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It says maximum 25W, yet provides a 12V/5A DC PSU (60W). Is it fused? Go figure. "Supports half-length, full-height and double-width cards" makes me wonder, can it support a full length card without the chassis lid on? It does have a x16 slot.

If not, then other than for GTX750Ti or mini ITX GTX670/760 you'd be using a PCIe riser to extend outside the chassis to get a full length card to work. A splitter with a 12V molex lead on it would solve the slot power issue. Sintech.cn makes some pretty good PCIe extenders: Sintech PCI-e express 16X Riser Extender cable | eBay

I have placed an order for the Akitio Thunder2 PCIe Box. It will take a while before I get it since it is going through a forwarder.

The advertising is correct - "PCI Express 2.0 compliant interface at 5.0Gbps" refers to a Gen2 single lane. The Akitio device is truly a Thunderbolt 2 product. B&H listing it at US$201, REF: Akitio THUNDER2PCIe BOX AK-T2PC-TIA B&H Photo Video . Meaning it price matches the US$199 Firmtek Thundertek Thunderbolt enclosure for value but gives Thunderbolt2 performance when attached to Thunderbolt2 notebooks. That makes it the best value Thunderbolt enclosure that can be adapted for eGPU use.

Do you think the Akitio Thunder2 PCIe Box can supply the 75W needed by the graphics card? The specs stated a maximum of 25W.

@ha1o2surfer

Thanks! I was referring to the tip of the power adapter.

jacobsson got it to work by supplying the 75W directly to the thunderbolt card via the 5.5mm x 2.5mm tip. However, I have read somewhere else that the thunderbolt card uses a 5.5 mm x 2.1 mm tip.

Ah, ok. I misinterpreted that. Sorry for the confusion!

That makes it a very interesting product then, indeed. I'm going to keep that on my watchlist.

EDIT: And what about the powersupply? :/

Let's hope that the 25W power limit can be overcome by changing the supply adapter to another with higher A.

Hi,

Does the ThunderTek use a 5.5mm x 2.1mm or 5.5mm x 2.5mm power adapter?

Thanks!