Running A Desktop GPU In A MINI PC 

Thanks for the video. Awesome. Small correction: it's 600% , 6 times faster in Cyberpunk 2077 (from ~8fps to ~49fps)

The best part of the whole video is the presentation of the NVMe to PCIe adapter cable!!! With this adapter we gain four PCIe Lanes (4x32Gbps or 4x64Gbps or 4x128Gbps!!!! depending on Gen of NVMe connector which is avaliable on motherboard) So this adapter gives us the possibility to add to a computer an LSI card, iSCSI, QSFPx2, QSFP+x2, RAID controller, or any other component that requires these speeds, either to increase the provided SATA ports or to add a card network with 2x10, 2x40 or 2x100Gbps speeds! Think what you can plug into four lines of direct connection to the processor!!! Excellent video with unlimited applications of the adapter both in upgrades and expansions of capabilities of our new constructions. You remain a Pioneer, keep it up!!!

A few of the new mini PCs have oculink ports, I highly recommend checking those out. Cheers.

I found strong mini PC at aliexpress and thought about external GPU, but dont know how and what performance will be...and YOU MADE VIDEO ABOUT IT ❤️❤️❤️

awesome tech presentation! There's still a reason to do this, that is if you have multiple uses for your mini PC. I like the idea of having a dedicated spot near the TV for demanding gaming, while still keep the option of taking the mini guy with me without the eGPU if I want to. Thanks for sharing this knowledge.

I can’t help but doubt that a GTX 1660 uses the full 16x speeds that a modern PCI-E slot provides. But I am sure it’s being restrained quite a bit from 1X. I was really surprised when I saw it run Cyberpunk at a decent enough frame rate that could be playable. I have a 1660 Super and never thought it could, so I haven’t tried. Maybe I’ll give it a shot.

I love how the Lenovo M75Q gen2 (was $488 for a Ryzen 7 and windows 10 Pro in 2020) has the holes in the board for a full PCIe x16 slot, it just doesnt have the thing populated, once i replace it i'd like to try and install one and see if i can run this with a GPU+ribbon cable+external PSU

What this shows me is the sheer level of processing that is now handled by the graphics card, opposed to what the motherboard and CPU used to.

Cool video! How on earth did you come up with your improvement percentages though 😅? They were all wrong imo. If you had 25fps and improve to 50 fps, that's 200% of the original or in other words a 100% improvement. If you had 25fps and improve to 86fps (for instance), that's (100/25)*86 = 344% or a 244% improvement. The numbers you mentioned were way lower

Great video, i cant wait to try with my 5700XT on my Lenovo M75Q Gen2 with Ryzen 7 4750GE, and a full sized PCIe slot(not populated with a slot, so i'll need to solder one in) Slight note on performance 7:00 CSGO: 301% improvement, or 401% of the performance GTA V: 279% improvement, or 379% of the performance Wreckfest: 441% improvement, or 541% of the performance SOTR: 560% improvement, or 660% of the performance CP2077: 498% improvement, or 598% of the performance

1660's are on the used market for $60-$80 right now. This whole rig seems like a "make it happen until i can get better" type of setup and with a gpu under $100 it might be worth it for some temporarily.

Hey I'm not trying to be a nitpicker, but I'm confused; in many of your frame rate improvement examples, you were seeing 3-6x fps improvements, but only showing 116-150 "%" improvements...seems those should be 300-600%, so I'm thinking I am missing something?

lifesaver, i have that exact mini pc and struggled to run black myth wukong. You saved me 800$ from a new pc. I overlooked the fact if it was dedicated gpu or integrated.

Your nvme adapter is pcie 1x. You can observe it by just looking at the thickness of the link. It’s way too small. You need to get a better adapter. The link right now isn’t worth it.

Enjoy your vids!! Anyone ever happen to mention you kinda resemble Network Chuck? Cheers!!

Thanks for your always appreciated videos ;) Please can you provide the link for the adaptor?

