Sonnet eGPU Breakaway Box 750ex - External GPU Chassis

No issues or hassles. The directions had good pictures to follow along. I use this for business (no gaming) for zoom meetings, lots of open tabs, and six monitors while having the flexibility of a laptop. The reviews here on Amazon were a little intimidating, however I found the installation of this eGPU and video card to be straightforward plug-n-play and the product to be excellent as advertised. It was easy enough to do myself without needing the manufacturer's support desk. I added 64Gb RAM to my laptop and a Radeon R7 350 HD7750 4GB to this eGPUex. The internet port and 4 usb ports on this eGPUex model eliminated the need for a separate dock to have just one usb thunderbolt cord to my laptop. To have a clean desk, I used a simple under desk laptop mount. I also used a pc under desk mount. I combined two monitor stands for three monitors each on a single extended pole. I added a reinforcement plate for my standup desk for the mount which gives good stability. I used adhesive clips and adhesive cable ties to manage all the cables underneath my desk. I also got a pebbles sound speakers so I wouldn't need a headset and Bluetooth for mouse, keyboard to not need a docking station and reduce the number of wires.

My husband bought this for his Lenovo Legion Go and so far loves it. He has an RTX 3060 from his now deceased desktop that he’s using and he said the performance boost on his Legion is very noticeable. It’s nice having the 4 USB A 3.2 plugs on the back so he can plug in his keyboard and mouse to use with it. It’s very quiet, you can barely hear it running even under a heavy load. He didn’t use the USB C cable that came with it but bought his own. He said once he changed some BIOS settings on his Legion, it was plug and play, very easy to get connected to his Legion. Build quality is very nice, they even include some zip ties for cable management. For what it is, the price was worth it instead of him buying a whole new desktop (especially with storage and RAM prices what they are right now.)

--new review-- These units have proven to be incredibly incompatible with many machine types. I have found them to be unreliable with multiple windows machines, linux machines and especially any machines running the newer USB4 / TB4 interfaces. You might get them working if you put them in a chain of 750ex > TB3 Hub > Computer. As such i cannot recommend these units at all. Look for something else. --old review-- I have two 750exe connected to two utterly different computers types (one a dell XPS and one a Surface) On both setups the USB has proved to be unreliable - causing mouse freezes for both wireless and wired mouse. I should note for me this only affects mice and keyboards connected by some other USB hub (USB2 or 3) or device (like a KVM) so if you are the type to keep your mice / keyboard plugged into you monitor do not connect this to the USB ports on the breakaway but to another USB C port on your PC. When the USB hub issues it also causes latency spikes on the built-in ethernet adapter too. If you plug devices directly into the onboard hub it may be ok. I would give the 750 5/5 star, but the 750ex only 3 out of 5 due to this issue. i would say sa

Excellent Thunderbolt PCIe enclosure with dock/port extender. Worked perfectly for my Blackmagic Intensity 4K Pro capture card to connect to my laptop. The 4 USB ports and ethernet were just enough to use it as my dock replacement. I did have to use a USB sound device so the only things connected to my gaming laptop were the sonnet, power cable, and 2 display connectors. Big Con! The power supply included by sonnet smells horribly of cheap plastic/electronics. It filled my entire room fast and had my throat burning after trying it for a day. Big Pro! The power supply and fan are standard computer parts. I was able to swap the power supply for another modular one I had to resolve the smell issue. It also means in the future I could install a bigger than 750W for later use as an External GPU enclosure. Also can swap the fan for a better Nactua. Overall a great product and would recommended.

This is a great product. I fit mine with a Rtx 3060 Ti. I have an Intel tiger lake with Xe graphics and they both function on the laptop screen. Like if you max out the external, the internal will start picking up. eGPUs in general can be kinda finicky though. I have an infrequent problem where my laptop will drop the eGPU to save battery and going full tilt the break box can't quite keep my battery topped up. I had the luxury of adding a second charger and didn't have any more issues. Upgraded to 5 stars as I found out I had some configuration issues causing my problem.

