Mini RYZEN 5500U PC + M.2 External Graphics Card = AWESOME!

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So Yeah I had to do it! I Added an RX 6900XT Video card to this Ryzen 5500U Mini PC and turned it into a Gaming PC using an M.2 eGPU dock!
This is the new ASUS PN51mini PC powered by a Ryzen 5500U APU but instead of using the built-in Vega graphics I hooked up this massive Asrock OC formula RX 6900XT graphics card and now this mild-mannered mini pc is gaming, Goliath! well... kind of because the 5500U and the M.2 connector definitely bottlenecks this video card but it still put some good performance.
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@Max_Mustermann 2 жыл бұрын

When the PC becomes an accessory to the graphics card...

@maggiejetson7904 2 жыл бұрын

I was about to say this

@k.o.t.o.n. 2 жыл бұрын

@@maggiejetson7904 is it good with rtx 3080ti or 3090?

@lrc3847 Жыл бұрын

@@k.o.t.o.n. for Ryzen 7 yes. But for Ryzen 5 is better the 3070.

@Dnime-dark-impulse Жыл бұрын

@@lrc3847 im trying to do An rtx 3070 egpu build

@scottlarock7924 Жыл бұрын

nice

@drvish 2 жыл бұрын

At the price of the GPU's these days, AMD/NVIDIA might as well add a CPU and RAM socket to them. They are certainly big enough to be complete PC's.

@sumi7065 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly having your gpu displayed on the desk like that looks pretty cool

@shadowr2d2 2 жыл бұрын

Ditto I was thinking 🤔 the same thing..

@pauldeshield 2 жыл бұрын

You inspired me to turn a mini PC into my gaming PC *I have the latest Intel Nuc connected to a 5700XT in a Razor eGPU* I already had the eGPU for Mac video editing so the mini PC was the perfect addition. Thank you for the inspiration 🙌🏽

@bagelbytes69420 2 жыл бұрын

ETA, I have used one of these as well and just for future reference, at least in my experience, when running power through the dock with the splitter cable, I would have random reboots and black screens with my older 980ti. As soon as I swapped over to powering it using just the PSU rather than running it through the dock itself, it worked flawlessly. I think theres some issues with the pinout or something with the splitter they include.

@nayyarrashid4661 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. Powering it through PSU only

@johnsherby9130 2 жыл бұрын

they probably just didn't expect people to run anything over 100watts through there lol

@jasonmaxwell9762 2 жыл бұрын

Why do I have a sick obsession with mini computers? Even though I have a big desk with a 49 inch ultrawide? I love your videos. You like to build what I like to build. I am obsessed with APUs and small powerful PCs. Before I built My more practical current Geeek A31 with a Ryzen 3700x and a custom flashed ITX 5600xt. My obsession went even further with fanless APUs. I wanted to build the most powerful fanless APU with the HPlex cases. With and external graphics card riser slot attached to the top kinda like what your using, but I was going to mount it where you could change out GPUs like a game cartridge. Being that the fanless HPlex cases are rather pricey along with the components to run them like the compact HDplex PSU. I decided to just build a all in one, rather than cut up a 200 dollar metal case. My current build is probably about a inch and half thicker laying flat, than your Chopwin build. (Which I love by the way) With a internal GPU. I would love to put that 5000APU in one of those mini HDplex cases. They are so clean.

@tanushadithiya7136 2 жыл бұрын

Wow I love how your experiment stuff like this. Thank you.

@iG34RH34D 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the review, and taking the time to test this.

@kentoriyama 2 жыл бұрын

I've done this with a 2500u laptop and a 1060 to play VR when my desktop mobo took a shit. Worked nicely

@LifeByKpop 2 жыл бұрын

I love experiments like this. Looks like everything runs pretty dang good, even on that little APU. Fun video.

@JoshuaG 2 жыл бұрын

ETA PRIME just made his own "Beast Canyon NUC" ❤❤ I would actually buy that 😁

@zeros2818 2 жыл бұрын

this setup is crazy I love it

@bsthadrudge5752 5 ай бұрын

i wanted to try this? good to know i can. THANK YOU!

