2019 15" Acer Predator Triton 500 (RTX2060) [9th,6C,H] + RTX 3070 @ 32Gbps-TB3 (Sonnet Breakaway 550) + Win10  

I originally bought this Laptop with the plan to use an eGPU at a later stage once the new Nvidia generation would come out. I checked the Sonnet compatibility list on their Website and saw only a handful 3070 were actually possible. I was very lucky grabbing the Zotac 3070 at a reasonable price end of November 2020.

Installation was easy (I had previous experience with another laptop) but Windows didn't register the 3070. After 2 nights and around 2h of trying I was ready to send everything back when for the last time I installed the latest Geforce Driver BUT clicked the box to completely uninstall the existing one. I am pretty sure it was the issue, because suddenly the 3070 appeared at the Windows10 device manager. I de-activated the 2060 and ran a first Benchmark (see above).

Summary: The system now runs for 2 weeks w/o any issues. I am extremely happy with the solution. Not only was the laptop pretty loud when gaming, I also had heat problems and stability issues. I was looking for a silent eGPU solution and the Sonnet is just awesome. Compared with the Razer (both models) I had used before the Sonnet is length better. My concerns about the Zotac being a small "loud" 3070 with only 2 large fans were quickly dismissed. Even under load the Zotac fans activate very slowly and never seem to run at full strength. In desktop mode, both Zotac fans are off. As mentioned, the Sonnet fans are extremely quiet. The biggest noise ATM is the Lapto fan for the 9750 although this could be further improved by UV.

The first Timespy score totally caught me off-guard, as it is close or higher than any other published Benchmark from the mightiest 17" Gaming Laptops (Alienware Area 51m etc.). My latest tries now are around 8900. Although I would like to know where the drop-off comes from, noise and stability was the priority for me. This has been totally achieved. I also want to mention the setup runs smoothly with G-Sync.

PS I am following this site for a while and always found it very helpful. I wanted to share some information back to the community. Would be great if this setup can find its way into into the Builds database.