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Wow great project! I'm Windows user and couldn't image that I will buy a MacBook Pro, too before I was finding this forum. I'm planning to do (exactly) the same, because of the good possibility to be portable and have a good eGPU solution. I need the eGPU the most of the time only on two places. Another solution (for me) would be to buy two PSUs and to connect the Akitio at the place, so I must carry only the Akitio to another place.

Thanks for the help! That helps me a lot. I think I will wait a litte bit. I want to buy the new Laptop in the End of Feb oder early March. It could be that in Feb. there will be a new MacBook pro Edition (like last year). The other thing is that I will wait for more and better reviews of the GS30. All in all there is not such a big difference to the costs. The cheapest MacBook pro 13.3 Configuration (with dock) in Student Version with the eGPU + case etc.. costs about 1800€ and the GS30 Configuration with Dock (Student Version) and GPU costs ~1930€. Not so a big difference and I think that the GS30 will become a little bit cheaper in a few weeks because now the Notebook is brand new. Pro MSI: - CPU Passmark (4870HQ): 9056 (MBP i5 4278U: only the half --> 4289 or I would buy the 4578U with the value of 5204 for 180€ extra) - Dock out of the Box with USB Ports, Audio port like a normal notebook dock (Apple solution would have a Henge dock + eGPU). - No glossy Display - only 1,2KG (but a bit "bulkier") - SSD Super Raid System (2x256GB against 1x128gb) - 16GB Ram (8gb MBP) Pro Apple: - Better looking (MSI is ok, but nothing special) - Much better Battery life (8-9hours against the 4 hours of the MSI) - Higher Display Resolution 2560x1600 (against FHD) - a bit smaller - cheaper solution ~130€ (but to the hole sum - not so much cheaper) Another Solution could be to buy a Surface 3 Pro/MB Air for ~700-800€ and a Gaming PC for for 1000€.. I will post how I will decide and report how the solution is.

The Silverstone FT03 looks nice, too. Great to hear. So I think for the purposes of my GF the 13 rMBP is good. Thank you for posting this thread. There are a lot of nice looking cases. Especially the Dan A4 (not released, yet?). I have a general question: Does the Silverstone cases always need Silverstone SFX PSUs? Are these PSUs better / more quiet than cheaper ATX. So what would recommend in my case. I think 50-70€ more or less are not the Problem in relation to the whole sum. By the way: I'm really impressed by the help of you in this community. I could imagine that this beginner question are a little bit annoying. So I'm really happy that you help me.

Role playing games like Skyrim. Another game will be Sims 4 ;-) Max Resolution would be FullHD No Photo/Video editing. What exactly was the reason for your decision to move from (13" i5) to an 15" i7? Good to know. The monitor has only Full HD so I think I would go for a GTX 960 and the Milo. Actually I think that a combination of MBPr 13, GTX 960, AKiTiO Thunder2 (with components), Milo would be a good decision? What do you think?

Thank you very much for you fast answer. My girlfriend needs a new notebook with eGPU possibilty. Thats the reason that Im looking for a solution. The most important thing for her is that she is very portable with the device. So I think I would like to go for the MBPr 13, but only if it make sense. She doesn't need a "gaming machine". It would be great if she could play with the MBPr 13 new Games without Problem at FullHD. I think she would play in windows and work witz OSX, too. Another point is the limited budget. Do you think that this eGPU make sense with the MBPr 13 in this case? I think the MSI has problems withs throttling. There aren't detailed reviews, because the device will come onto the market at the February. Another thing is that the Battery life is bad (I think because of 4cell and Quad Core). Is the FTZ01 out now? Are the filters and fans necessary? Especially with the GTX960 solution? You are right :-) I the posts could be helpful for more people! Have you bought the AKiTiO @format.de or recommendations where I should buy all things. The last time I bought components for building an PC is more than 10 years ago ;-) Do you think its complicated to rebuild your configuration, if someone (like me) has not too much skills for building an PC (eGPU) Thank you so much for your help!! :-)

RE: http://forum.techinferno.com/implementation-guides/8571-%5Bguide%5D-2014-15-macbook-pro-iris-gtx970%4016gbps-tb2-akitio-thunder2-win8-1-a-3.html @Dschijn Great work. Thank you for your Guide. Its really helpful for me, because I don't know so much about the technical background. I try to read as much about this topic as I can. I'm planning to buy a new Notebook with the possibilty of having a good EGPU. There will be out the MSI GS30 soon with its own EGPU System (1800 EUR without GPU). I think the configuration with the MBP 13 (2014) is a very good and cheaper alternative. I would like to know if you are happy with your configuration? Is this stable? Is the difference between Raven RVZ01 and Silverstone ML07 Milo only the design or would you recommend one because of technical reasons? Sorry for my poor Englisch. (Im German, too but I couldn't send you an PM, cause of my status: 0 posts). What do you think about the GTX960 in this combination? Is it recommended to buy a GTX 970 with the known problems?