I bought this hoping that I would be able to hook up an external GPU to my Premiere Pro hardware accelerated video rendering. However, due to Apple's brain-damaged policy on not supporting NVIDIA graphics cards, all you can use are AMD GPUs which are not well supported by Adobe, and give you little to no improvement in the performance of your graphics processing. This might be good for gaming. I don't know. I don't game on my Mac. Do not buy this for your mac if you want to improve your video rendering. Instead: sell your mac and build a good PC, and then buy a decent NVIDIA card and simply install it in the PC case. Problem solved. Speaking of my Mac, I bought it so I could upgrade to a decent video editing platform. Looks like Mac isn't the computer for doing that any more. I hate to say that Windows--the awful and the ugly--just has better hardware support. I'm kinda regretting dumping the thousands of dollars into this stupid machine. But I guess that's what happens when it takes 5 hours to render a 24 minute video--in between the moments where you're just praying to God that the render is correct and you won't have to do it all over again to fix some dumb problem.

Recently my laptop dock died and I needed something to drive the 2 external monitors connected to my Acer Aspire 5 (A515-57-760X) which has a Thunderbolt 4 port. Since I have a few extra Nvidia GPUs laying around, I wanted to give an eGPU a chance. Wow! It was very simple to set up. Just install the video card in the case, plug into the laptop and install the latest Nvidia drivers. Now I'm able to render videos in Davinci Resolve quicker, video playback is smoother and best of all.... all my screens sleep properly and resume as expected. When/If I decide to upgrade from my RTX 2070 Super to an RTX 30xx or RTX 40xx card for even faster Davinci renders, it will be as simple as install the new card, update drivers and go!

Had an issue with the power supply. It was DOA on arrival. Replaced it and it works great.

We wanted to try out Minecraft with ray-tracing and the onboard Intel Iris graphics of my NUC i7 was obviously not going to be enough. Rather than replacing the computer, I decided to add an external graphics card using this eGPU housing. I was pleased to buy it on special offer at 345 Euro which was a great price (price seems to fluctuate quite a lot as stock comes and goes with different suppliers). The case is much bigger than I had expected, but I guess that is necessary to house the power supply and to fit the longer graphics cards. I went with a Asus GeForce Dual RTX 3060 12GB V2 OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (DUAL-RTX3060-O12G-V2) for about 295 Euro, which fitted easily: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B096658ZWP Noise is very low. I would say it is actually silent compared to the fans of my NUC11 i7. Build quality seems very high, with good instructions for opening the case and installing the graphics card (not that this is exactly difficult to work out for yourself anyway!). The external USB ports on the back of the unit are very useful, and mean that I have been able to get rid of a USB hub that was needed for webcam, sounds and DVD writer. All works perfectly. The result - we can now play Minecraft with way better ray tracing graphics at between 50-60 fps. Ok so the graphics might be a little held back by being in an external enclosure compared to plugged directly into the motherboard, but the RTX 3060 was enough for what we wanted. Maybe the limitations of an eGPU enclosure are only significant with faster graphics cards? So I now have a decent PC for gaming, but also a tiny NUC that I can disconnect and easily carry when I need to work away from home. Almost best of both worlds, so I'm pleased. Be sure to check the list of compatible graphics cards on the SoNNet website before purchasing to make sure it fits (but almost every card I checked seemed to be on the list). **Conclusion** I would 100% recommend, very pleased in every respect, but worth watching the price for a while and buying when it is on offer.

Fonctionne parfaitement, ma carte graphique RTX 4060 ti 16gb rentre parfaitement malgré ça taille. Ce qui a amélioré largement mon pc du côté gaming. Franchement je le recommande 🙂.

A nice looking box, though you need plenty of space for it. Great that the integrated power supply includes the necessary cables and that there is a thunderbolt cable to connect to my laptop. Having these makes the setup super easy.

Great package. The seller was very supportive and helpful. Excellent egpu setup for supporting AI/ML development needs.

Recibí el producto con claras señales de haber sido manipulado previamente. El empaque estaba abierto, los sellos de seguridad venían violados y las protecciones de plástico de las entradas de video estaban incompletas. Falla técnica (Dead on Arrival): Al conectar el equipo, este no encendió en absoluto. Ante el riesgo de un cortocircuito, me preocupó la posibilidad de quemar mi GPU. Pruebas de descarte realizadas: Retiré mi GPU y la probé directamente en mi PC, confirmando que afortunadamente sigue funcionando sin problemas. Para descartar un problema de cableado, probé el equipo nuevo con un cable diferente conectado a la fuente de poder, pero siguió sin recibir energía. Conclusión: Es un producto defectuoso con una falla eléctrica grave de origen. Resulta inaceptable y una completa pérdida de tiempo que desde fábrica o almacén envíen un equipo dañado y en condiciones de haber sido abierto previamente. Solicito la devolución inmediata.