Other units with lighter power supplies suitable for the Vega 56 and RX580, and possibly less charging support for the connected MacBook Pro sell for $259. The Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box 650 retails for $399, but is on sale for $365 at B&H. That enclosure, like the Razer, can take the cards that demand the most power like the Vega 64, and if you're adventurous, workstation cards or the Nvidia 1080ti. There are a number of Sonnet eGPU enclosures now, but the best one is the Sonnet 650 with the beefier power supply. Sonnet's enclosure was used to demonstrate the technology at the 2017 WWDC, and was included in Apple's bundle that was sold to developers to get them on-board with the technology. Sonnet wasn't first to market with an eGPU case, but they were the first one anointed by Apple - and remain so. Plan on spending $60 or so for a longer, high-speed cable.īest for high power video cards Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box 650 They work, but they are universally just too short to be useful. And, if you're like us, you can use the eGPU on your Mac to work during the day, and connect it to a Thunderbolt 3-equipped Windows PC for other purposes.īut before we get going, be advised that the 18-inch cable that comes with the enclosures is useless. Of the enclosures we've tested over the last three years, we have a few favorites.
Some contain just a PCI-E graphics card, and some have additional connectivity.
In short, an eGPU enclosure allows you to connect a powerful PCI-E graphics card to your Thunderbolt 3-equipped Mac in macOS High Sierra through macOS Mojave. Given the refresh of the 13-inch MacBook Pro and the slight upgrade to the MacBook Air, we've revised the piece on July 12 to reflect that, and to refine data on a few choices. Editor's note: We ran this piece first in shortly after the 2018 MacBook Pro was announced.
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