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    Going For DIY eGPU

    Discussion in 'e-GPU (External Graphics) Discussion' started by Serhend1, Oct 14, 2013.

  1. Serhend1

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    Hello everyone,

    This is my first post; I have decided to join the forum as it seemed the most resourceful place for eGPU configurations and I am willing to make one myself as well.

    What I have in hand:

    -I have a Asus GTX 660 Direct CU II Graphics Card
    -I have an External Monitor at 1444x900 resolution
    -I have an external PSU at 500W

    -I have a Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E430 notebook which has:

    3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i5-3210M 3.10 GHZ 3MB Cache
    Socket 988B rPGA Ivy Bridge
    2x4 GB (8GB) 1600 Mhz RAM
    Intel HD 4000 iGPU
    320GB 7200 RPM HDD
    Nvidia 610M GPU

    So by looking at these specs and stuff at the info page I was kind of lost in the details. I would appreciate it if someone could give info on the following:
    1) If it is possible to run DIY eGPU on this notebook with this GPU
    2) Link speed that it can be run at
    3) Estimated percentage of the GPU I can put to use through this method (Like all of it as in desktop or like 70% or whatever)
    4) What do I exactly need to make it work?

    I will do my best to provide more info if necessary!

    Thanks in advance.
     
    Serhend1, Oct 14, 2013
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