I miss having a shop. We used to "Frankenstein" so many things. If some build or configuration was impossible, we made it possible.

CyberCPU Tech-- Have You ever gotten facial hair caught up in a computer fan? lol

good Video Rich I like the new editing also. thanks buddy

kinda reminds me of those restaurants that serve "deconstructed" food. deconstructed pc.

Very informative video. Keep up the good work!

I dont have such an "adapter" for the power supply I allways used just the cheapest paperclip + some cheapest office tape , because I used a PC-power-supply for many tings incl. car radios

CyberCPU Tech--- I have an OptiPlex 3040 with an i3 CPU. There has been a lot of interest in older operating systems like Windows XP. How do you install one? I do not want to use VMWare or any of those programs to make it work (if possible). Your videos are always Top Notch!! TIA!!

not sure how the improvement percentage is calculated, but going from 8 fps to 50 fps is way more than 140% improvement, it is over 6 fold. If you ever update this video with the miniforums 7840hs xtx with its Oculink interface results will be even more impressive. Exposed graphics card and psu is probably not wife approved, but could be made presentable in a vertical box like the xbox. And of course any concept of practicality is non existent. A Mini PC with a more substantial integrated graphics card like the 780M can serve as a cute all-rounder PC for an elderly parent, or HTPS hidden behind the TV

I run a GMKtech K2 which is honestly a great option for gaming but I'm thinking about adding a RTX 3060

what i need is the link for the adapter

No box, its a pcb, well built, pretty cool, only 150 us and has thunderbolt and my gmktec box actually came with thunderbolt installed!! Only runnin an rx 580, gts 8gb ocd, the best 580. Should be awesome with the 11320h to run some nice 1080 games. Also a 500w evga power supply i had lying around.

Your problem was not the NVMe slot being stuck on 1.0 it was either the adapter or the cable you were using or both. The adapter AND the cable you are using to send data back and forth between the PC and the video card must support PCIe x4 or else it will default to x1.

Currently building an vr airlink setup with a mini pc as the host and an rtx 30 or 40 series as the monster I'll come back to let you guys know if it works I'm thinking about making it a thing my design should work without taking apart the specific mini pc either

Thanks mate..We always staying tune..😉👍

1:21 Link of the adapter?

For a second No lie I thought it was Mick Foley On the thumbnail 😅

09:30 - text in top of the video: Wreakfest (after Wreakfest).

Those cheaper mini PCs usually have a m.2 SSD slot which is not the same as nvme

imagine if mini pc in the future will have a feature of dedicated gpu attachment

Competitive games are doing fine on mini pc, laptop or other low powered

"Not wife approved" - love that line, and it is so very true! Interesting video, while not 100% practical it is still interesting to know that such possibilities do exist. Also it was very interesting to see how well the external card did one only one PCI-X lane (better than I was expecting before seeing your benchmarks)! I would love to know how the card would have done with better bandwidth like the full 4x you were originally hoping for.

I have some stuff, a couple psus, a 500w should be great, have a new rx580 gts xxx 8gb, but an n100 mini pc nuc7, might try it since i have an external x16 slot that hooks similar to yours but actually plugged into a slot, wondering if the cpu can handle it. Originally was gonna run it to my laptop but i dont feel like cutting things yet. Thats at least got a 5800hs on it so i know its good there, this is all for 1080p too. Alot of old games get new life with all this stuff, i love it.

Thanks

I'm currently using an old 3rd gen Dell laptop with a RX 6400, through an EXP GDC.

@CyberCPUTech Can you connect a "quad nvme m.2 pcie adapter" to this pcie adapter? This would be a nice possibility to add multiple ssds to the minipc and convert it into a nas.

I don't know why I watched this video while I have no mini pc. I only have a dead laptop.

I'm curious, if you can troubleshoot a little and test the adapter on a desktop in order to find out if is the motherboard of the minipc or the adapter. nice video

My CPU broke and if I wanted a good one I would have to replace everything except for the drive and GPU. I might do this😂

? where you able to change the 1x in the bios?

