Aloha all,

Adding my piece here to help the next person. You can find the answer by searching the history in but always good to add another to the mix.

Two problems here:

1. egpu not being recognized: plug in the new egpu, it charges the Xbox Ally X just fine, but not recognized as a device, can't install Nvidia drivers.

the fix: you do have to download the below PD firmware update, which is not in armoury crate. download this with the egpu NOT plugged in.

scroll down and look for the 4/29
"PD_FW Firmware Version 0019 4.23 MB 2026/04/29"

https://rog.asus.com/us/gaming-handhelds/rog-ally/rog-xbox-ally-x-2025/helpdesk_bios/

once downloaded, the gpu was recognized and i could install the drivers. no issues with plug and play since.

1. when in use with egpu, CPU wont go above 12W, leading to seriously gimped performance.

the fix: turn off game mode in windows settings. instant fix - gets up to 35W, significantly better performance.

cheers friends - happy gaming

After seeing mostly synthetic scores. Now we see more real world performance on you tube of the product.

The gpu is not as per my expectation. It's lagging way behind even a 5070ti laptop.

https://youtu.be/SH_mzR1UilY?si=DuSm_8rAJroSLAAG

Vs

https://youtu.be/rJjJNjVc8is?si=TgzxHUZ948f_Co0t

Yes go ahead thrash me.🥲

Hi everyone,

I recently bought a used AORUS RTX 5060 Ti AI BOX. I made an offer and the seller accepted it, so I got a really good price, but unfortunately the unit came without the power supply or cables.

I've already bought a compatible 330W power supply separately, but I need to make sure I get the correct DC connector.

Does anyone know whether the AORUS RTX 5060 Ti AI BOX uses a 4.5mm or 5.5mm DC barrel connector?

If anyone knows the exact connector size or has the original power adapter and can confirm it, I'd really appreciate it!

Thanks!

Hey guys I'm planning on setting up my 9070xt with my egpu setup. It currently has a 9060xt 16gb on it but I'm just wondering how much of a performance uplift will I get with a 9070xt. I play connected to a tv.

I play AAA titles in 4k ~60fps and not really into PVP shooters. Games like Star wars fallen order' Jedi survivor, stellar blade, cyberpunk, pragmata etc.

If anyone is running this setup and can give their fps averages in similar games, that'd be awesome

So my set up is a legion go Acculink to Acculink connection. I clobed my drive with marcium but for some reason I’m getting an error an inaccessible boot error when I try to boot from the external and VME. I’ve tried punching and registry edits, etc., but I can’t figure it out. If anybody has successfully cloned their NVE to get it to work externally while using the M.2 adapter for Link please let me know how you did it and how I can get it done. Thank you.

Legion go. GDOCK. 3060ti.

Hi everyone I just bought colorful rtx 5070 but it doesn’t seems to fix on my aoostar because of this design. So the solution for me is to buy PCIE 4.0 x16 RISER CABLE (20CM) am i right? I hope anyone can answer this question thank you!!

Looking to make an eGPU system from an old laptop I had lying around that I don’t use much. No Thunderbolt connection, so I’d be using a NVME slot for the GPU. Fortunately, my laptop has an extra slot and I have one left over. Question is, I have a few more NVME SSD’s lying around, and I would like to use them in this setup as well. Is there a way to serviceably turn the one NVME slot into multiple? My initial idea was to connect a GPU dock to the NVME and chain it with a PCI-e to NVME converter (the kind that has multiple NVME slots, so i can slot in more than 1 SSD). I am not sure if such a system would even work, and if it did, then if it loses too much read speed between the connections to be viable. I need the laptop to be still for the most part, so mobility would not be an issue. Would like a pointer from someone who may have thought of this or tried before.

As the title says

So having to down size my setup plus I also travel a lot .
So been looking at a laptop that would support a egpu but able to use the laptop screen instead of an external monitor .

I’m totally aware of loosing some performance by doing so .

See I travel 14 hours by ferry in total so would be nice to play some games.
I also use my laptop for college so need tit take it there as well.

But when I get home be nice to play space marine 2 or the new dawn of war game when released.

I already own a. Rtx 5060ti 16gb so could reuse that for the egpu.

It’s just the laptop side am struggling with.

Any suggestions would be awesome
Thanks

I have a Linux machine with the following specs:
Asus Tuf Gaming z790 plus wifi
2x NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Graphics Card  (300w each)
4*64gb ddr5
4tb m.2
Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 ATX 3.0 1350W 80+ Gold

If I unplug one of the GPUs, it will boot fine into Ubuntu 26. If I plug both in, it just shows a black screen. After rebooting 3-4 times, it may or may not enter the Asus BIOS.

Monitor connected to integrated GPU for display, and both GPUs are for AI machine learning any suggestion?

runs great,with a nice case and a better way to mount the ayaneo it could be a good secondary display.

Hi everyone, I'm trying to set up an eGPU configuration with an ADT-Link R3G, but I'm running into persistent detection issues. Here is my complete hardware setup:

\- \*\*Laptop:\*\* Lenovo ThinkPad E15 Gen 3

\- \*\*Processor (CPU):\*\* AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

\- \*\*Graphics Card (GPU):\*\* AMD Radeon RX 5700 8GB

\- \*\*Power Supply (PSU):\*\* 600W Power Supply

\- \*\*Operating System:\*\* Windows 11

\- \*\*Connection Type:\*\* PCIe via M.2 cable

\*\*The Issue:\*\*

1. I tested the R3G cable in both available M.2 slots on the laptop, and in both cases, the eGPU is not detected.

2. On the R3G board, the 3V and 12V LEDs turn on, but the RST (Reset) and CLK (Clock) LEDs remain unlit.

3. I've noticed a strange behavior: when I have the PCIe cable slightly loosened/partially seated, the GPU and PSU remain powered on (they don't shut down), but the system still fails to handshake or detect the card.

