Can i egpu?

[Joselu20]

I have an MSI GE60 and i want to know if i could install an egpu. I also want to know if i can do it with the laptop screen and not with another device. Also i saw that you need to quit the wirless card to connect a cable, could i also have wifi with an adaptor?

Thank you!

 

[Calculagator]

It's complicated whether or not you could do this. You definitely shouldn't try unless you are more interested in hacking hardware than in actually getting better performance.
Effective EGPUs require a high-speed connection to work. That limits their usefulness to thunderbolt (or similar custom connection) equipped laptops. While the PCI-E slots that support WiFi chips and hard drive in some laptops could be repurposed to support an EGPU, there are a lot of compatibility issues to work through, performance issues, and the hassle of needing to modify your laptop case to accommodate the extra cabling.

Since your laptop already has a decent GPU, it's really not worth it. If you need more gaming power, you could sell your laptop, build a gaming desktop and buy a new non-gaming laptop for better performance, better portability, and probably less money.

 

[Joselu20]

The thing is, that i need to travel a lot because of my personal circunstances. So i have a good gaming desktop in my house, but when i need to travel i cant play any new title that i play in my desktop. So, i need to know if i could use the laptop screen and the egpu. Thank you!

 

[Calculagator]

You won't be able to rig together an EGPU that is both more powerful than what you already have and portable.

 

[Joselu20]

So, i can´t use my laptop screen and a egpu?

 

[Calculagator]

So, i can´t use my laptop screen and a egpu?

Probably not. But even if you could, you would still need to carry around a bunch of extra cabling, the GPU dock with the GPU installed, and a very large power supply for the EGPU and dock.

 

[Joselu20]

And you know how to do it? I dont mind the cabling. I want to know how to connect the egpu to the laptop screen.

 

[Calculagator]

Here's a link to a guy who's claimed to have done it:
https://www.techinferno.com/index.php?/forums/topic/6817-15-msi-ge60-gtx9704gbpsc-mpcie2-pe4c-21-win7-will97/

 

[Joselu20]

I can´t understand what he did, maybe its better just to keep my laptop gpu :/

 

[Joselu20]

I found this video, but i want to use a AMD card, so i don´t know how to do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70w5xkrhI_Q

Mybe you know how to do the same steps but in AMD.