Sonnet eGPU Breakaway Box 750ex - External GPU Chassis

This is a great product. I fit mine with a Rtx 3060 Ti. I have an Intel tiger lake with Xe graphics and they both function on the laptop screen. Like if you max out the external, the internal will start picking up. eGPUs in general can be kinda finicky though. I have an infrequent problem where my laptop will drop the eGPU to save battery and going full tilt the break box can't quite keep my battery topped up. I had the luxury of adding a second charger and didn't have any more issues. Upgraded to 5 stars as I found out I had some configuration issues causing my problem.

That gripe is when I turn my computers off the Sonnet goes at full speed until I unplug it. A few work arounds would be a USB-C cable with an on/off button, leaving the computer on, or dreadfully so, having to unplug the cable (and wear out my laptop's only Thunderbolt connection).It'd be super duper if that didn't happen. It also happened on a Sonnet 750, so it's not defective.Pros: Quiet, sits on my desk behind my monitor frustration-free, AND best of all, keeps my graphics card RAM from reaching above 68c.

Finally pulled the trigger on a EGPU and the Sonnet Breakaway Box has been great. While the Radeon 6800 barely fit, it did fit after a little bit of finagling. Very quiet even while gaming and provides a nice boost while gaming, more than doubling my fps in some games, compared to the MacBook Pro's built in Radeon 5500m. Only issue is opening and closing the enclosure is not the smoothest, but rarely needs to be done and no internal HD connectivity for a SSD so I am using an external HD though one of the provided rear USB ports.My configuration is a MacBook Pro 16" with an intel i9 CPU and 5500m GPU, an Asus ROG 43" ultrawide 3840x1200, and the Sonnet Breakaway Box 750ex with a Sapphire Radeon 6800 16gb Pulse GPU.

Sonnet is bragging about their 20 years super phone and email support. I've purchased this product months ago, bought Nvidia 4090 card, and after spending total of over $3000, I couldn't install this card. I called Sonnet majestic support line million times, no answer, ever, so I emailed them informing support department about my issue. Email came back next day with the same apologies for the delays, as every other response. Support informed me that this card will not work with Brakeaway Box 750ex, even known while you purchase this box, info on Amazon and their website says that it'll work with pretty much all cards. So I patiently returned the $2500 card, and asked them which would be the best card for video enthusiast that'd would fit this 750ex model. Support again send me an email suggesting Radeon pro WX 9100. So I've purchased one of those. I followed all instructions how to install it and s.....t. nothing works. So I called again award winning support and no answer. I've sent another email and now I'm waiting with my thumb in my a... So, no review for Sonnet Brakeaway Box 750ex. Nothing works, and award winning support department sucks. In fact, they gave made me regret buying this piece of .......... I might just throw this entire set up into my pool, so I can enjoy my weekend with out being pissed off.

I got the Sonnet USB-hub Thunderbolt eGPU enclosure to replace the comparable Razer USB-hub enclosure I've used for the last couple years with my... I want to say NVIDIA GTX2060 Super, but I'm not going to pull it to check.The good: The Sonnet is quick, easy, smaller, lighter, more stable, bigger power-supply, and less-bloatware-pestering than the Razer. *. (that's an explicit major asterisk)*The Bad: I could only really use the Sonnet for a few hours. Because, you see, my laptop is a HP Spectre x360 (circa winter 2019). And around about BIOS update F.26 (and unresolved at present in F.30), HP introduced, into (from the sound of multiple support threads) their entire laptop line that shares this BIOS spec, a major issue with Power Delivery over Thunderbolt (keep in mind their newer laptops only charge over Thunderbolt). Basically, a whole broad category of devices more than capable of providing the required charging wattage no longer successfully charge HP laptops. Even if the factory power brick is plugged in at the same time. The Razer enclosure can, at least 80% of the time when it's not flaking out, successfully keep my laptop charged while I work. The Sonnet worked flawlessly for the short time I used it, while costing me about 10% battery every 30 minutes. The first day I used it, I didn't start from a full charge, and my entire system went into power-critical shutdown before lunchtime.Needless to say, while I WANT to be using the Sonnet for the stability and simplicity, it's going to be a non-starter until either HP fixes their laptop BIOS or I move to a different work laptop.

No issues or hassles. The directions had good pictures to follow along.I use this for business (no gaming) for zoom meetings, lots of open tabs, and six monitors while having the flexibility of a laptop.The reviews here on Amazon were a little intimidating, however I found the installation of this eGPU and video card to be straightforward plug-n-play and the product to be excellent as advertised. It was easy enough to do myself without needing the manufacturer's support desk.I added 64Gb RAM to my laptop and a Radeon R7 350 HD7750 4GB to this eGPUex. The internet port and 4 usb ports on this eGPUex model eliminated the need for a separate dock to have just one usb thunderbolt cord to my laptop.To have a clean desk, I used a simple under desk laptop mount. I also used a pc under desk mount. I combined two monitor stands for three monitors each on a single extended pole. I added a reinforcement plate for my standup desk for the mount which gives good stability. I used adhesive clips and adhesive cable ties to manage all the cables underneath my desk. I also got a pebbles sound speakers so I wouldn't need a headset and Bluetooth for mouse, keyboard to not need a docking station and reduce the number of wires.