- Rugged, Ultra-Slim Aluminum Enclosure
- Dual Thunderbolt 2 Ports
- Supports one full height, up to 7.87" length x1, x4, x8 or x16 PCIe card
- Dual Ultra-Quiet, High-Efficiency Cooling Fans
- Easy Plug and Play design
- Daisy-chain up to six Thunderbolt 2 or Thunderbolt devices
- Supports Mac Platforms and OS X 10.8. and later
- Dimensions: (HxWxD) 6.5 x 2.3 x 10.3" / 164.8 x 57.9 x 261.4 mm
- Weight: 4.0 lb / 1.8 kg approximate
US$234 Amazon-US, US$234 bhphotovideo-US
I found this PCIe expansion box - its the best to fit inside:
- Zotac GTX 1080 MINI (Power Consumption: 180W / Card Length: 211mm x 125mm )
- Zotac GTX 1070 MINI (Power Consumption: 150W / Card Length: 210mm x 122mm )
With this, GTX 1080 Mini and DA-2 220W external power - you will get the best and the most powerful mini eGPU!
User from Amazon:
What an excellent device for a good price, used it to set up an eGPU for my 2015 MacBook Air. It worked like a charm and I love its slim design. Currently running a Zotac gtx 1070 mini which fit inside this unit perfectly. Able to play all the newest games at 60FPS on high settings for nearly every game.
ϟ AKiTiO Thunder2 + EVGA GTX 1060 6GB SC Gaming (macOS Sierra 10.12.4 and Windows 10)
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Later 2013) 3.2GHz Quad Core Intel i7-4750HQ / 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 / 256GB SSD + 1TB
✪ mini eGPU ● PCI Express vs. Thunderbolt ● Mac CAN game ● Gaming Laptops vs. MacBook Pro with eGPU
@itsage - I think he removed the fans (they are at least 2cm) and also not so quiet from what i read!
I really think to use this PCIe case in future, i also make my "idea project" via Photoshop, its look amazing and with Zotac 1080 Mini inside will be beast + DA-2 220W!
edit: i also think that Zotac give us the full size, but RockerStor give us the space so:
ϟ AKiTiO Thunder2 + EVGA GTX 1060 6GB SC Gaming (macOS Sierra 10.12.4 and Windows 10)
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Later 2013) 3.2GHz Quad Core Intel i7-4750HQ / 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 / 256GB SSD + 1TB
✪ mini eGPU ● PCI Express vs. Thunderbolt ● Mac CAN game ● Gaming Laptops vs. MacBook Pro with eGPU
The Rocketstor enclosures do not allow dual-slot cards. So while removing the fans might make the card fit length-wise, you still can't close the enclosure over it. They make good donor boards for self-built enclosures, but they are not good if you want to use them as-is.
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Give your Node Pro a second Thunderbolt3 controller for reliable peripherals by re-using a TB3 dock (~50$).
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lol i missed that it's just - 57.9mm lol, yes we can't close it 🙁
ϟ AKiTiO Thunder2 + EVGA GTX 1060 6GB SC Gaming (macOS Sierra 10.12.4 and Windows 10)
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Later 2013) 3.2GHz Quad Core Intel i7-4750HQ / 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 / 256GB SSD + 1TB
✪ mini eGPU ● PCI Express vs. Thunderbolt ● Mac CAN game ● Gaming Laptops vs. MacBook Pro with eGPU
Any laptop with the Alpine Ridge LP controller won't have more than 20Gbps bandwidth anyways. And physically this is the smallest device at least so I think. The only question is that if someone were to feed this with a 12V 8A power supply, would it run a 75W card? Single slot RX 460 or similar.
Lenovo ThinkPad 25 -- GALAX SNPR TB3 1060 -- Lenovo Graphics Dock -- Benq BL2411PT - - two PackedPixels - Dasung not-eReader backer