PE4C v3.0 gen 3 mpcie & mpcie extension cable.

[MrRare]

I actually have multiple questions, and I don't really want to spam the thread with multiple questions so here I am, asking two of em. 

 

Situation: I recently bought a EXP GDC Beast v8.0 and due to (probably) partly my mistake and probably being a faulty product, it stopped working after a few days. (Might've been the cable as well).  My laptop is  MSI GE60 2PC Apache, and by some luck and fiddling I could route the hdmi cable within my laptop from the mpcie port through the dvd drive bay, making it a more portable plug & play solution, which is my main goal. My laptop is still used for college so I need to be able to quickly grab it with me. Due to me fiddling with the cable, it is possible that I might've killed the cable, but I have no way of knowing for sure, as there there is no physical evidence that there is something wrong with it. Anyway, now I am back by step 1. 

 

I posted my issues here and Nando suggest to ask for a refund and go with the PE4C or something similar. 

 

Right, first question. 

 

I started to look into it a bit, and found out that the PE4C v3.0 for 60 bucks supports PCI-E Gen3. My question here is: is that for marketing, as in, due to back compatibility your gen 3 gpu/pci card works on our product, but we conveniently left that part of the information out and slapped a Gen3 Comp logo on it. Or does it really support gen3 transfer speeds?

 

If so, my second question:

I only have a mpcie slot available for this stuff. I searched like a madmen through google and this forum, but I can't find out if the mpcie slot supports gen3 speeds. So the questions is: In general, are there mpcie slots that supports gen3 speeds? And specific to my situation: Does MINE support gen3? 

 

My third and final question:

 

Are there any experiences with a mpcie extender such as this: http://www.hwtools.net/ExtenderBoard/P22S-P22F.html + a egpu setup? I mean, I really want to be able to just plug and play my laptop with my egpu device. I would basically do the same as I did with the exp gdc's hdmi cable as described in the intro. 

 

If this would somehow get me a more stable and good chance of getting my setup working, than I am willing to pay the extra money. 

 

Specs, if these are necessary for your reply:

 

MSI GE60 2PC Apache (2014 version)

i7 4710HQ - 2.5Ghz - 3.4Ghz

8GB Kingston Value soddim DDR3 Ram @1666Mhz

256GB Samsung 850 Evo mSata SSD

1TB HDD

Running: Windows 10 Pro 64bit and a custom bios(with more in dept pci settings of which I have zero knowledge, but that's for later). 

 

Thanks in advance for all your replies!

 

[Tech Inferno Fan]

Your laptop uses a series 8 chipset whose South bridge mpcie ports are limited to pcie 2.0. PE4C 3.0 a good choice to maintain a reliable link there.