Devo552

As long as it is docked, or plugged in, you should not. Depending on what you are doing, it may run a couple degrees warmer than now. If you are not plugged in or docked and running on battery alone, it will drain faster due to the higher demand by the processor. If you are running games, then yes it will run hotter than usual. My E6430 has a 3rd gen i7 in it now, and I run a R9 380 eGPU with it. And while running high demand games such as Monster Hunter top graphics settings and Need For Speed Payback, my computer does run hotter than normal, but the original fan and cooling unit are enough to keep it at a manageable level.

Since your laptop is mostly docked as you said there should not be an issue. Plus the processors on that list are for the QM77 Mobile motherboard which is in the E6430.

Refer here for compatible processors. The top one I can see would be The i7-3940XM.

So this is my first time posting. I have spent the last 2 weeks trying to get my eGPU R9 380 to work with my Dell Latitude E6430. And THIS LAPTOP DOES HAVE SOME SORT OF BIOS WHITELIST OR VENDOR ID BLACKLIST OR SOMETHING on all 3 mPCIe slots. And from my testing and research, it does NOT affect the ExpressCard Slot in any way shape or form. I can prove it. I have one of the less than $10 PCE164-008C mPCIe to 16x PCIe riser boards. I have done every possible thing to get this working. From Bios settings, hotplugging, DIY eGPU Setup 1.35 and 1.3x. MBR boot, UEFI boot, Clover boot. EFI variable settings with setup_var. Using port 1 (wwan), port 2 (wlan), and port 5 (1/2 mPCIe). Tried setting gen1 and gen2 speeds (x1.2 and x2.2) with Flash Image Tool. Wrapped the cable and board in case of interference. And did all tests in Win7, Win10, and Linux Mint. If you can think of a possible variation to get eGPU detection on an mPCIe slot, I tried it. eGPU just will not get detected. Period. No Exceptions. I tested the graphics card in my buddy's gaming Desktop in case of faulty hardware. I tested the 16x riser board with a 1x pcie adapter and USB 2.0 cable. And just to make sure my mPCIe adapter piece wasnt faulty or collecting interference, I jigrigged my old busted Dell Inspiron 1525 into life and hooked my eGPU assembly to it. I never expected this rig to turn on let alone read the eGPU. I have attached a pic of it plugged into the card and installed the drivers for the R9 380. If anyone can help me mod the standard A23 or A20 bios from Dell to remove this block on the ports, I will GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. I have spent 90% of this weekend dumping and modifying and inspecting and reflashing my own bios trying to find this whitelisting or whatever it is and I have hit a roadblock. I will continue testing on my end so that I can get my assembly working but if anyone has any tips or insight, I would love to hear it. Good thing is, this all lead me to building a gaming rig out of my old parts which so far is working quite well. And Yes, I could get the EXP GDC or Expresscard or jigrig an adapter. BUT, thats really no fun at all. Too easy. Plus, I built my eGPU assembly for less than $100 and $50 for the R9 380. Go Kijiji. And tell me that does not look cool? Dell Latitude E6430 i5-3360m 8gb RAM (no dsdt override for Largememoryaddress just a couple bios efi variables) Only iGPU (no discrete nvidia or ati dGPU) Intel HD 4000 Win10 64-bit+LinuxMint UEFI+CLOVER bootloaders And the miraculous Inspiron 1525 No clue about processor or iGPU 4gb RAM Atheros wlan card 4gb R9 380 eGPU https://ibb.co/N3q0pGv https://ibb.co/ypsJv0c https://ibb.co/b70SXxJ https://ibb.co/DQFBBDL https://ibb.co/yRGGF7m https://ibb.co/SPpX7BZ https://ibb.co/gy255vQ