Can I use an EGPU in my Nitro 5 Nitro AN515-54

Faustoib57
Faustoib57 Member Posts: 8

Tinkerer
edited March 2021 in Nitro Gaming
Hello I am thinking of buying a razer core x egpu for my nitro 5, these are the specs...
Nitro AN515-54
Intel Core i5 9th Gen
Nvidia GTX 1050
Windows 10 64 Bit

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  • Leostat
    Leostat ACE Posts: 3,043 Pathfinder
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    No, it has to be supported in the motherboard , the only other "jank" (and i mean jank, really jank) method may be to use the NVME slot to break out into a full size 4xpcie slot. Half the time they dont work, and you would have to mess around with (ie break) the  back cover to get it to work, and it would be limited by bandwidth so i wouldnt recomend it!

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  • AnhEZ28
    AnhEZ28 ACE, Member Posts: 4,641 Pathfinder
    No, you can't use that EGPU because Nitro 5 doesn't have any Thunderhbolt 3 port. 
    Please remember to include @AnhEZ28 when you want to reply back to my comment so that I can check your response.
    Thank you and have a nice day!
  • Faustoib57
    Faustoib57 Member Posts: 8

    Tinkerer
    edited March 2021
    AnhEZ28 said:
    No, you can't use that EGPU because Nitro 5 doesn't have any Thunderhbolt 3 port. 
    Could it work if I used another egpu or an adapter for thunderbolt 3?
  • Leostat
    Leostat ACE Posts: 3,043 Pathfinder
    Afriad not, Thunderbolt three is in essence a PCIE slot in USBc form, its not possible to adapt it :(
  • Faustoib57
    Faustoib57 Member Posts: 8

    Tinkerer
    Leostat said:
    Afriad not, Thunderbolt three is in essence a PCIE slot in USBc form, its not possible to adapt it :(
    Man that sucks, if I gave it to the computer technician could he maybe somehow add thunderbolt capabilities? or maybe do it with another method of adding a desktop graphic card to it?
  • Leostat
    Leostat ACE Posts: 3,043 Pathfinder
    Answer ✓
    No, it has to be supported in the motherboard , the only other "jank" (and i mean jank, really jank) method may be to use the NVME slot to break out into a full size 4xpcie slot. Half the time they dont work, and you would have to mess around with (ie break) the  back cover to get it to work, and it would be limited by bandwidth so i wouldnt recomend it!
  • Faustoib57
    Faustoib57 Member Posts: 8

    Tinkerer
    Leostat said:
    No, it has to be supported in the motherboard , the only other "jank" (and i mean jank, really jank) method may be to use the NVME slot to break out into a full size 4xpcie slot. Half the time they dont work, and you would have to mess around with (ie break) the  back cover to get it to work, and it would be limited by bandwidth so i wouldnt recomend it!
    Thats a bummer but thank you all for the help!

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