You can use almost any modern desktop card, such as the NVIDIA RTX 40-series or AMD RX 7000-series.
Requires opening your laptop and potentially cutting the bottom shell for cable access. EXP GDC Beast (Mini PCIe/NGFF): An older, budget-friendly classic. Very cheap and supports older laptops. Low bandwidth (only diy egpu setup skacat-
: This is often power delivery – DIY builders add a 470µF capacitor across 12V and GND on the M.2 adapter (a skacat- recommended hardware mod). You can use almost any modern desktop card,
If your laptop has a Thunderbolt port, you have the best bandwidth. However, commercial Thunderbolt enclosures are expensive. A true "DIY" Thunderbolt setup is rare because the controllers are complex and expensive to implement on a breadboard. Very cheap and supports older laptops
lanes of PCIe), which significantly bottlenecks modern cards. TH3P4G3 (Thunderbolt 3/4): A more modern DIY board that uses a Thunderbolt connection. Plug-and-play convenience without opening the laptop.