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I have been able to utilize several tips and tricks from Nando in the past. While not directly, it always seems to point back to a few of those out there that truly want to be helpful. Nando is one of those types.

Looks like I might have found an enclosure company that is willing to work with the public... and my spending frenzy. LOL

Netstor, the makers of the NA211TB, has offered to create me a Thunderbolt box with the needed two internal six pin leads. It has a 250w power supply and I will be sticking a GTX670 inside.

Thunderbolt Expansion, Thunderbolt PCIe Expansion for Mac mini, iMac and MacBook Pro, NA-211TB

They were unaware that there were some of us out there that knew how to make the cards "Aware" in Thunderbolt applications.

They sold this item with the needed power in the past.

TurboBox, NA211A-LD, External PCI-Express(PCIe) Expansion, Enclosure for up to 4* 2.5, NA210A-LD

Their representative Brian, willingly reviewed all the data I sent over and adjusted their hardware accordingly. Brian indicated that all new NA211TB hardware will be changed to accommodate us wanting to use high end GPU.

Thats some pretty good service.

If anyone is looking for this product, and would like to speak with Brian directly, I will put his email below.

[email protected]

Batman should give you the same results. Did you try retina resolution?

I might need some help with mine as I had to settle with the sonnet product. Really hope you can help out.

Hope you don't mind, but I linked your youtube videos on a few other sites. Looks like you hit 1k views on your first one already

Try turning Physx off in the Nividia Control Panel as well.

Thanks again for entertaining my requests.

The reason I asked is that I have read that Borderlands and Physx do not play nice with eGPUs.

Fantastic! What FPS are you getting on Borderlands? Do you have Physix on?

Looking to buy a TH05 if anyone want to ditch their eGPU. I know its a long shot, but wanted to throw it out there.

Thanks for everyone's efforts.

So these give you x2 2.0 + 12.5% plus very easy attachment via the Thunderbolt port. I'm wondering if they have the PERST# delay the TH05 had necessary to get them working in BIOS mode? I'd be guessing they don't.

What is the drawback of not having "BIOS" mode?

I can get a good price on a Sonnet Pro. So all I would need then is the card and a Power Supply?

Just found this...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281046968127;jsessionid=C6212A24F05FC1FDFD7519B882406249?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_sacat%3D0%26_from%3DR40%26_nkw%3D281046968127%26_rdc%3D1

Price aside, it has a 250W PS. Would this work as an all in one solution for a GTX670?

Kloper,

Could you please run Heaven Benchmark v3.0 Basic again at native/max internal Retina resolution?

Curious how that would turn up score wise.

Thanks!

Do you happen to know if the Sonnet Pro will hold and power a 7970 or the GTX670/80.

If it works, I might just bite the bullet and pick one up for clean plug and play.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Just found this on an ASUS GTX670

"Power Consumption up to 225W2 additional 6 pin PCIe power required"

The Sonnet Pro only has a 150w Peak. :/

Sounds good. Lastly, what is the fastest card I could use before bottlenecking comes into play. Also, will this Sonnet combo will allow internal screen use like yours?

Many thanks!

Thanks for all of the input.

I have an SVZ as well but was looking to sell it off in the near future. While its a great machine, I am not confident in its durability and Sonys subpar warranty service. I have also had the raid error happen more than once during ownership. That's really a scary situation.

I don't mind spending $350 on those adapters if I would get the same speed as I would with the P4LE. It would be much cleaner for sure.

Would the speed be the same?

I could exchange the rMBP for the 15", but the footprint is annoying. These eGPUs would wipe the floor with the 650m, correct?

Thanks again!

Any thoughts on the PE4L? Would here be any reason why it would not work?

Thanks!

Just took delivery of a maxed out 13" Retina (Yep 768 SSD Baby) to mod it with an eGPU. This method looks awesome, but it seems I'm too late to pick up a TH05. Does anyone else know where I might be able to purchase this? Somebody has to have some dead stock.

if your reading this and your sitting on one, PM me with a price.

I have been brainstorming another idea. MikjoA (Check YouTube) modded his Vaio Z2 with a PE4L 2.1 and had good success. I have found a good mini wifi dongle that I could leave in one of the USB slots making the missing wifi card a non issue. I understand that I would have to purchase a second bottom plate and mod it, but the way the Wifi card sits inside the rMBP, it would be a breeze to complete.

I would instal the card and fabricate a thin protective cover when not needing access to the port. To make this even better, Spec and others make hard shells that would really protect it when our in the field.

I want to use the internal monitor and am not looking to line Sonnets pockets with $800 for their enclosure.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.