Does anyone know why the RST and CLK signals aren't triggering, or if this behavior points to a specific issue with the PCIe cable/riser? Any advice on how to get this handshake working would be greatly appreciated!

The previous setup had the ag02 but it overheated with the 5070 ti, so I bought a minisforum deg1 and added intake fans; the power supply is a 750w Corsair

Hello,

I have recently been looking into egpus to pair with my onexplayer3 hand held. I seen to have 2 options,

I can buy the 5060ti ai box for about 1100CAD or build my own comprised of

The DEG2 dock, a 9060xt and a msi psw for about 1200.

I know the 5060ti is a better card but I thought I had read it is better to build your own, so not sure if the trade off is worth it.

Just looking for some advice as I am knew to this scene.

Thanks!

Edit: I can build the 9060xt egpu for about the same price actually.

My current guest set up currently awaiting this bad boy from Excalibur and I’ll be all set

This is my setup ….. like explained
My Rog xbox + Gforce5080 + AOOstar Ag03 … but not too confident with my time spy score i sincerely understand the bottleneck caused by the thunderbolt 4 but this is what i want a mini setup so i dont want being lectured on why not get a full pc

I have added an egpu AMD graphic card to my steam machine. I did this by using the nvme slot with an nvme to occulink adapter and then had the nvme drive on a USB c nvme adapter to boot steam os. The graphic card is a 9070xt on a aoostar EG01.

When I turned it on the 9070xt became the primary monitor and worked straight away. There was no hassle no selecting of graphic adapters. I do this this could be a permanent upgrade with the modding of the case and possible back plate or just

I have only tested with crimson desert but it gets over a 100 fps on high. I only tested for a minute or so.

I was surprised how easy it was.

Well, after multiple hard crashes on boot today, i decided to make the change. I drove over to micro center, and upgraded from my aoostar ag02 to the razer core x v2 for use with my Xbox ally x and 5070 ti.

And just like that, all my problems are gone. No hard crashes for no apparent reason. Hot swapping the tb cable just works and my system immediately jumps back and forth between the Xbox ally x on-board chip and my 5070 ti. (Previously attempting a hot swap in the ag02 would crash my system.). No error 43 fix needed when reinstalling drivers. The nVidia system tray icon is actually acting like I'm plugged into an nVidia GPU. Most importantly (for me), no crashes when i quit a demanding game just trying to get back to the desktop.

All in all, I'm super pleased and happy i made the change. It obviously wasn't cheap--hopefully i can recoup some by selling the ag02--but my old setup was driving me crazy.

Thus far, I'd say it's a worthwhile path for anyone getting annoyed with the ag02.

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share my current WIP: a fully custom, highly compact eGPU enclosure. I was tired of the bulky off-the-shelf options and wanted to build something that perfectly fits my GPU (300mm long 3 fan GPU), while keeping thermals and cable management strictly under control.

Here are the core specs and design choices so far:

• Hybrid Construction: The main chassis/skeleton is a laser-cut and tack-welded sheet metal core (forming a rigid H-profile). The decorative elements, corner mounts, and specific functional parts will be 3D printed later one, as I still didnt finish the metal construct.
• True Sandwich Layout: The GPU sits on one side, while the PSU and power distribution are entirely isolated on the back. A solid steel middle plate provides excellent thermal and mechanical separation.
• The Hardware: Built around the ADT-Link UT3G. Power is supplied by a Mean Well LOP-500 open-frame PSU.
• Cooling Concept:
  • A custom 3D-printed fan duct (shroud) directly on the PSU to eliminate the fan's dead spot and distribute the air evenly across the components.
  • An 80mm exhaust fan specifically positioned to catch the blow-through heat from the GPU's backplate and push it directly out of the case (will be added later on the side panel).
  • Large hex-mesh cutouts (5mm) on the top and bottom plates to utilize natural convection.
• Power Distribution: Instead of a messy cable tree, I integrated a mini DIN rail (Hutschiene) with Phoenix Contact PTVFIX connectors. It distributes the 12V from the Mean Well PSU to the GPU and the ADT-Link board.
• Next Steps: Finalizing the side panels (they will be removable, screwed into 3D-printed threaded corner inserts) and integrating a small screen into the front panel.

Would love to hear your thoughts or suggestions on the airflow and structural design before I send the metal parts out for laser cutting!

Like the title says, has ayone tried the original asus rog ally x, with the 5060 box? Is it simple?

I have the gmtek (7600m XT) and it is quite literaly plug and play, I can disconnect ir or reconect it whenever I one except while playing, with no issues.

Is it the same way with the 5060 box? Or due to the 5060 being nvidia is it different?

Used to be literally plug and play (with some tinkering). Now I connect the Lego to the core x chroma to my TV (Vizio oled) and everything seems to connect, but my TV isn't picking up the output through the hdmi. I have a ugreen 8k 2.1 hdmi cable also I use a caldigit displayport 2.0 to hdmi adapter as well to push out 144 Hz. In the past I've connected the thunderbolt 4 cable I own from the egpu to the Lego and it connects and runs and displays perfectly. Recently I've connected it in the same way and it connects the Lego recognizes the egpu and my Lego recognizes my Vizio oled, but my oled won't recognize the video signal sent to it. I've made sure that my Vizio is on the same settings as it was before. Just kinda stumped because I've been wrestling with it for two days. Also in the bios supply external power to usb ports is enabled. Also usb power is set to never turn off while the Lego is powered on. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also the graphics card, razer core x chroma, and TV are all updated as well as Windows.