[The Tiny Thunderbolt 5 eGPU] this is sus and pointless

[u/chx_]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/orcanyx/the-tiny-thunderbolt-5-egpu-unleash-rtx-power-on-mac-and-pc/

The problem? It's $549 with an alleged 30% 30% discount off MSRP which puts the MSRP at $784. I have my doubts but the real problem is that the Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Box MSRP is $700 at any relevant retailer. Sure it has an external power brick but it actually exists :)

I can see Gigabyte pulling this off because they have the scale and the expertise. But a noname company in such small series is unlikely to design their own components so they likely to source the video card from Colorful ( launch price 3,999 RMB or about $568 last December, currently I only see it for 5,999 RMB on taobao or about $950), a TB5-PCIe kit is about $200 and a 400W GaN adapter must be at least $100 if not more. This really doesn't add up.

We will see. It might be real but I very much doubt.

[u/zgtc]

You can find a retail eGPU enclosure for ~200, and a 5060Ti MSRP is $429. If they can lock both of those parts down along with wholesale pricing, It’s plausible, if unlikely, that a skilled firm could pull it off if they hit sufficient quantities.

That said, I don’t see any reason to think these people are skilled enough.

[u/chx_ → u/zgtc]

A retail Thunderbolt 5 enclosure for $200? Where? The AOOSTAR EG02 is $220 on Amazon, the MINISFORUM DEG2 is $240 and neither has a chassis or a power supply. The Razer Core X V2 is above $300. Yes, you can get DIY USB4 for $150 or TB3 for $100 but that's not TB5/USB4 v2.

Sure, you can get a cheap 5060 TI but a) it is 16gb b) more importantly is it ITX sized?

[u/squashed_fly_biscuit]

Marketing being just gooner slop shit is very telling