@ajwalker4416 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video. I have an NVIDIA GTX 1050i that's still working very well and it's nice to see I could find a way to mount it to a mini PC to get better gaming performance. My main PC is very long in the tooth but the graphics card is still working great. I've been researching mini PCs for the form factor but the game performance always held me back from a purchase.

@sneakyrabid8828 2 жыл бұрын

Always a pleasure to watch such experiments ETA; if not were by scalpers and GPU availability, setups like this were more populars despite bottleneck.

@rarminqorset3628 2 жыл бұрын

Can confirm

@uvesh8953 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing, You really doing some unexpected works. I Never expected this could be possible, A desktop GPU could be paired with a Mini PC that's really happened.

@tech_jims 2 жыл бұрын

i wonder if eta ever comes home from work with a pc in hand and his wife just looks at him and says oh no not another one your not bringing that in this house 🤣

@bepbep7418 2 жыл бұрын

Your assuming he makes it INTO the house 🤣 that probably also explains why Paul's studio is his garage.

@scottygdaman 2 жыл бұрын

Saw a somewhat similar set up...the user called it a ... Gaming p.c. Love the channel

@hualni 2 жыл бұрын

OMG!!! That's a $1,500 GPU. It better be able to play God of War at 50x.

@ETAPRIME 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@PlayingItWrong 2 жыл бұрын

But can it emulate *gulps* Jaguar games!

@rexcatston8412 2 жыл бұрын

Snes Super Mario at 360p ...with frame drops

@ronnienoneyabusiness2844 2 жыл бұрын

@@PlayingItWrong can the emulator even run jag games? Lol

@Dragonborn-dc4uj 2 жыл бұрын

But can it run 3DO games at 4K?

@-iIIiiiiiIiiiiIIIiiIi- 2 жыл бұрын

This channel is so awesome!

@imcade88 2 жыл бұрын

love your videos! Love your giveaways! Love everything you do!

@AgentZeroNine1 2 жыл бұрын

Sick. That (recently accidentally leaked) 80GB per second Thunderbolt 5 should kill all bottleneck issues. Fingers crossed we see late 2022 the latest.

@SyedKamran2016 2 жыл бұрын

It's amazing how to upload new videos every day on your channel.

@_TheElMan 2 жыл бұрын

Wow what a crazy build... Love it.

@scottwilson419 2 жыл бұрын

Wish you would have ran at 1440P to offload as much to the GPU as possible. Awesome video again

@eddiedavis346 2 жыл бұрын

You are a mad man!, cool experiment thou.

@hyperkid21 2 жыл бұрын

that set-up is nice. it small and compact.

@segunodunlade4017 2 жыл бұрын

Personally I’d love to see more content like this With more tests with different gpu’s This is very cool

@muhammadbagaskara4886 2 жыл бұрын

my favorite tech channel no doubt

@sgreum70 2 жыл бұрын

I have an 8th gen i7 Hades Canyon NUC with the 4Gb Vega M GPU that I've been thinking of doing this with. The little beast works like a charm with the emulated games I play but not the more modern ones. It looks like pairing it with a 1650 or the like might just be the thing I'm looking for.

@manuelsen3180 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing !

@wizardkoer782 2 жыл бұрын

You could 3D print a nice cover for the mini pc with a hole to nicely let the pcie cables out.

@WildkatPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of some of the shenanigans that used to happen at early PC trade shows when companies would have a computer on the floor that was connected to a microVAX behind the curtain.

@NewAgeDIY 2 жыл бұрын

This setup reminds me of the Latte panda Alpha project. Lot’s of systems being made with mini computer and massive GPUs. This one gets high marks 🏆

@Petorasaur 2 жыл бұрын

Would be awesome if someone with the equipment was able to make a low profile chassis for this set up and maybe wall mount it and run cable through the wall.

@xavhow 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea, cool video!

