Sonnet’s eGFX Breakaway™ Box is an award-winning family of Thunderbolt™ 3 external GPU enclosures that support any Thunderbolt compatible PCIe card, but are designed specifically for bandwidth-intensive AMD and NVIDIA® graphic cards. For the professional – accelerate special effects, animation, color grading, rendering, and editing. For gamers – enable graphic-intensive gaming on ultra-portable computers.
Why Sonnet?
Sonnet maintains a working relationship with Thunderbolt and graphic cards partners, and is one of the first eGPU enclosures recommended by Apple®. Apple demonstrated eGPU connectivity over Thunderbolt 3 with Sonnet’s eGFX Breakaway Box at Apple’s 2017 WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference). The Breakaway Box was provided as an eGPU kit to developers to assist in the development of eGPU on Mac® computers.
eGFX Breakaway Box 650 Key Features:
- Power Supply: 650 Power Supply (equivalent to 750W recommended system power)
- Power Connector: Two 8-pin (6+2 pin) Power Connectors
- Card Power Support: Supports up to 375W Card that also Requires up to an Additional 100W of Peak Power
- Notebook Charging: Charging up to 100W
- AMD Approved: For the Air-cooled Editions of the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64, Vega Frontier Edition, and Radeon Pro WX 9100
- NVIDIA Qualified: Designed and Qualified to Support Overclocked NVIDIA Cards with High Peak Power Requirements
- Why eGFX Breakaway Box 650? It is the only eGPU Chassis Recommended by Apple and Qualified by AMD to Support the Radeon Pro WX 9100.
eGFX Breakaway Box – The Coolest and Quietest eGPU Enclosure on the Market
The eGFX Breakaway Box features a large variable-speed, temperature-controlled fan that quietly and effectively cools the installed card – perfect for noise-sensitive environments. Additionally, the enclosure supports graphics cards with 120mm water block coolers. Water block coolers run quieter than active fans; plus water block coolers enable higher overclocking.
Eco-friendly Thunderbolt 3 Power Features
Thunderbolt 3 provides eco-friendly power features to help save power and energy: the enclosure powers on when your computer is on and powers off when the computer is put to sleep, shut down, or disconnected. In addition, Thunderbolt 3 Power Delivery (PD) allows the Breakaway Box to power and charge notebook computers when the computer is sleeping.
Product Overview
- One x16 PCIe 3.0 Slot
(support for one full-length, full-height, double-width PCIe card; occupied with a graphics card in bundle editions) - Quiet, Temperature-controlled Fan
- One Thunderbolt 3 Port
- Thunderbolt 3 (40Gbps) 100W Cable
- Eco-friendly Power Features
- Thunderbolt Certified
- Mac and Windows Compatible
- 2-year Product Warranty
- Free Lifetime Customer Technical Support
- Designed in the USA
Mac® Compatibility
- Intel Mac with Thunderbolt 3 Ports
- M1 Macs do not support eGPUs
- Mac with a Thunderbolt 2 or Thunderbolt Port with an Apple Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter (supports compatible PCIe cards, not GPU cards)
- See Product Page Tech Specs and eGPU/OS Info for Up-to-date macOS, Video Drivers, and Product Compatibility Info
Windows® Compatibility
- Windows PC with a Thunderbolt 3 Port
- GPU Card use Requires an eGFX-enabled Windows PC
- See Product Page Tech Specs and eGPU/OS Info for Up-to-date Windows, Video Drivers, and Product Compatibility Info
