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So i think that you can sleep safe with the dell adapter also it comes included in the kit and the PE4C v2.0 support also a PC atx PSU.

This weekend i will mesure the consumption of the GPU+PE4C+DEll PSU from a plug watt meter at idle and at full load

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.

Hi!

I have now questions:

- Is the eGPU dead?

- Does BPlustech (the guys that make HWtools.net) still sell their eGPUs stuff?

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.

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I'm thinking of buying this one PE4C V2.0 (PCIe x16 Adapter)

Pls let me know how much you pay for this and how it is shipped.

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AMD GPUs; AMD Radeon Rx 200 Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia NVIDIA GPUs; GeForce 700 series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Keyword here is TDP, choose from the two camps at least MAX TDP 225 W and your good to go with a dell da-2 220 W adapter. Then comes the Bandwidth speed. Consider these two factors.

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?

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I've found it used on a forum for 80€ shipping included :) and i've found another user that have successful make egpu on the x201t with the same card. If budget is not a problem maybe a new card is better

Do you think GTX 750Ti and GTX 660 (or 660Ti) can work on PE4C-EC100C V2.0?

Mmm i'm not sure how they check the "real" consumption.

GeForce GTX 580 review - Hardware setup | Power consumption

So i think that you can sleep safe with the dell adapter also it comes included in the kit and the PE4C v2.0 support also a PC atx PSU.

This weekend i will mesure the consumption of the GPU+PE4C+DEll PSU from a plug watt meter at idle and at full load

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've used the dell PSU but i've done just a few test. This weekend i will stress the config and make benchmarks.

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.

Finally my PE4C-EC100C V2.0 is arrived!!!

Installation went fine now i'm trying to let nVidia optmus work.

In the weekend i will do some benchmarks.

HW:

Lenovo ThinkPad X201T

CPU: Intel I7 L620

RAM: 2x4GB

Internal VGA: Intel Integrated

eGPU: PNY XR8 GeForce GTX 570 1,28GB

eGPU Adapter: PE4C v2.0

OS: Windows 8.1 PRO x64

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?

Finally my PE4C-EC100C V2.0 is arrived!!!

Installation went fine now i'm trying to let nVidia optmus work.

In the weekend i will do some benchmarks.

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.

Yes, PE4C 2.0 was pulled from sale. Was told there was a bug in the hardware design that triggered ait. A

AFAIK both the PE4C V2.x and EXP GDC V6 have a Dell DA-2 220W AC adapter option. That's good enough for a GTX680 or R9 270X. R9 280X requires 250W. A NVidia card is recommended for it's superiour performance over an AMD equivalent where the candidate system has an active Intel HD iGPU and a x1 1.0 or x1 2.0 PCIe link.

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

PE4 C v 2 .0 is PCIe 1 - Lane 5.0Gbps bandwidth limit passive adapter in compliance with Expresscard 2.0 specification.

Almost PCIe 16x video card can’t get enough memory resource are allocated. Can’t work in your laptop.

I am not so sure if this can work with T530 and what is graphic card I should get for it. Could you help?

Finally my PE4C-EC100C V2.0 is arrived!!!

Installation went fine now i'm trying to let nVidia optmus work.

In the weekend i will do some benchmarks.

HW:

Lenovo ThinkPad X201T

CPU: Intel I7 L620

RAM: 2x4GB

Internal VGA: Intel Integrated

eGPU: PNY XR8 GeForce GTX 570 1,28GB

eGPU Adapter: PE4C v2.0

OS: Windows 8.1 PRO x64

Thanks to @Tech Inferno Fan for the replies

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.