@FrankLeeYoung 2 жыл бұрын

That's like putting a rocket engine on your nice new compact sedan! Also, I had no idea the m.2 slot was a viable way to connect an eGPU to, neat! I learned something today!

@ClayWheeler 2 жыл бұрын

Yes and No. You have to pay attention to the M.2 slot on the motherboard. Usually it is written right near the slot. if it says "M.2 NVMe" or "M.2 PCIe" or "SATA x PCIe" then it means you can plug eGPU into this slot. if it says "M.2 SATA" or "mSATA" or just "SATA" it means you cannot plug anything else other than SSD to that particular M.2 slot.

@FrankLeeYoung 2 жыл бұрын

@@ClayWheeler Ah, I see, gotcha! Which is the most common M.2 slot found on boards?

@ClayWheeler 2 жыл бұрын

@@FrankLeeYoung You have to open the Board by yourself to confirm it. It cannot be investigated Virtually. Must be seen Physically by yourself

@nayyarrashid4661 2 жыл бұрын

@@ClayWheeler are there any cable to extend the length? Like for easy accessibility without having to open it something like thunderbolt does?

@ClayWheeler 2 жыл бұрын

@@nayyarrashid4661 No. Only Intel Platform has it. For AMD, do it like this video. The Cable itself is already 50 cm.

@juliorosa2846 2 жыл бұрын

Loved the video. Outside of the box

@RAT_SALAD 2 жыл бұрын

You should do an in depth video on that AMD tuning utility.

@silentndeadly Жыл бұрын

Looks so cool! Like something your 2yr old or cat would love to play with it!

@mirai3263 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice, thank you.

@skycorrigan6511 2 жыл бұрын

I really like that OC Formula card. I should get one to match my Z590 OC Formula mb

@stanleyho1435 2 жыл бұрын

awesome video! did not know this was possible! have you done this with the 4750g? I have a couple of those and after seeing this video it has intrigued me! thanks for all your videos

@FS--ew3se 2 жыл бұрын

Been waiting for dis 👍

@gabrielprandini2629 2 жыл бұрын

Best content on KZfaq!!! If I have the thunderbolt option, is that better than M.2??

@707caballo Жыл бұрын

I just got the minisforum um690 hy watching your review on it. I would love to see this setup or similar with the um690. Possibly through thunderbolt?

@deechvogt1589 2 жыл бұрын

Way cool ETA. I like the total wackiness of doing something like that just because it can be done! Nice!!

@natsukirei2016 2 жыл бұрын

tbh this would probably be alot cheaper than a full tower PC setup and the gaming seems pretty impressive , even if its bottle necked in some ud still get impressive framerates

@shadowr2d2 2 жыл бұрын

This is an Awesomeness idea 💡.. Since GPU these days are so expensive 😫. But very beautiful 😍 to look at.. To set one up this way.. Is a real killer idea 💡..

@muhammadazim4563 2 жыл бұрын

Valve should take some notes. Maybe with the steam deck on the go it is powered by low profile apu in the main system. When it is in dock mode perhaps they could inplement something like this.But yeah maybe on the second gen steam deck

@scousiered3124 2 жыл бұрын

This great. Is there a mini and egpu combo that you would recommend for better results?

@exit159 2 жыл бұрын

I would be quite interested to see this as a comparison between something like this and a similar setup with thunderbolt .... using this solution on a thunderbolt enabled mini pc so it's apples to apples

@nomercyriding 2 жыл бұрын

Such a cool experiment! Thanks for the video ETA!

@nathanrex8037 2 жыл бұрын

Makes me wonder if there's an egpu compatible with the steam deck to use when docked. Would be fun to see!

@valerafox7795 Жыл бұрын

welp should be but there's the hassle to do with the bios and etc which is nobody gonna do 😭..😭

@xeonelite6051 2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't that bad I expected a bigger bottleneck. 80-92% GPU usage is actually great also isn't the liva q3 the smallest can you try egpu on that one

@KendyBeraldo 2 жыл бұрын

Really awesome, just for the purpose of proving possible !

