M5-583P eGPU possible?

Hey man there are a ton of youtube vids on this ,you may find your exact model has already been done , I am also looking at this as it would be a cheaper option to replacing a 8 core desktop i used to have . In one of my first posts a member told me about sacrificing his network bus to run external gpu , gonna message him to jump in on this .

Cheers Matt

I found the post and this guy knows his stuff but in his case had to use a modified bios to make things work , thats a bit too dicey for most people  but those eGPU kits sure look like fun to me .

His system was AMD based and he also used  a utility called k10stat to overclock his cpu  might not need to woryy about it but lets do some joint research on our own before we go in too deep.really good read below

https://www.techinferno.com/index.php?/forums/topic/5316-15-acer-aspire-5742g-gtx660ti2gbpsc-mpcie1-pe4c-12-win81-niskon/

Just scratching the surface here , that was from two years ago and a older model laptop  , its deffo possible for yours to work and a couple of mine , I have to pic one ,  that poster showed pros and cons , win7 no win 8 yes, bus width is a con but thats all a laptop has to work with.but far better then any onboard laptop graphics is the result. I have a 7739g intel core i3 machine i want to upgrade to i5 i7 if im even gonna attempt this , needs bios flashing just for that alone .Then I need to cut hole in bottom of case for pcie 1x cable  needless to say the whole project is gonna look like a dogs breakfast  on a desk unless your stellar at cable management  . Lets do alittle more  research the both of us and see if somthing newer is available and PM me your exact model number past what you posted here and your exact cpu ram hdd ect and will look further into it , you have ramped up nicely in the forums and are a smart guy  i might be astep ahead in rank but two behind in what you know and i dont so be patient and we will figure this out .

I have not yet looked at the software/ firmware to do this but decided my almost 5 year old laptop is gonna be the test bed , Acer 7739G  dual graphics , Intel HD , NVIDIA 520GT with 1 GB Dedicated Vram core i3 2x 4Gb ddr3 dual channel  240 GB Adata  SSD , win 8.1 Pro , its a 17 inch with 1600x900, so HD+ , and I want the laptop screen to work besides my HDMI Out From eGPU , gonna go with the mPCIE version  and sacrifice factory internet but replace with a usb stick to still maintain internet capability,in the pic below you see the wifi card beside the ram that will come out. The card slot points back and is near the rear of the case close tothe battery so Im gonna cut a hole in the access bay to allow the cable togo to the e GPU card dock , gonna put this case on feet to elevate and allow the mod clearance underneath. might also look at aftermarket cooling ,this is an old heavy laptop that will not be carted around , as mentioned before will replace the i3 with i5/i7 what i can find cheap. I know you want defintive answers for your machine and I will try and find that out .

Im gonna contact BPlus tech at hwtools dot net and ask a few questions maybe even try and obtain the software /firmware , I still think its more how to configure this then will it work , as for price im lookin at  350 to do this not including a new screen .

As for overheating my nvidia gets too hot in my opinion but its not shutting down after an hour of gaming like it was.there was a mouse nest between the fan and heat tube vent that compressed air wont clean and took 1 hour to take this thing apart , probably why the guy sold me the laptop he smelt a problem coming . here is a good read:

http://www.hwtools.net/Adapter/PE4C%20V2.1.html#First_Impression

watched about  twenty more vids on youtube and more then a couple of people have had laptops that would not start with egpu hooked up , that must be the locked bios thing you are most concerned about , some guys cause there own problem like trying a ati/AMD card on a laptop with nvidia igpu , that guy messed with a 6990 for a day  and no go , dropped in a 580 nexttry installed drivers and it worked , that tells me the bios was lookin for nvidia . express card slots on older laptops were awesome to hookup the dock, cant remember the last time i had one . This project is  looking more like trial and error . wont be in my budget til next month at best.

Bplus tech seems to be the bigger company on this dock stuff , Ares version 7.0 calls there dock the Beast  there are a couple others that keep it simple  to, the Thunderbolt 2 and 3 Kits are way too much money.