Dell Inspiron 15 500 egpu?

[Colin_1416]

Am I able to get a egpu for my dell Inspiron 15 5000? I would like to put a GTX 760 for the gpu

 

[Get_Out]

Unless you are going to be charging that thing 24/7 without stopping i highly doubt your laptop will last 30mins. with the 760 installed. But just in case how many volts is your power brick, just in case you know.

 

[Colin_1416]

The computer is always charging yes. Not sure how many watts

 

[Colin_1416]

What enclosure should I get ?

 

[Get_Out]

What enclosure should I get ?

Don't know much about enclosures but if it is charging 24/7 than i think it will be ok

 

[k1114]

That's not how an egpu works. It must have its own psu. The powerbrick has nowhere near the capacity, has no way to connect to power the pcie slot and has no way to connect to the pcie power cables to the gpu. Even 5 mins of googling egpu would let you know basic info about egpus. Even just common sense should make you realize you don't find 200w+ powerbricks an a basic laptop.

The only slot you have available is mpcie which you can get to by taking off the bottom of your case. The exp gdc is still the cheapest I know of but prices have been going up. It used to be $30, now they are $50 unless you get them off ebay. You still need a psu. You need an external monitor. The mpcie slot is x1 so you will not get the full performance of the gpu.

 

[USAFRet]

Your power brick has nothing to do with an eGPU.
You'll need many things, including an actual desktop spec power supply to run it.

Have a read through this:
https/www.reddit.com/r/eGPU/comments/5jpf2x/diy_egpu_101_introduction_to_egpu/

and this:
https/www.reddit.com/r/eGPU/comments/5vztqs/the_egpu_resource_list/


Your primary concern is this:
" eGPUs can be connected through one of the following options: mPCIe (mini PCI Express), Expresscard, Thunderbolt1 or 2, M.2, and finally, Thunderbolt3."

Does your Dell have any of those?

 

[faalin]

Anything that I read sounds like it uses the on cpu graphics and doenst have a dedicated gpu, if that's the case the best of luck adding one in. Looking at a replacement board for that laptop shows there is no slot for a video card ether.

 

[USAFRet]

Anything that I read sounds like it uses the on cpu graphics and doenst have a dedicated gpu, if that's the case the best of luck adding one in. Looking at a replacement board for that laptop shows there is no slot for a video card ether.

Laptops don't have a 'slot' for a regular GPU.
The eGPU concept is to possibly use a regular desktop GPU with the laptop.

It must go through one of a certain type of port, and you need an actual monitor, PSU, among other things.
It is not just plug & play.

 

[Colin_1416]

How many watts should I have in the psu?

 

[USAFRet]

How many watts should I have in the psu?

Did you read through those links I posted above?

 

[Colin_1416]

Bits and pieces I haven't had a lot of time today to read

 

[USAFRet]

Bits and pieces I haven't had a lot of time today to read

Well...you need to read and thoroughly understand all the ins and outs of this project.
It is not just plug & play.

And there are other resources around for you to read.
Research is the key here.

 

[Colin_1416]

Ive read through it now

 

[Colin_1416]

I have a dock which has a Thunderbolt1 on my Dell

 

[k1114]

What dock is this? The laptop has no tb so it can't have tb. I'm not seeing any dock compatible with it that has tb. Tb adapters are too expensive to be a worthwhile option. With the increase in cost, you'd have better performance from selling the laptop and getting a new one with a dgpu.

 

[Colin_1416]

I'm going to get a desktop instead

 

[Colin_1416]

https/ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/NKRv2R

 

[USAFRet]

https/ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/NKRv2R

Instead of the AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor and the ASRock A88M-G/3.1 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard...

Get a Pentium G4400 $ 74.99
https/www.amazon.ca/Intel-BX80662G4400-Pentium-Processor-G4400-3-3/dp/B015VPX05A
and
Gigabyte GA-H110M-A $ 79.99
https/www.amazon.ca/Gigabyte-GA-H110M-LGA1151-Intel-Motherboard/dp/B0165YUDTM

$25 more than your chosen CPU and board, but waaaay better.