jacobsson

@arclord

This some interesting stuff right here, good job buddy!

Please post the links to the new 3Dmark scores when you remove the redundant lanes of the riser.

This concept is pretty awesome imo, I'm really interested to see some gaming tests too if you don't mind?

Hey Im back yes I measure my GPU;

Length - if PCB only excluding that steel part where the outputs stick out its like 27cm only, if including that steel part its like 28.5CM!

Width - for GPU its like 4.5 cm but if inlcuding the exp gdc its 5 - 5.5CM

Height - GPU plus the EXP GDC adapter is like 14.5CM. If including the PCIe cables with its curvature, its like 15-16CM

Great! Now which one are we talking about again? LOL the acrylic or the steel one?

Can I secure the EXP GDC by screwing it to the acrylic enclosure? Is that possible?

And that steel part with the output ports stick out, can it be screwed to the enclosure?

Ok, if the steel part you are referring to is the 90 degree lip/bracket, then you are good since it will stick out through an opening in the enclosure.

Width of enclosure: no problem,

Height of enclosure: It's should fit your GPU perfect

Yes, I'm referring to the acrylic enclosure (linked in the first post under "Accessories"), I haven't got any confirmation about the V6 compatibility yet for the steel enclosure.

To be honest I think the GPU will fit pretty good and tight with the support of PCIe cables and x16 connector, I don't think screwing it in place is needed at all (I don't see any holes for that).

To sum it up: I think this enclosure will fit your GPU perfectly and I'd give it a try if I were you, since it is not very expensive.

@jcagara08

The enclosure is 28.5CM inner length, that would fit your card exactly

The height measures ~15,5CM, I think 1.5CM would be reserved for the EXP GDC, leaving you 14CM (excluding the x16 GPU connector) of max height. That would actually work!

I know it's not the same as the original cable but it will fit on the Cooler Master 6-pin to 6-pin I already have!

Yep, that will work since you already have a male end from your coolermaster cable.

Well, it's time to find some new modular split-cables for the first page, alert me if you happen to find one.

Yep, that was included, but I have no use for it since I use the DA-2.

Thanks, that explains what kind of package they deliver: the "ATX package".

Weird enough they state that you should get the 6-pin PCIe cable if you scroll down on the page.

You could tell them this and probably receive the extra cable as compensation at least.

EDIT: I can see that both me and Nando is trying to figure this out =)

I hadn't as I figured the result would be the opposite of what I wanted. I thought that if I'd brought this anomaly to their attention they might rectify it (ie. replace the splitter with the actual cable displayed in the picture). Turns out they already rectified this mistake, too bad for me

Ah, bummer!

Then this needs to be updated in the thread too.

As for the EXP GDC package, did you receive the ATX-cable at least?

Wellp, I thought the Banggood EXP GDC V6 came with the pcie 6 pins splitter cable. (as in the start post it only says the aliexpress one needs a separate 6 pins cable) Turns out it doesn't. I ordered the Cooler Master cable and that no longer comes as a splitter, just a 6-pins -> 6-pins. So basically I have everything in house except for that silly little cable :/

I'm sorry to hear that!

I will update the post asap. As for the Coolermaster cable, have you asked them if it is a straight 6p -> 6p or if it's a splitter (the image could lie)?

I remember getting a splitter at my purchase 1 year ago.

@jcagara08

I think it's great story, I can really relate (many others too!) since I've really owned a decent gaming setup before getting involved in the community.

Yeah, I actually got the enclosure yesterday and it's stilled wrapped in bubble plastic

I'll test it with my Asus GTX660 DC-top, which has thermal pipes adding to the height. Of course I'll present my estimated max measurements too.

Oh, give me the height for your card too when you're home.

@jcagara08

I'm really glad to hear about your experience.

That card is a beast, both in performance and size =)

I have my doubts about fitting in the acrylic enclosure, but let me do some measurements tonight and come back to you,

the card how long, 30CM?

Also, give me the height measured too.

Hi everbody!

