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Tech Inferno Fan>> June-16-2015: Dschijn advises there is pre-fabricated Dell DA-2 to barrel+PCIe cable is available on ebay-US for US$16 or US$21!! Perfect to use a 220W Dell DA-2 (enough for a GTX970) use with the AKiTiO Thunder2 eGPU enclosure or others using a DC barrel connector. That being the most plug'n'play solution to use this AC adapter from the three other highly regarded ones posts in order below.-> no longer being sold Nope, the DA-2 doesn't use PCIe power interface. Solder is required unless there isn't some DA-2 to PCIe cable converter that I have missed. The red triangles are where you need to cut the DA-2 male to make it compatible with a PCIe 8-pin female extender. You will also keep the "notch" for polarity guidance (even though this would make only fit on way). The nether right 12V on the DA-2 can not be used this way, will result in shortage. The Sense wire will be shorted against the PCIe 12V line, the sense wire on the PCIe- "female side" should be cut off and isolated from the circuit. The Remote pin need to be grounded to power on the DA-2 it could probable be left alone since it might be grounded on the PCIe female side. Conclusion: I can't see how this could be done properly w/o soldering or cutting cables. If you don't like the idea of soldering you could always do it this way: <hr> From http://forum.techinferno.com/enclosures-adapters/7205-us%24189-akitio-thunder2-pcie-box-16gbps-tb2-67.html#post111759

Please follow the instructions below. • Specs. • Device manager ->Display Adapters ->Details ->Device Description ->Hardware Ids, post results (request). - Extract downloaded driver using 7-Zip/winrar. - Extracted Nvidia...International\Display.Driver folder\ -> copy/overwrite nvdmi.inf - Nvidia...International folder\ -> run setup.exe - Windows 8 - disable driver signing Command Prompt (Admin) Win key + X Type: bcdedit /set {current} testsigning yes -> "The operation completed successfully" ->reboot ->Install drivers. Exit test mode, cmd (admin). bcdedit /set {current} testsigning no ->reboot. - Use DDU to remove previous drivers/GPU installations (Nvidia & AMD), create restore point then select first uninstall option (safe mode). GeForce 334.89 WHQL Modded nvdmi.inf v334.89 AW M17XR2/R3/R4 3D + M18XR1/R2 GTX 680M / 780M Modded nvdmi.inf v334.89 AW M18XR1/R2 GTX 680M / 780M SLI Enabled - - - Updated - - - Quadro Notebook Driver 334.95 PhysX 9.13.1220 - Extract - Nvidia...International folder\ -> delete the following folders: Display.NView Display.Update Display.Optimus NVWMI - Display.Driver copy/overwrite nvdmwi.inf - Nvidia...International\ -> run setup exe - Install Physx -> reboot Fire Strike NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3940XM,Alienware M17xR4 [ nvdmwi.inf_v334.95_AW_M17XR2_R3_R4_3D_M18XR1_R2_GTX_680M_780M.zip nvdmwi.inf_v334.95_AW_M18XR1_R2_GTX_680M_780M_SLI_Enabled.zip

Don't underestimate the RX470 Have chosen the Nitro cause it is nearly as fast as the RX480 but more stable with the DA2-powersource... Here extreme-preset:

Apple hasn't changed anything on their end and we're not allowed to change anything on our end either... so... no. No good news yet. Still no support for MacOS even with the enabler. :'( Thank you @ld0891 for the benchmarks. Yeah we know about that little design flaw with the pin connector. I already pointed it out to the team, so I'm hoping that get's fixed in the second wave of production. Reason I haven't provided any benchmarks yet is because the the models that are currently being sold in China/Taiwan are the first wave of production. The second wave of production has a slightly different PSU. Different PSU may mean different voltage outputs. Every little factor counts, so I want to wait before releasing any benchmarks. :'(

Yep! Hope to revive my good ol' Panther soon with a Pair of E9550 or 1070 and an overclockable 10 Core Xeon! [emoji106]

There is nothing sweeter than "Old Tech" kickin' the new ones a$$! [emoji16]

Got a rx 470 perfectly running with akitio2 and mac os. Damn smooth experience with thunderbolt3 > thunderbolt2 adapter. 100% success rate, my 2013 late was a bit more tricky