Wednesday, June 21st 2017
GIGABYTE Releases AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box
GIGABYTE, the world's leading premium gaming hardware manufacturer, today announced the release of the highly-anticipated AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box, a true plug-and-play external graphics solution that was unveiled earlier at COMPUTEX 2017 with much attention received for its innovative design and affordability. Pre-installed with a high-end GeForce GTX 1070 graphics card, the device can easily transform any Thunderbolt 3-enabled laptop into a powerful gaming battle station.
Unlike most conventional external graphics enclosures that come with an empty dock, the AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box is a complete package with a factory-overclocked GTX 1070 graphics card already built inside, requiring no extra hassle or cost to put together an accommodating graphics card separately. Thanks to the Thunderbolt 3 connectivity, the device is able to provide a significant graphics boost to laptops with a blazing-fast data transfer speed of 40Gbps, while delivering up to 100W of power to the connected laptop at the same time with the embedded 450W PSU. The Thunderbolt 3 plug-and-play support also allows for quick, easy connections without having to reboot the PC.
The AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box also provides a more compact solution compared to other external graphics alternatives with its small form factor, which takes up very little space and can be easily stored or carried on the go with the included carrying bag, enhancing the device with better portability. On the side of the chassis, there is customizable color lighting powered by RGB Fusion.
In addition to the graphics performance upgrade, the AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box acts as a docking station. Aside from the HDMI, DisplayPort, and two dual-link DVI outputs to pair with single or multiple external monitors, the device also has a collection of three USB 3.0 ports available at the back for connecting peripherals or external storage for an enhanced user experience. There is also an extra Quick Charge 3.0 port that allows for personal mobile device charging at up to 4 times the speed of a conventional charger.
For more information, visit the product page.
Unlike most conventional external graphics enclosures that come with an empty dock, the AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box is a complete package with a factory-overclocked GTX 1070 graphics card already built inside, requiring no extra hassle or cost to put together an accommodating graphics card separately. Thanks to the Thunderbolt 3 connectivity, the device is able to provide a significant graphics boost to laptops with a blazing-fast data transfer speed of 40Gbps, while delivering up to 100W of power to the connected laptop at the same time with the embedded 450W PSU. The Thunderbolt 3 plug-and-play support also allows for quick, easy connections without having to reboot the PC.
In addition to the graphics performance upgrade, the AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box acts as a docking station. Aside from the HDMI, DisplayPort, and two dual-link DVI outputs to pair with single or multiple external monitors, the device also has a collection of three USB 3.0 ports available at the back for connecting peripherals or external storage for an enhanced user experience. There is also an extra Quick Charge 3.0 port that allows for personal mobile device charging at up to 4 times the speed of a conventional charger.
For more information, visit the product page.
11 Comments on GIGABYTE Releases AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box
It seems that the current eGPU solutions are mainly geared towards those who wish to dock their laptop at home and have more GPU power. My use case is a bit different, I have a powerful desktop at home, but would really like to have a laptop with only iGPU, and have a portable eGPU for when I am gaming at a friend's house. This eGPU should preferably be as compact as possible, e.g. with the laptop version of GTX 1060. Does anyone know of such a product?
And I bet the audience is larger than you think. Think about all those notebook owners that would like to try mining.
And yeah... there's also that old-school thing called "gaming".
They're not cutting potential customers at all - they're actually doing the opposite. Yesterday they had GPUs just for desktop owners. Now they also have a product for notebook users.
Keep in mind this is not an external GPU module with a 1070 bundled. This is a 1070 with an external case included. The box itself is a fairly simple and cheap product.
And I think making this so small was an excellent move, since larger extGPU solutions are available already. Not only are they making a unique product for a (IMO relatively large) niche, but they're also one of the leaders in small dGPUs, so they have a larger change of sale in this market.
In fact the Gigabyte card in this box is 1 of only 2 really small 1070 GPUs available (the other one is MSI Aero ITX).
Also as mentioned above, thunderbolt does bottleneck, but a 1070 at 40Gbps I would think comes pretty close to hard plug performance.
Finding and mounting a compatible GPU could be an issue for them. They will love the fact that this is just a "black box" - as easy to use as an external drive.
This is pretty much the essence of making technology accessible. :)
An ITX case that size is nearly impossible to find. imagine this box with an integrated 1700 CPU.
This is an external GPU.
Why would they change it into another ITX case?