Question Can i connect an eGPU to my laptop using x16 to x16 cable ?

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First step would be to see what connectors your laptop has inside. I've never, ever seen a laptop with a full size PCIE slot inside.

Honestly, eGPUs aren't great experiences under the best of circumstances. If it's not going to be done well, it's not worth spending a second of your time fretting about it.
 
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1. There is no laptop with Full Size PCIe X16 slot...

But they do have extra Nvme M.2 PCIe slots.. (if your laptop is modern.) So M.2 to PCIE X16 rise cable can work for you... And Pcie 3.0 x4 has enough bandwidth to carry on with a Mid level GPU (not more powerful than a 1660 (even that will struggle too))... But the issue is.. Laptops use PCH lanes... For NVME slots.. which means Data will have to travel from PCI e 3.0 x4 link (DMI link) from CPU to PCH and Back to GPU.. which is not good at all.. over that.. Whole I/O shares same PCIe X4 (DMI) link... So that will add more burden to your DMI link.. and will cause bus bottleneck...

2. Laptops by default are not ment to run GPUs externally.. (additionally) means.. there is no BIOs of Firmware on laptop to support EGPU Booting.. so am 80% sure... Even by connecting your GPU to a laptop will end up not booting from card at all..

But Good news is.. Your Card will be detected in Windows.. and most likely you can get Display from card after Drivers are installed..
But again.. You'll most likely face many Errors during Driver Instalation...

So Commenting EGPU to a laptop is not a goood idea in general.. you'll face a lot of problems.. if your Laptop isn't designed for this task...

I recommend to not go for EGPU...

Well if you like experiments.. and fun with tech... Then it's a good learning experience.. go for it..

I also tried with GTX1050ti on my Dell Inspiron 3521.. (i3 3217U no DGPU).. I removed my Wifi card . And was able to get display after booting into windows.. with Pcie 2.0 X1 link.. with dirt cheap adapter.. but It was heavily bottlenecking my GPU link.. and ended up getting only 25-30% of GTX 1050ti.....
Plus You have to use External powersupply and all...

Learned something new.. but was really terrible gaming and performance experience..
 
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arif1752002m4a1 said:
1. There is no laptop with Full Size PCIe X16 slot...

But they do have extra Nvme M.2 PCIe slots.. (if your laptop is modern.) So M.2 to PCIE X16 rise cable can work for you... And Pcie 3.0 x4 has enough bandwidth to carry on with a Mid level GPU (not more powerful than a 1660 (even that will struggle too))... But the issue is.. Laptops use PCH lanes... For NVME slots.. which means Data will have to travel from PCI e 3.0 x4 link (DMI link) from CPU to PCH and Back to GPU.. which is not good at all.. over that.. Whole I/O shares same PCIe X4 (DMI) link... So that will add more burden to your DMI link.. and will cause bus bottleneck...

2. Laptops by default are not ment to run GPUs externally.. (additionally) means.. there is no BIOs of Firmware on laptop to support EGPU Booting.. so am 80% sure... Even by connecting your GPU to a laptop will end up not booting from card at all..

But Good news is.. Your Card will be detected in Windows.. and most likely you can get Display from card after Drivers are installed..
But again.. You'll most likely face many Errors during Driver Instalation...

So Commenting EGPU to a laptop is not a goood idea in general.. you'll face a lot of problems.. if your Laptop isn't designed for this task...

I recommend to not go for EGPU...

Well if you like experiments.. and fun with tech... Then it's a good learning experience.. go for it..

I also tried with GTX1050ti on my Dell Inspiron 3521.. (i3 3217U no DGPU).. I removed my Wifi card . And was able to get display after booting into windows.. with Pcie 2.0 X1 link.. with dirt cheap adapter.. but It was heavily bottlenecking my GPU link.. and ended up getting only 25-30% of GTX 1050ti.....
Plus You have to use External powersupply and all...

Learned something new.. but was really terrible gaming and performance experience..
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so now can i use it with a x16 to x1(change it with m2) riser?
 
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Roham said:
so now can i use it with a x16 to x1(change it with m2) riser?
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Quick Search shows that your laptop is very old.. which doesn't comes with nvme slots...
You have to remove your wifi card.. (which is mini PCIe X1 slot) and those old CPUs had PCIe 3.0. Lanes but do not had pcie 3.0 on PCH.. you have (am 85% sure.. PCI e 2.0 X1 slot for wifi card) which is a bad thing. Your GPU will seriously bottleneck this interface....
My suggestion is no.. you'll waste your money...

Just tell me exactly which CPU is in your laptop.. so that I can confirm.. that is it worth it or not....

If you willing to spend money.. Most likely you'll be able to connect your GPU and detected in Windows... But am still not sure.. you'll be able to install Drivers without errors...
 
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arif1752002m4a1 said:
Quick Search shows that your laptop is very old.. which doesn't comes with nvme slots...
You have to remove your wifi card.. (which is mini PCIe X1 slot) and those old CPUs had PCIe 3.0. Lanes but do not had pcie 3.0 on PCH.. you have (am 85% sure.. PCI e 2.0 X1 slot for wifi card) which is a bad thing. Your GPU will seriously bottleneck this interface....
My suggestion is no.. you'll waste your money...

Just tell me exactly which CPU is in your laptop.. so that I can confirm.. that is it worth it or not....

If you willing to spend money.. Most likely you'll be able to connect your GPU and detected in Windows... But am still not sure.. you'll be able to install Drivers without errors...
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i checked my mother board i have a m2 slot
 
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I'm fairly confident this laptop, if identified correctly, doesn't have an M.2 slot since it came out more than a year before the M.2 specification was even finalized, let alone released.

I think you need to go back to the drawing board here. The fact that you're planning to take apart your laptop to run an external GPU but don't have any idea what connections you have available means you're really not ready for something like this.

Generally speaking, cannibalizing your wireless card's little PCIE slot for a GPU leads to a very janky, unpleasant experience. If you don't have a Thunderbolt slot or M.2 slot, you'll just end up turning your very old laptop into a very old desktop that will just barely run games of 2011. Most external GPU docks aren't even an option without these slots.

If you want to game and you don't already have hardware that can do that, I think you need to ditch this plan and start over with a practical goal in mind.
 
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SkyNetRising said:
Can you show a photo? (upload to imgur.com and post link)

From images available online, your laptop has only mini-pcie slot for wifi module.
No M.2 slots onboard.
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if my laptop dont have m.2 and i use mini pcie the performance will decrease?
i connected a sata ssd a year ago . so where did i connected it?
 
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Roham said:
i dont know but i think its m.2
/ the picture
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That's mini-pcie. Accepts mini-pcie wifi modules.

mini-pcie
MFG_EC21AFA-MINIPCIE.jpg


m.2
793d32bfe7674ebc995893a8af3661f8.jpg
 
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