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Hey, I wonder if you have done the benchmark for the rig and what you think of it so far. Looking forward to your new posts.

To answer two of your questions: 1. eGPU is not dead 2. BPlustech has its manufacturing base in Shanghai, China and its online shop still sells the latest model PE4C-EC100C V2.0. But I am not so sure if it ships overseas. Just scroll back a page or so on this thread and you will see there is another user who bought PE4C-EC100C V2.0, but not so sure where he bought it. - - - Updated - - - Pls let me know how much you pay for this and how it is shipped.

Thank you for your help! I narrowed down to two cards -- GTX 750 Ti and GTX 660. Power usage: GeForce GTX 750 Ti 60 Watts GeForce GTX 660 140 Watts Memory bandwidth GeForce GTX 660 144192 MB/sec GeForce GTX 750 Ti 86400 MB/sec Do you think they can work with PE4C-EC100C V2.0? Although these two cards are not on the recommendation list of Bplus: PE4C V2.0 (PCIe x16 Adapter) I am take some performance loss if it is due to the bandwidth limitation of the Expresscard, but I wonder if they can work at all on the PE4C-EC100C system? - - - Updated - - - Do you think GTX 750Ti and GTX 660 (or 660Ti) can work on PE4C-EC100C V2.0?

Thank you for the input. Any reason that you choose GTX 570 over other cards? This card is actually on the recommended list by Bplus, although cards like GTX 660 consume less power and have more bandwidth.

I look forward to your test results! GTX 570 is still a very powerful card and I am considering buying it. But I am still perplexed about its power consumption. According to its official site, the Maximum Graphics Card Power (W) is 219 W. But the actually test showed that it needs over 330 W when it is loaded, which is certainly over the limit of the Dell PSU. Can't wait to see your test results and benchmark.

I am considering buying PE4C-EC100C V2.0 with GTX 570. The concern is PE4C-EC100C V2.0 only have a 220W power supply while GTX 570 can use up to 250W. Do you use a separate PSU for this eGPU or the default Dell power adapter just works fine?

From here I read that "PE4C 2.0 was pulled from sale. Was told there was a bug in the hardware design that triggered ait. A" Any idea what is triggered here? and How does it affect PE4C 2.0 system? I am consider buying PE4C-EC100C V2.0 and I am not so sure if the aforementioned problem will cause any problems.

Could you elaborate what does triggered ait. A mean? PE4C 2.0 is still available for sale on China's Ebay site and I am considering buying one if the ait.A problem is not so serious.

I also have a Thinkpad T530 and I considering using PE4C -EC100C V2.0 for the eGPU system. The system requirements listed here: http://www.hwtools.net/PDF/PE4C%20V2.0_brief_installation.pdf says that I am not so sure if this can work with T530 and what is graphic card I should get for it. Could you help?

Could you suggest what is the highest eGPU I can get for PE4C-EC100C V2.0? My laptop is Thinkpad T530, and I am not so sure what is the bandwidth of the express card or if PE4C-EC100C V2.0 is even compatible. I'd much appreciate it if you could name a few eGPUs which are suitable for my T530.