Hi, I have found this low-cost configuration, buy new with 2-year warranty on gpu and a budget around 250 €:
System specs:
MacBookAir8,2, Dual-Core Intel Core i5, Intel UHD Graphics 617
macOS Catalina 10.15.7
eGPU hardware:
be quiet! TFX Power 2 300W
Sapphire Radeon RX 570 Nitro+ 4GB GDDR5
To save money I'm using a low profile TFX 300 W non-modular power supply + PCIe-TB3 all-in-one adapter with no enclosure and no fans.
I can hide cables behind my iMac on the same desk. I don't need much more than this, I hope this will work.
2019 MacBook Air (MacBookAir8,2, 1,6 GHz, 8 GB) + RX 570 @ R43SG-TB3 + macOS 10.15.7 & Win10
JMS583 is USB. It can't do PCIe between CPU and GPU. It's a USB device using USB mass storage protocol. The USB device communicates with the NVMe/PCIe device to do NVMe reads and writes. You can't use USB mass storage protocol to talk to a GPU.
You need Thunderbolt. It can do PCIe between CPU and GPU.
JMS583 is USB. It can't do PCIe between CPU and GPU. It's a USB device using USB mass storage protocol. The USB device communicates with the NVMe/PCIe device to do NVMe reads and writes. You can't use USB mass storage protocol to talk to a GPU.
You need Thunderbolt. It can do PCIe between CPU and GPU.
Do I need the adapter with R43SG-TB3? I don’t need eGPU on Windows, I have only Apples. Thanks.
2019 MacBook Air (MacBookAir8,2, 1,6 GHz, 8 GB) + RX 570 @ R43SG-TB3 + macOS 10.15.7 & Win10
@francesco_ripa, that will work. Or any other Thunderbolt solution...
JMS583 is USB. It can't do PCIe between CPU and GPU. It's a USB device using USB mass storage protocol. The USB device communicates with the NVMe/PCIe device to do NVMe reads and writes. You can't use USB mass storage protocol to talk to a GPU.
You need Thunderbolt. It can do PCIe between CPU and GPU.
I have actually found this after purchasing the R43SG-TB3 adapter.
He's using the exact M2 to TB3 adapter [JMS583] with a RTX 2060S on a MacBook. Is it fake?
2019 MacBook Air (MacBookAir8,2, 1,6 GHz, 8 GB) + RX 570 @ R43SG-TB3 + macOS 10.15.7 & Win10
Orico makes many transparent NVMe enclosures. Only the ones that connect via Thunderbolt (20 or 40 Gbps) can be used for GPU.
The JMS583 one (TCM2-C3) is for NVMe (socket 3, key M) to USB 3.1 gen 2:
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07QRYY6L6
https://www.orico.me/product/nvme-m-2-ssd-enclosure-10gbps-tcm2-c3/
The JMS580 one (TCM2F-C3) is for SATA (socket 2, key B) to USB 3.0:
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B082TZ8DB2
https://www.orico.me/product/ngff-m-2-hard-drive-enclosure-tcm2f-c3/
The RTL9210B one (TCM2M-C3) supports NVMe (socket 3, key M) and SATA (socket 2, key B) to USB 3.1 gen 2:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08PFSBJF6
https://www.orico.cc/us/product/detail/7143.html
The one shown in the video (TCM2T3-G40) is wider and has a Thunderbolt icon. It supports NVMe (socket 3, key M):
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B085343P72
http://www.oricothailand.com/store/orico_en/usb-c/tcm2t3-g40.html
The one on the US amazon website doesn't have the Thunderbolt icon.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08L7F2VWG
I'm not sure why they say the Thunderbolt ones do not support AHCI since that is also PCIe - maybe a power issue?