MINISFORUM Official via Newegg has
MINISFORUM DEG1 External Oculink GPU Dock Station on sale for $109 - $10 promo code
SPCM4 in cart =
$99.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member
Immortalsolitude for sharing this deal.
Details:
- OCuLink graphics dock; uplink OCuLink 4i PCIe 4.0 x4; downlink PCIe x16 slot at PCIe 4.0 x4 (up to 64 GT/s)
- ATX/SFX power; ForcePowerOn button with LED
- Listed for NVIDIA RTX 4090 and AMD RX 7900 XTX
- OCuLink is not hot-pluggable; power off before connecting
- Press the lock switch to unplug; forced unplugging can damage the ports
- Follow-start works only with MINISFORUM mini PCs and original wires
Top Comments
Provide a dGPU to mini PC or laptop that has little to no expansion options for things like this.
This uses its own power supply. If you've already got a system up and running, and have a spare PSU lying around, this avoids needing to buy a new PSU that can handle both the existing PC and the dGPU.
Connect multiple GPUs for AI work. 2 and 4 port OCuLink PCIe adapters aren't very expensive. Combine that with a x16 PCIe slot that supports bifurcation. Suddenly one desktop PCIe x16 slot supports 4 separate dGPUs.
Datacenter GPUs like NVIDIA Tesla P40's and P100's are large and don't include active cooling. Adding a shroud and a fan often makes them too large to fit into most PC cases. As an eGPU, you aren't constrained by the length of the GPU.
At $100, I'm not encouraging anyone to run out and buy this. But eGPU docks can be helpful for a home lab where you want flexibility.
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Ah man, its outta stock rn
I use the Aoostar one for LLM
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- To have a somewhat portable GPU. This could be helpful if, for example, you have inexpensive PCs in multiple rooms. Having a moderate, portable GPU that can move around could make it easier to play games in the room that you want.
- Provide a dGPU to mini PC or laptop that has little to no expansion options for things like this.
- This uses its own power supply. If you've already got a system up and running, and have a spare PSU lying around, this avoids needing to buy a new PSU that can handle both the existing PC and the dGPU.
- Connect multiple GPUs for AI work. 2 and 4 port OCuLink PCIe adapters aren't very expensive. Combine that with a x16 PCIe slot that supports bifurcation. Suddenly one desktop PCIe x16 slot supports 4 separate dGPUs.
- Datacenter GPUs like NVIDIA Tesla P40's and P100's are large and don't include active cooling. Adding a shroud and a fan often makes them too large to fit into most PC cases. As an eGPU, you aren't constrained by the length of the GPU.
At $100, I'm not encouraging anyone to run out and buy this. But eGPU docks can be helpful for a home lab where you want flexibility.Join The Conversation
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