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If you're looking at a dock, you can get the Mantiz eGPU instead for not much more money.Ī solid second choice here is Razer's Core X Chroma. The Mantiz Venus MZ-02 eGPU enclosure retails for $379, but is generally offered from Amazon for $299. The aluminum enclosure is constructed well, and finished precisely. It is the most stylish of all of the enclosures we've reviewed, and fits right in to a professional environment. The unit can accommodate cards up to 310mm long, 140mm high, and 50mm deep meaning that it will fit most of the larger cards on the market.
Putting in a card is relatively easy, with a tool-less panel that pops off.
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It can accommodate PCI-E cards needing up to 375W, and provides a full 87W of charging power back to the connecting computer, assuming it hasn't been adapted to an older version of Thunderbolt. The $379 Mantiz MZ-02 eGPU enclosure has five USB 3.0 type A ports, a Gigabit Ethernet port, and a 2.5-inch mounting plate for a SATA drive. It's really up to you which is more important.īest eGPU for connectivity Mantiz Venus MZ-02 The Sonnet is a bit quieter than the Razer high-power eGPU is, but the Razer Core X is easier to get in and out of.
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To install a GPU, users simply slide the component drawer out from the aluminum chassis, pop a compatible card into the PCIe slot and lock it down with a thumb screw.
The enclosure sports a beefy 650-watt ATX power supply, up from the custom 500-watt slim form factor PSU found in the Core V2.
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Razer is a big name in PC gaming, and has recently decided to explicitly support Apple with some of its products, the Razer Core X being the most notable one.Ĭore X is the first of Razer's Core eGPU lineup to explicitly feature Mac support, and sits below the Core V2 on the company's product totem pole.
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Other units with lighter power supplies suitable for the Vega 56 and RX580, and possibly less charging support for the connected MacBook Pro sell for $259. The Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box 650 retails for $399, but is on sale for $365 at B&H. That enclosure, like the Razer, can take the cards that demand the most power like the Vega 64, and if you're adventurous, workstation cards or the Nvidia 1080ti. There are a number of Sonnet eGPU enclosures now, but the best one is the Sonnet 650 with the beefier power supply. Sonnet's enclosure was used to demonstrate the technology at the 2017 WWDC, and was included in Apple's bundle that was sold to developers to get them on-board with the technology. Sonnet wasn't first to market with an eGPU case, but they were the first one anointed by Apple - and remain so. Plan on spending $60 or so for a longer, high-speed cable.īest for high power video cards Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box 650 They work, but they are universally just too short to be useful. And, if you're like us, you can use the eGPU on your Mac to work during the day, and connect it to a Thunderbolt 3-equipped Windows PC for other purposes.īut before we get going, be advised that the 18-inch cable that comes with the enclosures is useless. Of the enclosures we've tested over the last three years, we have a few favorites. Some contain just a PCI-E graphics card, and some have additional connectivity. In short, an eGPU enclosure allows you to connect a powerful PCI-E graphics card to your Thunderbolt 3-equipped Mac in macOS High Sierra through macOS Mojave.
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Given the refresh of the 13-inch MacBook Pro and the slight upgrade to the MacBook Air, we've revised the piece on July 12 to reflect that, and to refine data on a few choices. Of course, there are a lot of rumors & speculation that Apple is going to start using their own A series CPUs in Macs, but even if they do, they are likely to start with the Mac laptops & optimize them for longer battery run times rather than for raw performance, so it could be several years before any desktop Mac is fitted with a high performance A series CPU.Īpple also offers trade in refunds on some Macs, but I don't know how much that would be for an old MP.Editor's note: We ran this piece first in shortly after the 2018 MacBook Pro was announced. They are not cheap, but aside from the 5K display the 27" models include user upgradable RAM so you aren't stuck paying Apple's RAM upgrade prices, & even the least expensive one comes with an 8th-generation 6-core Intel Core i5 CPU running at 3.0GHz, which most benchmarks suggests considerably outperforms the top of the line 'trash can' Mac Pro. The current generation of iMacs offers a lot of bang for the buck (or Pound), particularly if you can afford one of the 27" Retina 5K display versions.
It maybe iMac is the way to go or even just wait 'til something gives up and replace it (the old way)?
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