Wondering your thoughts on switching from desktop to Macbook Pro with EGpu

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So Im thinking about doing something a little crazy. Right now i have 2 computers. One is a mini itx and other is a 2016 macbook pro 15inch (with touchbar). I will post more about specs below. But what Im thinking about doing is instead of upgrading my desktop to a new I7 build. To instead utilize the macbook pro more with bootcamp and use an eGPU with the graphics card currently in my Mini ITX build. Would this be a dumb idea or do you think it would be a decent upgrade? My ITX build runs pretty hot because the case has very little airflow.

Desktop Specs:
CPU - I5 4590
Ram - 8GB DDR3 at 665Mhz
Graphics Card - Gigabyte GTX 1060 OC 6GB

Macbook Pro:
CPU - I7 6700HQ
Ram - 16GB LPDDR3 at 2133Mhz

So im thinking if i put the GTX 1060 in a eGPU enclosure i would have a decent upgrade? What do you think? Also i should state i only really place CS:GO/League/ Sometimes Pubg. I notice while playing something like cs my cpu % is at 100
 
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Being a desktop processor, the i5-4590 should actually perform a bit better than the i7-6700HQ at tasks that don't make heavy use of more than four threads, which applies to most current games. Heavily multithreaded software might run a bit smoother on the i7, but esports type games like CSGO don't typically use much more than a couple threads.

8GB of RAM is still enough for nearly all games as well, and your "665Mhz" memory is most likely actually running at 1333Mhz, since it's DDR (double data rate), and the number you are seeing is most likely half of what it actually is. The difference in bandwidth between 1333Mhz and 2133Mhz RAM in games isn't likely to be all that huge either, at least not enough to counteract the desktop...
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Being a desktop processor, the i5-4590 should actually perform a bit better than the i7-6700HQ at tasks that don't make heavy use of more than four threads, which applies to most current games. Heavily multithreaded software might run a bit smoother on the i7, but esports type games like CSGO don't typically use much more than a couple threads.

8GB of RAM is still enough for nearly all games as well, and your "665Mhz" memory is most likely actually running at 1333Mhz, since it's DDR (double data rate), and the number you are seeing is most likely half of what it actually is. The difference in bandwidth between 1333Mhz and 2133Mhz RAM in games isn't likely to be all that huge either, at least not enough to counteract the desktop processor's higher per-core performance.

So, I don't see much performance benefit coming from moving the 1060 to an external enclosure for the Macbook Pro.
 
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