@Charsept 2 жыл бұрын

Back at it again 😆 I love these Frankenstein eGPU builds

@alpacamix 2 жыл бұрын

that gpu is gigantic holy.makes my 3070 vision like small card.

@louvain-fatskrrrt4698 2 жыл бұрын

i really appreciate the work you are doing with external docks connected through bizarre but common ports.i would love for you to test different cards and the effect of bottlenecks by different cpu's . i have a laptop with an x2 m.2 connector and i would be very grateful if you could try it with different connector limitations as such .

@conkerboy 2 жыл бұрын

Man thats huge

@zaidlacksalastname4905 2 жыл бұрын

A m.2 6900xt vs the same gpu connected to a desktop PC performance comparison would be nice. That way people could know if it's worth the bottleneck

@davefroman4700 Жыл бұрын

I saw someone do a comparison between the dock and the a regular desktop with this exact ASUS Box earlier today. On average he found that it was less than a 10% difference.

@MoeFokah 2 жыл бұрын

Very informative. Gj

@jasoncuellar8737 2 жыл бұрын

It'd be cool if you could make some benchmarks comparing laptop GPUs vs this weird dock

@valerafox7795 Жыл бұрын

well this thing doesn't loses much of a gaming performance, it's even better than thunderbolt meaning that it won't really differ from the desktop gpus performance which is hackingly better than the laptop ones

@peterphillips1495 2 жыл бұрын

It would be great to see exactly how much of a Fps boost the egpu adds, same res and settings, just for a simple comparison.

@86nomorepain 2 жыл бұрын

That gpu was a chonky boi!

@gordong11 2 жыл бұрын

nice. Aren't you limited to PCIe Gen 3 x4 with the M.2 slot? IS there limited return on a 6900xt? can you get similar performance on a 6700xt for example?

@highoncilantro4057 2 жыл бұрын

How would it do if you used more of the gpu at 1440p or 4k?

@porcupinetree3033 Жыл бұрын

I have the amr 5 ace magician What would I need to do the same? The GPU and this adapter? I would need also an external power supply right?

@klipster4479 2 жыл бұрын

When are you getting the new optimus prime robot that dave2d featured...??

@justanotherlikeyou 2 жыл бұрын

If you'd like to test it with less bottleneck try upping the resolution to 4K or 5K using the super resolution option in the Radeon driver. That way much more of the load will fall to the 6900 XT.

@stopostospec 2 жыл бұрын

m.2 interface might be bigger bottleneck than cpu itself

@AndrewHelgeCox 2 жыл бұрын

Strip the internals out of the mini pc and fit everything snug up against the GPU back plate with a custom low profile 3d printed shroud.

@NaBu12345 2 жыл бұрын

Hey! Can you do small comparison video how the newest GPU architectures behave in emulating consoles like PS3/X360, Switch and so on. For example RX 6700XT vs RTX 3070 in emulating

@PMARC14 2 жыл бұрын

Idk but have you the tiny mini micro series by serve the home? They cover a lot of mini computers of course for different reasons, but some seem to have an 8x or 16x slot. It would be interesting to see a pc that uses a pcie riser to connect a graphics card that isn't a Miniature quadrom

@sauravkumar422 2 жыл бұрын

how long can this built game(I mean for continuous duration) before reaching critical teperatures

@Sero3_ 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely, wanting to do this.

@Sero3_ 2 жыл бұрын

I have the same equipment but no luck with 1060 Strix...

@JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe 2 жыл бұрын

@@Sero3_ maybe an amd card would work

@DenGuleBalje 2 жыл бұрын

The 1060 will pull 75w from the PCIe slot and the rest from the power connector. Maybe that has something to do with it?

