juniordiscart wrote here: A female-female pci-e extender/riser could give us the cheapest TB2 eGPU solution to date You raise an interesting point. Yes, if managed to find a gender converter that converts the male end of the US$68 Asus Thunderbolt II EX into a female pci-e slot, then in theory it could be used for eGPU purposes. I say in theory because I'm not discounting Intel adding undisclosed extra interface logic needed to prevent us from doing that. You'd need effectively