Since there has been a lot of discussions regarding enclosures for the EXP GDC V6.0:

Acrylic enclosure EXP GDC V6.0: Yoybuy Store (added in the initial post as well)

For the metal enclosure:

I can't say for certain that it will be compatible with the V6.0 yet, so far I know it's made for the V7.0. I will update you on this as soon as I get more info.

The acrylic enclosure to use for V6 is the one Cloud presents on his Taobao store. The seller on Aliexpress (not referring to Cloud) that sells an acrylic enclosure is for v5 and older. You can ask Cloud to send the V6 acrylic via Aliexpress too.

Thanks for the explanation!

Although it looks like I'll be going with the Akitio Thunder2, since that seems to be the new best bang for your buck solution ATM. Do you know what I would have to change on the setup (for power, or anything else) to use the Akitio?

The Akitio is really nice!

Although there is a risk that you need a powered riser for your GPU, that would mean either modify the riser cables as above (for DA-2) or simply supply it with an ATX PSU.

This also means that you will have to use it w/o the enclosure.

I quote from the thread:

NOTE: there is 25W, rather than 75W per PCIe 1.1's 75W, slot power limitation in this product. That restricts the ability to diretlu plug and use a video card only to certain models. That being only ones with one or two 6P/8P PCIe power connectors and from that subset only some that draw 25W slot power. Workarounds to this limit? (1) use without enclosure introducing a powered PCIe riser (here-x16 or here-x4) or (2) solder 12V/GND power onto the internal PCIe board (here).

What GPU are you planning to use?

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@jacobsson

sorry for asking more Qs

is the g46vw, still selling the item in your country?

sorry for my English

How did it go, any news?

Yes, I have no losses, but now I'm not using the egpu as I am afraid that if I'll come back to my warranty service provider with the same issue, they will refuse to give me that warranty again...

Answering your questions about temperatures - I was monitoring temperatures only for my GTX 480, and it was very low, as my GTX480 has Arctic cooler so the GPU temperature does not reach more than 35 C.

What relates to my laptop temperature - my main indicator is my fan speed, and on the games I was playing it was not spinning at full power, which means it was not loaded so much.

I'm confused what to do next. I need to collect some additional information to be sure that egpu is not harming my system, but to do that, seems I need to go to very deep level of electronics.

Why wouldn't they grant you another warranty issue?

I had friends that had bad SSD's died back-to-back with same warranty covering twice (this could be a bad mobo that they didn't take care of).

I wouldn't worry if I were you, but I would have a look at the temps anyway.

Really hope you resolve it!

@Gass

Did you monitor your temps while gaming on the system?

Sorry to hear that it died on you, good to hear you had warranty =)

This is the only picture that I have taken of the setup.

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You are probably right about the power issue. I am not planning to do any additional testing until I can provide more power to the Thunder2 PCIe Box and the 750 Ti.

Hi arclord!

Would you mind giving me two measurement from the inside of the enclosure:

1. Between 'inside front' and back to the fan?

2. Between 'inside front' to the very back (pass the fan)?

With those measurements I would be able to see what GPU's I could fit inside the enclosure.

Thanks a bunch buddy!

What an amazing work you have here sir!

I am wondering Mr, Jacobson, did you design yourself the 3d printed enclosure?

Can you make a rendering for me too?

I find that an enclosure is needed for stability purposes as I have a big ass Radeon HD 7950 card

Hi buddy, first of all sorry for my delayed answer!

Thanks for your kind words =)

Yes I designed the enclosure myself, the .stl -file is linked in the thread too.

The HD7950 is ~30CM and my design is only 18CM of length. One could of course build a two parted solution of my design to make up ~31CM of length (which would be glued or screwed together afterwards), you are free to download it and make a try =)

I remember doing a lot of measurements in order to have it flush and tight when assembled.

Tell me what your approach would be and I might we could throw some ideas to see if it could worK!

I'm working towards nearly the exact same setup as you (including a 3d printed enclosure), so this post has been very helpful. What would you use in place of your power routing/GPU stand set-up that you gutted from your EXP GDC V6?

Also, is there any reason to go with the Thundertek PCB over an Akitio Thunder2, besides the very minor price difference? It'd be nice to have TB2 ready for future upgrades.

