2018 15" Acer Nitro 5 AN515-42 (RX560X) [R2K,4C,U] + RX 580 @ 8Gbps-M.2 (ADT-Link R53SL) + Win10  

System specs:

• Acer Nitro 5 AN515-42 15.6”
• Ryzen 7 2700U
• 32GB 2666Mhz
• RX Vega 10 iGPU
• RX 560X dGPU
• Win10 Pro Ver. 2004

eGPU hardware:

• ADT-Link R53SL M.2 Wifi A.E
• Sapphire Nitro+ AMD RX 580 8GB
• Silverstone 500W PSU
• 144hz External Monitor

Hardware Pictures:

Installation steps:

• following the usual procedure, Replace the wifi card with R53SL M.2 Wifi A.E cable.
• Mount GPU on ADT-Link R53SL
• Plug 4-pin floppy connector to adapter
• Connect external monitor on the GPU
• Shorted pins 16 and 17 (green and black wire) straight on to the power supply, so that I will not use the 24pin cables anymore.
• I Disabled dGPU and PCI port for the dGPU to remove dGPU on the display adapter list, because sometimes it won’t go PCIE x16 3.0 @ x1 1.1 to PCIE x16 3.0 @ x1 3.0 on GPU-Z when dGPU is enabled.

Benchmarks:

 Comments:

I have this eGPU working for almost 2 weeks now, and I’m not quite satisfied with the performance as I can only use it with PCIe x1 (3.0) too bad may m.2 slot is only sata. ☹

I will mostly prefer using dGPU when playing CS:GO as the FPS goes 100 – 150fps, but when I’m using the eGPU my fps just runs at 80 – 120fps.

UPDATE: 

I tried to install a fresh copy of windows.. and now I can play CS:GO at 230FPS at 1080p. 

Any suggestions to make my system run smooth will be appreciated.