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  • WithoutWeakness - Thursday, April 18, 2019 - link

    It is comical how large this enclosure is. Nearly double the volume of a Dan A4 SFX case and that will hold an entire computer. I know this has better compatibility with taller/wider GPUs but it really is monstrous given that it just needs to hold a GPU. The ATX power supply is such a waste of space and all the extra space in the front is seemingly dedicated to a 120mm fan that blows air at the back of the graphics card.
  • Cellar Door - Thursday, April 18, 2019 - link

    I agree, this should be have the size and come with an sfx psu.
  • TheUnhandledException - Thursday, April 18, 2019 - link

    First they are making these things way to damn big. Second they need to get real on the pricing. The base version should be $199 or less and the one with extra ports no more than $50 more. At $299/$399 who is buying these things? Idiots?
  • wintermute000 - Thursday, April 18, 2019 - link

    People who want to only run a single machine and it needs to be portable?

    A decent gaming CPU/MB/RAM/SSD/PSU/case is going to cost a lot more than the eGPU enclosure, even if the eGPU is taking the 20% thunderbolt performance hit.
  • jordanclock - Thursday, April 18, 2019 - link

    Yeah, most laptops have plenty of power to run even the most demanding games, except for their GPUs. This takes less space than most any desktop and gives laptops the final major benefit of a PC. I'm seriously considering one of these with a nice laptop instead of refreshing my entire PC.
  • s.yu - Friday, April 19, 2019 - link

    I think the hit is more like 70% for RTX2080, you get increasingly diminished gains beyond 1060.
  • Siegfred55 - Friday, April 19, 2019 - link

    Got the Razer Core X Chroma, easily installed the Asus RX ROG Vega64. Hooked it to a Mac Mini 2018 via thunderbolt included. And looked the Mac mini via Thunderbolt to the Apple (LG) 5K.
    Not familiar wit heGPU, I've been reading on eGPUs before making the purchase. I am aware that my pick is far from "The "Best". Anyways, I do genuinely appreciate the HUGE improvement in speed and the better picrtures. And especially that I did not have to have the knowledge and wisdom of a tech guru, nor sis I have to go back and forth the computer store for help to get things to work. Thanks RAZER + Asus + OSX. Later might just try the ASUS ROG Radeon VII + Raze Core X Chroma.
  • star-affinity - Saturday, April 20, 2019 - link

    It’s called MacOS (again, or it was ”Mac OS” before) nowadays, not OS X. ;)
  • skavi - Monday, April 22, 2019 - link

    as long as we're being anal, it's called macOS, not MacOS.
  • timecop1818 - Sunday, April 21, 2019 - link

    Um, you should PROBABLY hookup that eGPU to 5K display directly from Vega64, or else you're wasting nearly half the TB3 bandwidth for the displayport return channel to bring back 5K video from GPU back into MacMini, just to put it back out to the monitor.
  • KimGitz - Friday, April 19, 2019 - link

    I’m holding off eGPUs until more bandwidth is available. The current eGPUs will become outdated very fast. If the next version of Thunderbolt doubles the bandwidth available from 40Gbps to 80Gbps, not only will the performance be worth the investment but I can use it for longer by swapping out GPU cards with newer or better ones. Also future eGPUs with more bandwidth will function better as docks.

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