I'm really sorry for the late answers guys!

If I were you I'd probably cut the DA-2 male end and solder a PCIe 6-pin in its place, like this, ref [1]:

Then you could use it to split the cable with an adapter, ref [2]:

You'll need a PCIe riser to power the slot and Thundertek too?

The thundertek will not need the AC-adapter if you use a powered riser, it'll get feed from the riser itself.

Buy one of these x16 powered risers for both stand and power ref [3]:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SINTECH-PCI-e-express-16X-Riser-Extend-Card-15cm-high-speed-Foiled-Cable-/321362874331?pt=US_Internal_Port_Expansion_Cards&hash=item4ad2b84fdb

Then modify the powered x16 riser like this:

1. Cut one of "PCIe 2pin male" of the splitter [2] and solder the 12V PCIe x16 riser cables from [3] to it

2a. Make a cut in the PCIe x16 riser male [3] (just after the x4 pinout) so it can fit in the closed ended x4 slot of the thundertek

3b. (Alternative to 2a) Cut the plastic wall of the thundertek x4 slot so it becomes open ended, then the riser will fit right in

I'm here to guide you, so ask questions if needed!

Also, the 6-pins connector is placed really awkwardly. The longer the card, the harder it will be for the 6-pin splitter cable to reach the end of the card (where the 6/8-pins connectors often are on gpu's)

Yeah, that's a shame really. I informed him of this issue too.

The power is located here to avoid power disturbance of the PCIe data lines in order to keep up better signal quality.

I think it would be better to do this (with the assumption of that the power must be located on the left hand side of the PCB):

1. angle the 6-pin power to the left (won't help cable length) to at least keep the low profile foot print

or

2. put the 6-pin on the backside, instead of the front side. Keep it angled to the right, then the cable would at least start on the GPU power side (would help a little with cable length too).

@Kaas93

Thanks, I also made that measurement and got the same conclusion as you, although I have confirmed earlier with Cloud that it's compatible with V7, now I'm waiting to hear from him to confirm the V6 as well.

The most logical approach from him would of course be to have it compatible for both V6 and V7 since there are a lot of V6-users out there.

Another thought (which I think Cloud would agree upon), for those who are only looking to use mPCIe and/or Expresscard I would advise to stay with V6, the power input is better orientated when using DA-2 as PSU.

There are two versions of the acrylic enclosure, old one has one rectangular cut-out on the side, new one has two.

The metal enclosure is for sure made to work with the new V7, if the hole is long enough it might also work for the V6.

I going to try getting some answers from Cloud.

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FYI

The metal enclosure seen on Taobao seems to only be made for the EXP GDC V7 at this time.

If you're not going to buy the V7 I must advice against buying the enclosure. There are acrylic ones for the v6!

Just to clarify something, if I want to use an ATX PSU with the EXP GDC v6/v7, do I need to buy the 'ATX power cable' and the '6-pin PCI-e power cable'?

If so, is it possible to buy both cables off yoybuy?

Thanks

On yoybuy it links to either the "no power" (ATX) or 220W power kit as sold on taobao (China). The no power kit comes with the ATX lead. The 220W kit comes with the 6P+6/8P pcie lead used to draw power from the 220W Dell DA-2 AC adapter via the EXP GDC board.

By contrast, the "no power" kit on banggood also includes the 6P+6/8P pcie lead. Useful in case you want to source the Dell DA-2 AC adapter locally, which it seems the seller Cloud is promoting.. Good deal there at US$50/US$53 for the mPCIe/expresscard version: http://www.banggood.com/EXP-GDC-Lapt...-p-934367.html

@Tech Inferno Fan please take me to the future...now!

I have seen this post already, I was confused with the definition of 4+GB ram. is it the actual ram for the laptop or the ram inside the GPU? Also, let say I really wanna keep my budget, and just stay with the two laptops I have. what way would you suggest me to do? I will definitely accept any egpu upgrade for either one of the laptops.

It's the memory of the system, GPU memory/ram is almost always referred to as vram.