. 5 месяцев назад

i tried it and it doesn’t work

@Cxlestyal 4 месяца назад

you definitely messed something up then

@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440 3 года назад

That is cool it can work on my Lenovo legion 5 that’s has a 2nd m.2 ssd slot

@phreakwars 3 года назад

I guess the only thing I didn't like was the cables coming out from the bottom of the laptop without the back lid on, and the mini PC not being fully closed. I would totally take my dremel to it. Maybe not the laptop, but for sure I'd hack up the mini PC to make it all work.

@spaceburrito215 3 года назад

That's cool! Now I can put all these gpus laying around into use.... :((((((

@Pace221 3 года назад

Is it possible to use the laptop display or it can only work with a monitor plugged directly to the gpu?

@wabash1 3 года назад

Yes it is but you need to configure it properly for this, you lose 15-25% performance, it's very buggy, but I did it for a couple years, get the shortest cord you can find. I tried to edit the dsdt but ended up going with egpu software from nandeva0 on eBay. It was unstable at any temperature above 40c but I could run a lot more games than what my Intel integrated supported.

@rohanchooramun7288 2 месяца назад

Please try out the new Adt-Link R43UH pcie 4.0 with a much stronger gpu. Including all the software process as well.

@LeDragoX 3 года назад

That's a nice workaround to put an eGPU, seems more portable.

@TheSinnKidsOfficial 3 года назад

*me who bought a asus g14 that only had one m.2 slot*: well isn't that lovely

@funknugget6334 3 года назад

i mean the g14 already has a dedicated GPU so this would be pointless

@TheSinnKidsOfficial 3 года назад

@@funknugget6334 yeah but it isn't that good, I have the rtx 2060 model, and it has the power of like a 1650

@funknugget6334 3 года назад

@@TheSinnKidsOfficial but still… it’s literally a 14 inch thin-and-light laptop with an RTX card. it performs great for what it is. i owned the exact same model- you’re not gonna get better performance over M.2 with an external card, plus they’re incredibly expensive nowadays

@flancanstain 3 года назад

please do this with the chiwi larkbox really would be interesting :)

@pinkipromise 2 года назад

larkbox use sata

@CanalDojogames 2 года назад

So i bought an mini pc beelink u59 that has an new intel processor, thanks again to your video i know it will run nice with egpu.. just waiting it arrives

@compservco9102 2 года назад

Love that Standoff idea!!!!! Definitely going to use that..

@earnests5375 3 года назад

Is there m.2 splitter due to single slot on a laptop

@auto117666 3 года назад

Want to do some gaming with your laptop on the airplane? Hope you bought two tickets! :)

@josephzamer5802 3 года назад

nice, but I do believe should be a way to use (laptop scenario) the built it monitor

@dreadavis9751 3 года назад

It will work, but performance will be slightly reduced, because of data being sent back to laptop from gpu

@davidgrantaustin 2 года назад

1.) Did you use the Dell DA-2 USFF power supply with the RTX 3060? 2.) If so, did you have to perform any manual or software based power limiting? 3.) If not, what ATX power supply did you use? 4.) Does the Dell DA-2 USFF power supply come with the necessary 8-pin adapter cable? 5.) If not, would you please provide a link to the cable that you used in your video?

@einfmaggus8386 2 года назад

very helpful in my oppinion for mini PC Upgrades!

@dyonisis7681 7 месяцев назад

make sure to put a half twist on you gpu cable to laptop. For when you right side up the laptop

@elalemanpaisa Месяц назад

doesn't need to be portable but when you have an old laptop you want to hook up to your tv for motal kombat or foraza and bought an ultra book its awesome

@112Famine Год назад

I know this is two years old but if a laptop wanted to be top of the line they'd include a M.2 port accessible just like a USB port in the back & a docking station that can house drives & graphic cards, or anything else they come up with into future, like high speed internet.