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Visual guide: Opening the AKiTiO Thunder 2 PCIe box and powering via a barrel plug


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Guide to opening up the AKiTiO 2

Other reference: http://forum.techinferno.com/enclosures-adapters/7205-us%24189-akitio-thunder2-pcie-box-16gbps-tb2-113.html#post128029 

 

Guide Powering the AKiTiO via the barrel socket with your ATX PSU

 

Other reference: http://forum.techinferno.com/enclosures-adapters/8317-%5Bguide%5D-making-molex-barrel-adapter.html#post113069

 

I hope these are a useful reference. Happy eGPU-ing!

 

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Hey, I bought the whole pack and with an MSI GTX 970 it's unavoidable to bend the Akitio... I hope not damaging it when breaking the welding points.

 

I have seen that for the flattening process you took out the circuitry... Is it easy to do (noob-wise)? Maybe I should do it for the whole process to avoid damaging it?

 

Many thanks for posting this guide!

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I know this topic is over a year old but is there any long term reviews/advice of having your GPU that close to the circuit board of the Akitio? It seems over time your just going to destroy that circuit board with the long exposure to the heat that is generated by the GPU.

 

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On 6/27/2016 at 10:11 AM, Dschijn said:

Worked for me for almost a year without problems.

Hey I noticed you said "worked", did something happen to it? 

Also what size must the barrel plugs be? Would these be fine?

 

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/21-x-55mm-solderless-plug-n54gu

 

http://www.moddiy.com/products/PCI%2dE-6-Pin-to-3-Gridseed-Power-Plug-(2.1mm-DC-Barrel-Plug).html?setCurrencyId=6&gclid=CIX81cjE180CFQoTGwodAxMFhA

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AKiTiO Thunder2 PCIe Box

The portable Thunderbolt™ 2 PCIe expansion box provides an additional PCIe slot for systems that do not support or have enough available space for expansion cards. The external Thunderbolt 2 connection allows you to daisy-chain up to 5 additional Thunderbolt devices, making this the ideal plug and play companion especially when you have to take your system with you. Replacing the card is a simple matter of removing three hand tightening screws, so no tools are required.

Features

  • Two Thunderbolt™ 2 ports for lightning fast speeds of up to 20Gb/s
  • 1 PCIe (x16) slot supporting half-length, full-height, double-width cards
  • 4 lane PCI Express 2.0 compliant interface at 5.0Gbps
  • Removable back panel for double-width cards
  • Daisy-chain up to 6 Thunderbolt™ devices
  • Durable and rugged aluminum casing
  • No tools required for installation

 

 

 

 

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