I wouldn’t want to find out the hard way. I have a BMD decklink 4k mini monitor PCIe card. I used to use it in a PC, but I upgraded to a laptop. To replace with an external input device is too expensive unless I downgrade capability significantly.

PCIe chassis are more expensive than expected but I’ve noticed ones that specifically call themselves ‘eGPU enclosures’. For some reason when they’re marketed to that specific purpose, they cost a lot less, probably because they often don’t come with power supplies (which I actually have spare).

I’m looking at 2 such eGPU enclosures and they are a decent price and I think they should work, but I’m a little scared by them specifically saying “eGPU”. Would I likely have any problems buying one of those for my PCIe device rather than for a graphics card? Or is PCIe, PCIe regardless?

  • JimmycrackcrackOP
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    1 month ago

    I think the trouble is this decklink device is not ejectable. It’s not storage. I can always be sure to power down the laptop before disconnect the enclosure perhaps.