garyfl Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Ive been reading about htis method as a cheaper way to not have to buy a desktop.. only its not cheap hahais it possible though on a 7720 as it doesnt have an expresscard slot that compares to most setups ive read about.. albeit im going to have a gander in this forum now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator angerthosenear Posted February 23, 2014 Moderator Share Posted February 23, 2014 From a quick glance at your system (mainly the innards). If you pull your wifi card out, you can connect an eGPU via the mPCIe slot. So the PE4L-PM060A would be the adapter for you to get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyfl Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 its all pretty daunting, so where my wifi card goes this would be the solution, but wouldnt i lose wifi connectivity ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator angerthosenear Posted February 25, 2014 Moderator Share Posted February 25, 2014 its all pretty daunting, so where my wifi card goes this would be the solution, but wouldnt i lose wifi connectivity ?Yeah you would. You could always get a USB wifi card/dongle to connect via wifi if need be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyfl Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 Yeah you would. You could always get a USB wifi card/dongle to connect via wifi if need be.what would i need specifically ? as i dont know whether to shell out 1200 on a pc or spend 600 on a card and power supply and adapters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator angerthosenear Posted February 26, 2014 Moderator Share Posted February 26, 2014 what would i need specifically ? as i dont know whether to shell out 1200 on a pc or spend 600 on a card and power supply and adapters.PE4L-PM060APE4L V2.1 (PCIe Adapter )A power supply.Video card.You might need Setup 1.x to allocate sufficient resources:http://forum.techinferno.com/diy-e-gpu-projects/2123-diy-egpu-setup-1-x.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyfl Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 so it wouldnt be as simple as the setup in this video ? i have a wireless card that it would go in, i also have an i7 quadcore cpu and 8 gigs of ram, would i be able to easily install a 770gtx with an external power supply with ease do you think ? im going to be getting a pc build anyway so worst that will happen is if it dosent work they will go towards the components for the build later on in july. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariusRZR Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I've seen some ExpressCard Adapters that go into the USB ports ( 2x 3.0)If i get one of those for my Dell SE 7720, can i leave the Wireless card in? Or it doesn't work through usb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator angerthosenear Posted April 9, 2014 Moderator Share Posted April 9, 2014 I've seen some ExpressCard Adapters that go into the USB ports ( 2x 3.0)If i get one of those for my Dell SE 7720, can i leave the Wireless card in? Or it doesn't work through usb?Would not work through USB, you must use ExpressCard / mPCIe / Thunderbolt which carries native PCIe signals. USB does not have PCIe signals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariusRZR Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Okay. Got that. But it should work on Dell 17R 7720 in the Wifi slot, right? it doesn't have a native ExpressCard slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariusRZR Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Hello. I did a bit of research before posting but i'm still a bit confused.I came across this : PE4H ( PCIe passive adapter ver2.4 )I know my 7720 doesn't have an ExpressCard slot, but i'm willing to take out the wifi adapter.This is where i get confused.What is the difference between EC2C adapter and PM3N adapter. I think my laptop needs PM3N , not EC2C. Am I wrong?Or i can use EC2C? Not really sure how it works.Or, can you recommend a setup for my 7720? Is PE4H a good choice, or do i need something else?I'm planning on using a GTX560 TI or a GTX660 on itAlso, could we use a full size motherboard instead of the PE4H Adapter? (Do we have a slot to connect the PCIEMM-060A or B onto a Full size motherboard? Or that port is specific to the PE4x adapters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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