jazzyjester

Thanks for the update! I have an external monitor (a small 27" tv actually), but I'll try to see if I can get the internal monitor working. My stuff should be arriving soon, so I'll update you guys on my progress. Thanks again!

Hi jazzyjester!

Nice hardware and congrats, you're gonna love that setup once you've got it up and running

For the plastic board, its actually a small cheap chopping board from IKEA. We had a few unused ones in house and I just cut of the end with the handle and then had a perfect square that fitted inside the case. From there on I just placed the board in the case and marked where to make 4 holes for mounting the board in place. Then proceeded to markup holes for the AKiTiO board. Only thing you have to pay attention to is to have room for the graphics card. So don't have any board taking any place under the 2x expansion slots (where ths graphic card is going to be mounted). For drilling the holes, a hand drill should be just fine as long as you have some proper drills. Don't go to fast though, you don't wanna melt the holes, but drill them

The included cable is just fine, however I bought an Apple cable (2 meters) since the included one is very short and I mounted the CoolerMaster case under my desk.

Hope that answers everything for you

Ah I see, thanks for the info. I also have a few more questions if you don't mind . How has is your setup running today? Have you experienced any crashes and are there any high-end games you haven't been able to play at ultra with reasonable framrates (I'm asking because I was able to get Far Cry 4 with my gpu purchase and want to be able to play it at max setting ) . Also has there been any change to Optimus support for the macbook with a dGPU or will I still be forced to use an external monitor. Thanks again!

Hey tre87, thanks for the post! I'm trying to build an eGPU similar to yours. I have the same macbook (mid-2014 i7 with dGPU) and just purchased the Akitio, Evga 970, Corsair 550w, coolmaster elite, x16 riser and they should be arriving in a couple of days. I was just wondering what type of plastic board you used and what dimensions would fit into the coolmaster. Also I own a hand-drill and not an electric drill, would that be enough to drill holes into the plastic or would the platic be too thick? And did you use the thunderbolt cable included with the Akitio or would you recommend buying an apple brand one?