EpicBlob

Hey! First off congrats man!! I have the same laptop and am thinking about an e-gpu setup, have you tested it out with the laptop lid closed? I use my Acer with an external screen and when the lid is closed, the performance is greatly reduced because the nvidia card automatically limits itself (tried changing power settings, nvidia control settings, to no avail). I'm figuring the performance wouldnt be hurt because the GPU would be external and not the internal card, if you could confirm this that would be great Grats again!

Hoping this will work with laptops that already have thunderbolt 3. My acer v15 nitro has a port but I guess I've gotta wait and see if Acer will update the BIOS to make it plug and play. Hits all of the criteria so crossing fingers ^^

Been using this one for over a month http://www.amazon.com/Acer-VN7-592G-71ZL-15-6-inch-Notebook-Windows/dp/B015XBKY6U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455325120&sr=8-1&keywords=acer+v15+nitro Hits most of your criteria, has integrated igpu as well as 960m so you can switch graphics. Great build, solid battery life and crazy fast machine. I put a 120gb m.2 ssd as my boot drive. The weight is pretty solid for a machine this size and definitely looks sleek. Got mine off amazon for $850 which is a complete steal for what you get. Spec list: 6th Generation Intel Core i7-6700HQ Quad Core Processor 2.6GHz with Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.5GHz (6MB L3 cache) Windows 10 Home 15.6" Full HD (1920 x 1080) widescreen LED-backlit IPS display 8GB DDR4 Dual Channel Memory 1TB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M with 4 GB of dedicated GDDR5 VRAM Acer TrueHarmony Plus High-Performance Sound System Four Built-in Stereo Speakers and Built-in Digital Microphone Secure Digital (SD) card reader 802.11ac WiFi featuring MU-MIMO technology (Dual-Band 2.4GHz and 5GHz) Bluetooth 4.0 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 port) 1 - Thunderbolt 3 (Full USB 3.1 Type C) Port 2 - USB 3.0 Ports (one with Power-off Charging) 1 - USB 2.0 Port 1 - HDMI Port with HDCP Support 3-cell Li-ion Battery (4605 mAh) Up to 6-hours of battery life

Looking forward to trying this out with my Acer V15 Nitro! GTX 960m for gaming, thunderbolt 3 quadro card for solidworks

The thunderbolt wiki actually has a pretty extensive list of thunderbolt laptops/products https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Thunderbolt-compatible_devices

Info about the Razer Core From PC Gamer "There are no special graphics drivers required to make the system work—you’ll just be using the normal AMD or Nvidia drivers for the GPU you place in the enclosure. The one catch is the laptop BIOS. According to Razer, the laptop BIOS will need to properly support Intel graphics switching, so the system can recognize and utilize the dedicated GPU when plugged in, and operate on the integrated GPU when unplugged. Right now, the system only works with the Blade Stealth, but once the Core is released, nothing should prevent Dell or Lenovo or Asus or anyone else from supporting the hardware, too." This seems to mean that even if a laptop has thunderbolt 3, it may not have the proper support for an external TB3 chassis. Wondering if the Acer V15 Nitro Black Edition which is I believe the cheapest thunderbolt 3 laptop (6700hq processor, 1080p screen, 8gb ram, 960m for $850 on amazon and newegg) wouldnt work with a chassis unless they updated the BIOS.

Thats awesome! I think my next system is going to be a razer stealth and some sort of TB3 enclosure for a quadro card. Hoping that with intels support, internal screen will be plug and play.

Hey guys, So I'm planning on purchasing a 2013 Macbook Pro retina 13" (switched from a macbook air) and using with a AKitiO Thunder2 and Quadro k1200 eGPU. This would be used in my studio space and I'm wondering how optimus is working in windows and whether this is a reliable setup. I mostly want to make sure that Optimus would work essentially 100% of the time (os x or windows) while I'm in class. Used to use an expresscard/sonnet TB adapter setup that was 100% compatible with the internal display, but it seems that pure thunderbolt isn't always the case. If anyone has any tips with my setup and what kind of Operating system I need to get optimus working the most reliably, I'd be very grateful

Ok I'll go with that. Will the 120w brick work as is or will I have to do any wire cutting?

Alright awesome, I'll pick that up then. So long that I don't need to do any mods to the case itself and can keep everything in the box Using this as my design studio laptop, so for solidworks and adobe apps. Got the macbook for $450 (company I work near was liquidating) so should give me a pretty powerful little machine for less than $1000

Hi, so I recently got a 13' Macbook Air 2014 with thunderbolt 1 and looking into getting a chassis. I plan to use the AKiTiO TB2 case with a nVidia Quadro k1200 SFF gpu and am wondering if I need to do anything to it or if the case has enough power by itself without any modding. The card is rated at max 45w and I plan on carrying this in my backpack to bring to class so the cleaner the solution, the better. Link to card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133587 Thanks!

Would you sell it for a gtx msi 970 and $120?

- - - Updated - - - Nah I would trade you my current gtx 970 and $100 for a 980 The 970 was on sale though for 140. Ended last week.

How about a msi gtx 970 and $100?

Hey I'll seriously buy one for $330 if they can get one for me. My local stores won't do it