@DiyOddJobLabourer 2 жыл бұрын

can you test out gtx 1660 TI with asrock deskmini x300w and ryzen 5600g? ** did read somewhere that the 5600g does not perform that well with dedicated graphic card. love your videos and watch almost all off it and multiple times. TQVM

@thetj8243 2 жыл бұрын

Hmm... The interesting thing I think what could bring some more performance (if the m.2 slot is PCIe 4.0 x4) is an PCIe 4.0 adapter 😀 Because 4.0 has double the bandwidth of 3.0 that it seems to be using 😁

@Richie016 2 жыл бұрын

M.2 eGPU dock adds the advantage of using PCIe graphics with small board computers.

@hassosigbjoernson5738 2 жыл бұрын

...which is kind of expensive and removes the advantage of that "small" board. At least with big graphic cards.

@acejon2162 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed, technically feasible but practically doesn't look cohesive at all.

@pauliestablini6807 Жыл бұрын

Do you think there is any way to power the mini pc from the PSU so you don’t need 2 power sources (obviously using a lower power card as well). Just a curious question

@apo8616 23 күн бұрын

First of all I am not a very techy person but I had a computer class before, I was wondering does the power supply powers up automatically without connecting than pin thingy on a desktop switch?

@andrewwhaley7639 4 ай бұрын

I'm going to do exactly this with an RTX card so I can VR in 15W (almost). Actually, the built in Radeon graphics started up Skyrim VR but it was super jerky. I wondered whether you'd need a common ground between the box's PSU and and the ATX PSU, but I guess you haven't done that here unless that all happens through the adapter.

@IRWPD 2 жыл бұрын

Find it funny seeing that big video card sitting next to the small PC.

@NexGen-3D 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool, actually looks okay on the desk too, you could even 3D print a really slim open mesh case to slip it into.

@ignaciourbina368 2 жыл бұрын

such a nice video ETA. I did something similar with the asrock deskmini x300, ryzen 5 4650g and a msi 1060 6 gb. It really does change the complete experience. And i got the same issue with how to make space for that instalation. I think for this range of graphics cards, it suits very well if you already own one of these components

@MiguePizar 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting video, but I want to connect an EGPU to a laptop, and also I don't want to open it, so do you recommend some of those big EGPU enclosures for that purpose or is not worthy?

@acejon2162 2 жыл бұрын

Connection is either via M.2 slot or Thunderbolt, if you don't want the former and your laptop don't have the latter you're out of luck.

@patricklepoutre 2 жыл бұрын

There should be a modular pc style box thing for this

@axelguerin9777 8 ай бұрын

Would you say it's better to connect it on a usbc4 than on a free m.2 ? I just purchased a beelink SER7 and I have an extra m.2 slot and also 2 usbc4. Wich one should I choose for a setup like this ?

@SuperDpunisher 2 ай бұрын

I have the same specs for mini pc but other brand. I want to ask what you can recommend a minimum cheap gpu i could use.

@badmonster8105 2 жыл бұрын

i hope you'll get that HP Elitedesk 805 G6 with 35W PROCESSOR and modular GTX 1660Ti

@eddaardwolf 2 жыл бұрын

What if instead of using a 3.5 drive for the OS you had a second M2.nvme slot available? Would it be possible as well? I’ve got a Ryzen HP Omen 15.

@elirantuil5003 2 жыл бұрын

This is insane.

@IrelandVonVicious 2 жыл бұрын

This would be more interesting with where the value is with this. Start with a card that can out perform it by about 20% when just the APU and work up with ratio of PC to you cost until you hit this GPU. Could also start with a card that cost same as the PC and see the 1440p numbers.

@IrelandVonVicious 2 жыл бұрын

Intel's upcoming thunder bolt could make this the norm in a couple years . Only plug in the GPU when in use so you don't waste power when doing other task with you laptop.

@jonathanarleys 2 жыл бұрын

Would it be good enough for video editing if I have combination of Ryzen 4000U & and Older 1000 GTX?

@CodeXCDM 2 жыл бұрын

Omg. A single fan off that GPU is as big as the PC.

@Jonathan-ux2lt 2 жыл бұрын

eta prime, they have connector to tb3, does it really makes any difference? bcs it's 40Gbps speed compare to m.2,, laptop based on 11 gen intel is commonly has a tb port, does it gonna be works?