10 fps to 68fps isn't "148%" improvement, it's a 580% the framerate

If only there was some sort of casing this could all this be bolted to so that you can slide it under desk. oops that would be a regular desktop pc.

Percent values of improvement are all screwed up? How is 74fps a "138% improvement" over 13.7fps? All the maths are completely wrong...

isnt easier to get a normal box, open the mini one take it all out put it in the new box and add extentions to it as a destop one? idk just wondering on my side a easy way without being messy lol without the things open on the sides etc…

you saved me, best ideea ever

I'll play Microsoft office. 🤣🤣 by the way, there is a mini pc from a brand called minisforum, it has some accessories to plug external GPU on its PCI-E slot. but I don't remember how many pcie lane, the only this i can remember is the pcie dock accessories has a maximum of 3 slots GPU size

would be good to see what the fps would have been on a better motherboard, with same SSD/memory/CPU?

I think that adapter is shite ....did you test another one ?

I really think it's the adapter.

what would you recommend for a small for factor pc build for offgrid gaming. Im looking to build a mini itx with an external GPU that i can turn off and not use at all for simple tasks to keep power draw to a minimum but turn on when i want to game

Thank you

This is quite an interesting video.

man would like to c this work on the AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS mini pc

just wana say thanks for sharing

You're awesome 🎉❤️

never thought this would be possible. i just have some Qs. is it possible to completely remove the external power supply? like getting a gpu that does need external power (like the A2000/1650, which conveniently has low profile) , then just get the power draw from a converted floppy drive power cable to usb...

Can you try with an OcuLink adapter ?

can you drop the link for the adapter? I'm going to do this for a yt vid where im going to turn my mini pc into a gaming pc by 3d printing a custom case too hold everything

Just because you can doesn't mean you should. IDK

The problem is the ebay adapter :-)

Thanks but.. I do need to put the ssd too do you have another idea?😊

08:04 - "GTA 5 ... is pretty old" ?

Cool but this spoils the whole idea of having a mini PC. Using s small desktop would be way cheaper because powerful mini PCs are pretty expensive

i seen cyberpuke 2077 and realized its just a rehashed gta with gimmics.....so i uninstalled it and im never looking back lol

I would go with 3060 RTX cos it cost the some at 1660 that is just me

I've been doing this using mini pcie ivy bridge 17watt tdp using an RX the HD4000 plays GTA 5 better than Iris they are weaker new gen cpu. Unless your greener energy architecture PCI x1 isn't as great stock as i3 3217u vs HD 4000 but HD 4000 still holds its ground.

If your mini pc have 2 slots for ssd You can put ssd in one and this adaptor in second slot its gonna be fine?

Help bought elite desk 705g4 bought rx6400 will it work NVR built first try what do I do

You have an error its says the game is wheakfast but its shadow of the tomb rider 9:44

What if it doesnt boot to windows

Great video on hacking something to something else!!!!!

Sir how we buy the dock ? In India 😅

do you have a link to the adapter ?

Would this work with a gpu that doesn't need a psu?

Hope you reply what power adapter 😂

Has anyone done this with a Minisforum UM480XT ?

i have my gtx 970 gpu connected to my asus chromebox cn62 mini pc,, "but",,, the nvidia driver i have downloaded "does NOT" detect it!!?? why!!??😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

Doesn't that NVMe SSD you took out have windows on it, so how do you get windows

Thunderbolt!!!

You the best

thanks,where u get the adapter

U CANT EVEN LINK THE 14 DOLLAR IGPU

sooooooooooo coooooooooll. 👌👌👍👍💕💕

How much?

Just get a mini pc with thunderbolt 3/4 and plug in a egpu

Good video but I stopped watching after you couldn't work out the correct percentages....

those improvement % are incorrect... did you skip your maths school?

If your wife has to "approve" your stuff, she'll have no respect for you. You should be in charge bubba.

Awesome video btw if folks are unhappy with any video part they should simply stfu and suck it.😂