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Delivery here just in time before Fallout 4.

I bought the 980 to be on the 'safe/better' side for VR. Oculus will make everything available for the 970, but that's probably not going to be maxed settings... Also SLI (2x970) won't do the trick in VR engines. In short Oculus will require about 3 times as much GPU power as 1080p rendering, see here: Blog post from Oculus about the hardware requirements HTC Vive hasn't released its hardware requirements yet. All taken in consideration if you can afford it go ahead.

Long story short, I'm getting a different PSU I really like the EVGA ftw series, and I'm considering the 980 for the upcoming Oculus next year. By measurements the AkiTio2 and PSU should fit in the custom mac pro bin. Let's see, sounds like a good fall project to me. I guess a 500W PSU should be more than enough for GPU+AkiTio+additional fan.

I've been doing some reading on the Dell DA-2. The official output is at 220W while it seems to deliver between 220-240W as @Tech Inferno Fan mentioned in the Dell DA-2 thread. AkiTio 2: 10W EVGA GTX 970 ftw: 201W EVGA GTX 980 ftw: 216W So in theory I should be fine even with the 980 ftw without any custom OC or am I missing something? I'm very new to this and no expert at all. Worst case I'll have to get another PSU.

Awesome, I didn't know! Well I ordered everything except the GPU because it's currently not available, so I'll keep you up to date when I get everything. But if I find a good solution for the cables, the AkiTio will fit nicely into the 'Mac Pro' ***Update: Apparently the Reference GTX 970 won't be available soon, so I'm looking for another GPU. I might even go for the 980 since EVGA has a decent price. Do I need to have a different PSU for these 2 cards or is the Dell DA-2 capable enough? EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW+ ACX 2.0+ (€400) or EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SuperClocked ACX 2.0 (€530)

Thanks @Dschijn, I'm aware that the GTX970 won't fit the AkiTio. I want to setup the eGPU first and then make a case after. I'm going to order everything next week, let's see. For the case I was actually planning on doing some custom work. You may know the Mac Pro replica. I want to try the same 'bin' for the eGPU

Hey Everyone, I'd like to jump in this thread as well after I've spent the last week reading across this forum. I'm really excited to get started on my my eGPU project and would like get some advise before I go ahead. My Systems: iMac 27 (Mid 2011), 3.4 i7 quad-core, 32 GB RAM Macbook Pro (Mid 2012), 2.5 i5, 8GB RAM Mac Mini (Late 2012), 2.5 i5, 16GB RAM eGPU Plan: Akitio Thunder 2 GeForce GTX 970 Reference Design Dell DA-2 (220W) 2xPCI-E 6 PIN to 1xPCI-E 8 PIN I'm planning to use the eGPU mainly with my Mac Mini for Win10 Gaming or with my iMac for more power. 1. Is the Dell DA-2 sufficient enough with 220W or do I need a different PSU for the GTX 970? 2. Do I need any other cables,PSU bridge tool, extra power switch? Thanks in advance, Cheers from Germany ***Edit Sorry, I was planning to post this in the previous advise thread below