DIY eGPU experiences

[jamesbond007]

It would be best to go for the mini pcie solution as 1 Gbps is not enough. It would seriously cause a lot loss of frames rate as it is less than half the speed of the standard express card slot.

[JuiCe_pl]

Thanks. Now i just have to figure out how to leave the wireless card in (buying a wifi usb stick and mounting it internally?)

[ualwayslose]

Hey I was just wondering, I saw one person had SLI setup, just wondering how this was done. (9800 GTX SLI)

[jamesbond007]

@JuiCe_pl how many mini pcie slots do you have? if you have 2 then there should be no problem. if you have one then a usb wifi is the best solution.

@ualwayslose if you are referring to the X9000-3.2 Dell_M1730 at the first page then that is actually his built in gpu not an external one. it would be pointless to sli with an 2 x1 setup as the loss in performance is quite large and it would be not practical. would suggest an x2 with one card for the best performance if you can do a x2 connection.

[fusion855]

@ flaunt

Thanks, ordered the stuff today...will report back after it all arrives and I get things built.

[Pepero]

Hey guys

Does a half mpcie works on normal length mpcie? ,because i swapped my intel advanced n6200 wifi adaptor(half mpcie, from port 1) onto a different mpcie which could be port 4 or 5 but it doesn't work and everest shows port 1, 4, 5 empty? strange

[User Retired 2]

Hey guys

Does a half mpcie works on normal length mpcie? ,because i swapped my intel advanced n6200 wifi adaptor(half mpcie, from port 1) onto a different mpcie which could be port 4 or 5 but it doesn't work and everest shows port 1, 4, 5 empty? strange

Three reasons why swapping into another mPCIe slot would show no device:

1. it's a WWAN mPCIe port using usb only pins -> most likely the reason.

2. it's a whitelisted mPCie port (eg: Lenovo/HP) -> unlikely as your wifi would be in the whitelist.

3. the physical port has not as yet been enabled to show the device attached to ie -> use Setup 1.x to enable ALL ports and then see what comes up.

Since port1 is the root port, it is usually enabled with nothing connected to it. So then you'd have port4+5 as mPCIe and expresscard slots. Likely then your 'other' mPCIe slot is a WWAN usb-only slot.

[andeelym]

Can I check if there is any way to hook up a power switch instead of using the small one on the SWEX? Cos I was thinking of DIYing a casing to house the card + ATX PSU.

[thinkpadfreund]

why not use the power switch of your psu?

[warakawa]

hello, I just discovered this section of notereview lol.

anyways, nando, if I want two U2711(2560x1440) and one U2411 (1920x1600). What setup would you recommend?