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Razer Core X Aluminum External Enclosure eGPU ATX Case w/ 65)W PSU (Refurb)

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$170

$340

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Razer has Razer Core X Aluminum External Enclosure eGPU ATX Case w/ 65)W PSU (Refurbished; Black) on sale for $169.99. Shipping is free.(delivers within 5-7 business days after order ships).

Thanks to community member HuyV for finding this deal

Note, be sure that the 'Standard-Black' option is selected.

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  • Includes a 1-year Razer product warranty w/ purchase (fully refurbished by Razer technicians to meet the performance specification of new Razer products)

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  • This is a great price if you're in the market for this eGPU ATX case and do not mind a refurbished unit (normally priced at $339.99); supplies are limited nd may contain minor cosmetic imperfections
  • Repackaged and sealed to meet Razer's stringent final inspection requirements
  • Please ensure the GPU selected meets all size, power, and additional requirement; up to 3-slot wide, full-length, PCI-Express x16 graphics card
  • Compatible w/ macOS/Windows w/ High Sierra 10.13.4 or later or Windows 10 (64-Bit)
  • Offer valid while promotional price/supplies last
Additional Notes
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated

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Razer has Razer Core X Aluminum External Enclosure eGPU ATX Case w/ 65)W PSU (Refurbished; Black) on sale for $169.99. Shipping is free.(delivers within 5-7 business days after order ships).

Thanks to community member HuyV for finding this deal

Note, be sure that the 'Standard-Black' option is selected.

Warranty
  • Includes a 1-year Razer product warranty w/ purchase (fully refurbished by Razer technicians to meet the performance specification of new Razer products)

Editor's Notes

Written by Discombobulated | Staff
  • This is a great price if you're in the market for this eGPU ATX case and do not mind a refurbished unit (normally priced at $339.99); supplies are limited nd may contain minor cosmetic imperfections
  • Repackaged and sealed to meet Razer's stringent final inspection requirements
  • Please ensure the GPU selected meets all size, power, and additional requirement; up to 3-slot wide, full-length, PCI-Express x16 graphics card
  • Compatible w/ macOS/Windows w/ High Sierra 10.13.4 or later or Windows 10 (64-Bit)
  • Offer valid while promotional price/supplies last
Additional Notes
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated

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May 19, 2022
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VarmintCong
May 19, 2022
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Think you can get $10 off by signing up for Rewards also. I use a Zotac eGPU with my NUC and it is awesome, highly recommend it if you have a use for one. It's also pretty quiet compared to a gaming laptop.
May 19, 2022
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mandangalo
May 19, 2022
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FP material imo
May 19, 2022
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May 19, 2022
markiv
May 19, 2022
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This gave new life to an old several year old MBP. Dropped in a decent 8gb GPU and now got a nice little setup. Has some quirks but nothing you cant work around. Do note it requires one of those high throughtput USB C cables bwtn case and laptop, not the basic ones, for power and video.
May 19, 2022
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VarmintCong
May 19, 2022
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Quote from markiv :
This gave new life to an old several year old MBP. Dropped in a decent 8gb GPU and now got a nice little setup. Has some quirks but nothing you cant work around. Do note it requires one of those high throughtput USB C cables bwtn case and laptop, not the basic ones, for power and video.
Good point, those are typically 20" and crazy expensive. It does come with one.
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May 19, 2022
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MarkInTheSnow
May 19, 2022
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PSA: just be aware that M1 Macs do not support eGPUs and likely never will.
May 19, 2022
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NickK3338
May 19, 2022
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Quote from VarmintCong :
Good point, those are typically 20" and crazy expensive. It does come with one.
Good point…..Amazon for the win if you need a replacement
May 19, 2022
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MaroonNose3078
May 19, 2022
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The Flow x13 and XG eGPU make this at 350 a hard sell.
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May 19, 2022
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NEW0
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What is the bottleneck of these things vs using a gfx card internally? How well would it work to hook this up to a business laptop that has a good processor and a decent amount of RAM? Would there be any stuttering when playing games?
May 19, 2022
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cowprince
May 19, 2022
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Quote from NEW0 :
What is the bottleneck of these things vs using a gfx card internally? How well would it work to hook this up to a business laptop that has a good processor and a decent amount of RAM? Would there be any stuttering when playing games?
As long as you're driving an external monitor from the eGPU it's fine. But there are a fair number of people who try to leverage their laptop screen on these and see some fair performance degradation for what I would consider obvious reasons.
May 19, 2022
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WhenPigsFly09090
May 19, 2022
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Quote from VarmintCong :
Think you can get $10 off by signing up for Rewards also. I use a Zotac eGPU with my NUC and it is awesome, highly recommend it if you have a use for one. It's also pretty quiet compared to a gaming laptop.
I signed up for the offer since it appeared during my checkout...did not receive an email for a code or anything so I finished checking out anyhow. Discount did not appear in after confirmation and web chatted with customer support. CS would not apply the discount manually so I cancelled my order. CS commented it would take up to 24 hours to receive the code but I usually receive discount codes minutes after completing a discount offer process from other sites.
May 19, 2022
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fvp1992
May 19, 2022
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Sold out
May 19, 2022
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ShushiiT
May 19, 2022
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Good while it lasted I guess; refurbished items like this are so much better since most wear on the components are like high frequency contact points like I/o and fans
May 19, 2022
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May 19, 2022
inspyral
May 19, 2022
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Quote from NEW0 :
What is the bottleneck of these things vs using a gfx card internally? How well would it work to hook this up to a business laptop that has a good processor and a decent amount of RAM? Would there be any stuttering when playing games?
It depends on how your laptop implements Thunderbolt. Some only utilize 2 PCIe lanes(~20 gbps) while others utilize 4(~40gbps). Even with 4 PCIe lanes, benchmarks usually show about a 10-15% performance hit on a given desktop GPU.

I got one of these a while back to try out with my ~3y/o laptop that only has 2 lane Thunderbolt for a potential travel gaming setup. While it did provide a decent performance bump over the laptop GPU, it wasn't enough to justify trying to travel with a rather bulky enclosure that's about the same size as my SFF desktop PC, especially since I would still need to bring an external monitor.
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May 19, 2022
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VarmintCong
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Quote from NEW0 :
What is the bottleneck of these things vs using a gfx card internally? How well would it work to hook this up to a business laptop that has a good processor and a decent amount of RAM? Would there be any stuttering when playing games?
I have a NUC11 w/ an i5-1135G7 and 16GB Ram. I get these benchmarks with an external 3060 Ti.

Timespy 8632 (GPU 9755) (CPU 5225)

Firestrike 16037 (Phys 13231, Combined 7719)

There's no stuttering or abnormal behavior, it behaves like a desktop, except that sometimes Windows doesn't automatically use the eGPU and uses the onboard graphics, and it's not clear why. Sometimes have to just restart the game, sometimes have to reboot the PC or power cycle the eGPU. But most of the time it works fine.

Some reviews say you have to connect the monitor directly to the eGPU - mine is connected through the NUC, which is better cause you can leave the eGPU off when not gaming. But it might depend on the laptop.

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