HP Envy 17-j053ea eGpu support?

[Max Guymer]

So I have a HP Envy 17-j053ea, it has an i7 4700mq and a sluggish 740m, so I was wondering is it possible to revive it for gaming with an external gpu? I'm not sure if It is compatible with egpus I read that the laptop needs thunderbolt support?

Here is the article about it: http://lab501.net/egpu-connecting-external-video-card-notebook-diy-implementation/all/1/

Can anyone help me out? Would the i7 be a bottleneck for a gtx 770?

 

[k1114]

Most egpus use mpcie which is where the wireless card is plugged into. That's the only connection you have that you can use to do this. You have easy access to it from the bottom panel but be careful of the costs of doing this. Many times you could just sell the laptop and get a new one with a better gpu for the same price that will outperform it and not have a frankenstein setup. The biggest bottleneck with be that connection as it's probably pcie 2.0 x1.

 

[Max Guymer]

Most egpus use mpcie which is where the wireless card is plugged into. You have easy access to it from the bottom panel but be careful of the costs of doing this. Many times you could just sell the laptop and get a new one with a better gpu for the same price that will outperform it and not have a frankenstein setup. The biggest bottleneck with be that connection as it's probably pcie 2.0 x1.

Even if it's a pcie x16 slot?

 

[k1114]

Pcie x16 are desktop slots. They are not on laptops.

 

[Max Guymer]

Pcie x16 are desktop slots. They are not on laptops.

Ah, do you know if that model of laptop has a mpcie slot?

 

[k1114]

I said you have easy access to it.