MINISFORUM DEG1 eGPU Dock, External GPU Docking Station for RTX 4090, AMD RX 7900 XTX, eGPU Enclosure Graphics Card Extension Support ATX/SFX Standard Power, Oculink Expansion Graphics Docking Station

I bought this Minisforum external GPU dock to house a Nvidia RTX card, along with a power supply. Connection to the PC is via an Oculink cable that came with unit. Attaching the power supply and the video card was very easy. You just plug them in. Connection speed is fine, as measured with a benchmark app. The unit is turned on and off from the PC; very convenient. The whole setup works flawlessly and for $99, it is a good value.

Love these!

No riser support bracket for the GPU. PCIe connection is wobbly and loose. I don't recommend if you plan to use for prolonged periods. Better to buy an enclosure with actual support for GPU stabilization.

Using this with a 16GB Radeon RX7600 XT and a Minisforum UM890 Pro running Arch Linux for local AI inference. Picked up a Corsair 650W power supply (reviewed elsewhere) and it was easy to set up and get running with the ROCm tools under Arch. For me, one big advantage is that, once you've done the initial setup, you no longer have to deal with the "turn on the eGPU, then she main system" procedure, as the mini-PC and this dock negotiate that for themselves, so the occasional reboot is seamless. Can't speak to graphics, or any gaming stuff, as this unit runs headless and only does AI inference

I was worried I'd have to fiddle with the settings to get everything to talk to each other, but it fired right up and worked right out of the box once everything was wired up properly. Note I'm using another Minisforum as the base PC, so YMMV.Hardware:- Minisforum UM-890 Pro w/64gb of RAM- Radeon RX 6950 XT- MSI MAG 650w PSUSoftware:- Bazzite (that's it, OCulink handled the GPU same as it would on a desktop)

I was really skeptical about trying this thing out. Had an urge to get a minisforum because I wanted a desktop that could serve as a laptop but also have high end graphics when I'm home. Also didn't want to spend money on a giant rig and a top end laptop. So this thing was the crucial piece in making that pipe dream come true. So far, and it's been a couple months, so good. It's built really well. I dropped a corsair power supply on there and a 4070 Ti Super and it's been rock solid. I'm getting really good throughput with oculink. Uningine Heaven getting minimum 100fps, often 250. I'm pretty much maxing out game graphics. bus interface pinned at x4 4.0 so i'm not seeing any degradation of throughput - full speed pcie gen 4 bandwidth. It's a little weird to see the card just out in space like it is but i keep it on the back corner of my desk and kind of like the way it looks. If it ever gets hot, which it hasn't yet, I can blow a fan right on it. Oculink card install in the minisforum was simple. Worst case, buy a case and use the graphics card there. I hate giant cases - it's one way around it.

Nice and compact. Nice that it supports both SFX and ATX power supplies. Performance over Oculink seems equal to my previous build with the same GPU installed directly on PCIe.I noticed a few reviews complain about the GPU being wobbly. Unsure if these people missed the included bracket piece that attaches to the upper screw holes of the PSU... With that installed, the GPU is perfectly secure.

Works great! I needed this years ago! Thanks!