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I think 1 isnвЂ™t a huge problem for most people: I had a setup that required me to use at least one USB 3.0 splitter.

All USB 3.0 splitters I tried didnвЂ™t work.

With the Core X Chroma, there were a few Linux-specific limitations I ran into: Tangent 3: The Core X Chroma USB ports + ethernet donвЂ™t work well # In my anecdotal experience, this hasnвЂ™t been a problem, but it is a likely theoretical one. Most likely, this will affect the GPU the most. So if you have a lot of data running through your eGPU, Ethernet, and USB ports, youвЂ™ll see some throttling due to the fact that Thunderbolt3 cannot handle all the throughput of all devices at the same time. USB or Ethernet), the data transferring through those peripherals are also That means, if your eGPU also comes with additional ports (e.g. The reality is that the data that can transfer through the Thunderbolt3 is capped, regardless of the number of devices communicating through that bus. The issues that I mentioned above are not specific to GPUs. Tangent 2: Peripheral performance is also bottlenecked # This forum post indicates a 20% loss in FPS and thus effective performance. In other words, thunderbolt3 will be limited by the PCIEx4 v3.0 bandwidth (32Gbps), while desktop GPUs will be able to leverage 128Gbps (PCIEx16 v5.0) by 2021.ДЇor my purposes (mostly development, heavy web browsing), I never noticed the difference. Most motherboards provide at least 16 lanes of PCIE and versions much higher than 3.0, and provide similar ports on their motherboard. The reason is that thunderbolt3 actually exposes 4 lanes of a PCI-E v3.0 bus (aka PCIEX4). Tangent: with thunderbolt3, GPU performance is bottlenecked #ДЄs part of my research, I learned that thunderbolt3 will not be able to provide as much bandwidth as a PCI-E port. Note: The reality turned out to be a bit different, so I wouldnвЂ™t recommend a Core X Chroma (or any eGPU IвЂ™ve seen) for the additional USB ports and Linux.

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I chose an external GPU because I wanted to be able to upgrade my graphics card and not have to buy a new encoslure (as the Core X Chroma is already $400 USD!). Theoretically, I should just be able to connect a single USB-c port to get all of that. With those ports, I wouldnвЂ™t need to connect a dock on top of my eGPU to connect my keyboard, mouse, headset, and video camera. The Razer Core X Chroma not not only provided an eGPU, but also provided a 4 USB 3.0 ports and a 1GBps Ethernet port. Ideally, I wanted to go for something that reduced the amount of cables that I had to mess with.

I havenвЂ™t tried it, but it seems to work better than the Chroma on Linux due to different USB boards.

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UPDATE 20200905: IвЂ™d recommend checking out the Mantiz Saturn Pro.

I donвЂ™t believe there are a lot of advantages to this setup, aside from the smaller size due to the ability to have a custom board that wires all the components together.

a power supply to power whatever GPU you want to useДЄn embedded GPU provides everything mentioned above, but also includes the GPU, hard-wired.

a thunderbolt 3 controller and port to connect your device to the GPU.

So what eGPU should I choose? ThereвЂ™s typically two varieties: eGPU Enclosure #Д®ffectively bring-your-own-graphics card. I had a desktop with a GTX 1060 at home for comparison, so I knew the experience that a high performance GPU can enable.

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I originally tried to just use a laptop with a thunderbolt 3 dock, but I found that the stuttering of the screen and the very slow rendering experience when I had 4 browser windows opened was putting a hamper on my productivity.

I use two 4k Displays at home, and the current GPUs that are embedded into ultrabooks (for Intel laptops, typically Intel UHD Graphics 6xx) struggle with that resolution (effectively 2 x 4K).

my day-to-day work environment utilizes web applications heavily, which in turn run much smoother when there is a powerful GPU to accelerate rendering.

However, I purchased an eGPU for my day-to-day work and for coding. Typically, one would buy a separate GPU either to play video games or to run some machine learning models. Laptops with a USB-C thunderbolt port has become extremely common, and both my personal and work laptops expose such a port.

The Razer Core X Chroma, and why I chose itД®GPUs is short for external GPUs: With the advent of Thunderbolt 3 and itвЂ™s ability to expose PCI express buses via a USB-C cable, it is now possible to connect a GPU to any device that has a thunderbolt 3 controller.

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