SimonLL Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Hi all, After years of contemplating the idea, I have finally decided to try a DIY eGPU on my 5 years old Lenovo W520. So I just received my ExpressCard PE4C v3.0 and Corsair CX430. The GPU in the mail is a EVGA GTX 1050Ti SC Gaming. From the research I've made, it seems I should have a relatively painless and easy experience making it work with this particular laptop. There are a couple of clarifications that I would need before starting if someone knowledgeable could help me. - Do I need only the 24 pin ATX plug from the PSU into the PE4C? - I understand the eGPU can run the laptop screen if I set the BIOS to Integrated graphics and Optimus OS Detection to enabled. Is that right? - Is it possible to use both the dGPU (nVidia Quadro 1000M) and the eGPU? I would like to use both for Davinci Resolve work where the dGPU would drive the interface and the eGPU would be used only for calculations. Is that a possible setup? Thanks for your help, I will post more about my experience when I get my card. My system: Lenovo w520 4270-CTO Intel Core i7 2760QM Sandy Bridge 16GB RAM DDR3 Quadro 1000M 2GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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