External Gpu Help

LukesA665 · Oct 6, 2014

Hello. My laptop has integrated graphics and it is only capable of playing games at the lowest settings and even then, its not very well. I'm looking to add an external graphics card but I'm not too tech savvy. Could someone give me a walkthrough? I know a PE4L(?) board is needed along with a capable power supply for the eGPU.
Also, I'm unsure what direction to go in with the eGPU. I don't know enough to choose one that's capable but not overkill.
Thanks for any help!

tiny voices · Oct 6, 2014

For the price of the GPU/PSU/external enclosure, you can build a solid PC. There is a reason no one uses external GPUs.

LukesA665 · Oct 6, 2014

tiny voices :

The enclosure I can create and the power supply, depending on the wattage, I should have that too. Also I'm not really in the market for a PC build

DonkeyOatie · Oct 6, 2014

What are you planning? What laptop exactly?

Do you have a Thunderbolt port?
Do you have an accessible PCI-e slot?

LukesA665 · Oct 6, 2014

DonkeyOatie :

I have an express card slot. And its a Toshiba Satellite a665-s6086. Id like to increase graphics capability so i can run games at a decent fps rate on moderate settings instead of skippy minimum requirements. Something like this I was hoping? http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1191969-external-gpu-for-laptops-supercharge-your-graphics/

DonkeyOatie · Oct 6, 2014

I was hoping for Thunderbolt. I looked at that for a computer at school. know nothing about PCI-e solutions.

LukesA665 · Oct 6, 2014

DonkeyOatie :

Lol. Do you have any knowledge of GPUs? Im also confused on that front. The other half I might figure out after much research but a straightforward recommendation for my specific laptop will be hard I think. Any ideas?

tiny voices · Oct 6, 2014

Looks like your computer has an i3 in it? I would go for a gtx750ti for the GPU.

DonkeyOatie · Oct 6, 2014

It's going to be really technical and specific to your solution.

The bandwidth/data to the card is comparatively limited, so you should be looking at something mid range and lower power.

Read these:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-External-Graphics-Cards-for-Laptops.112162.0.html

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5352/msis-gus-ii-external-gpu-via-thunderbolt
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/lucid-gpu-graphics-thunderbolt-external,17520.html

and this forum.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/e-gpu-external-graphics-discussion/

Check what GPUs they are using.

LukesA665 · Oct 6, 2014

tiny voices :

Thanks! Just looked it up and there seem to be a lot of variations. 1gb, 2gb, different manufacturers. Does it make a huge difference with which one I go with?

tiny voices · Oct 6, 2014

Nope, any will work fine. No difference at all.

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