Hi Dschijn,
I appreciate you helping everyone with all their questions, it has helped me a lot! I still have a few questions to make sure I understand everything. I feel I understand the hardware side well but I have questions about the software side as well. Here is my setup:
15" MBP (Early 2011)
-El Capitan 10.11.3
-Bootcamp w/ Windows 10
External Dell E228WFP (1680x1050)
I use both monitors, one above the other. Type on built in mac keyboard
Usage will be mainly casual gaming so I am trying to use as tight of a budget as possible (mid range card) and keep it nice and tidy (And portable!). I love Phantron's design:
So the design I have come to is:
-AkiTio - if I can get one into Canada
-EVGA GTX 960 SC 4GB (The one linked in the original post because it will fit in the case) **Any better recommendations? Saw the Sapphire R9 380 Itx
but it is 115mm tall. Too big to close the AkiTio?
-Fully Modular PSU (No unneeded wires) - Possibly Corsair ~550W - **Any better recommendations?
-I plan to mount the PSU and AkiTio together similar to Phantron without copying his excellent work
I would prefer to eliminate the barrel plug and solder the 12V wires to the circuit board as Phantron did. Is this a bad idea? If necessary I will contact him regarding the wiring in his build but my understanding is:
-6pin from PSU to 6pin on GPU - might need 90 degree connector
-Create a 2 wire cable from 6pin connector. Connect 12V and Ground to AkiTio circuit board
-I am uncertain how Phantron hot-wired his PSU to start, he has a 6pin connector labeled CPU jumpered to an 8pin directly on his PSU. I need to look into this more.
If any of the above is incorrect, please let me know! So, now to my questions!
1) -I would like to run the two following configurations:
-eGPU running just internal mac display, no external display connected (On both Windows 10 and El Capitan)
-eGPU running external display while internal graphics card runs internal display (Or eGPU runs both, doesn't matter. On both Windows 10 and
El Capitan)
-Is this possible?
2) The GPU for sure needs to be =< 217 x 111.15mm? Card length is not an issue, it has been the height. Been looking at ITX cards but not many fit.
3) Probably not the best place for this question but: My 2.0GHz Intel i7 won't throttle me too much, will it? If so, there is no point
4) Otherwise, does the above design sound correct?
I need to research the software side further, so if all goes well I may have further questions later. I appreciate this guide you put together, it has been extremely helpful in combining all the pieces I had been reading before I found it. Thanks for any help you can offer!