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GIGABYTE AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box vs PELADN Link S-3: Comparison

GIGABYTE AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box and PELADN Link S-3 separate most on host power delivery: GIGABYTE AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box at 100, PELADN Link S-3 at 140, 29% in favour of PELADN Link S-3.

GIGABYTE AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box (GV-N1070IXEB-8GD) (Pre-Installed GeForce GTX 1070 8GB / Thunderbolt 3 / Compact All-in-One / Plug-and-Play)
GIGABYTEGIGABYTE AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box
PELADN Link S-3 (Thunderbolt 5 eGPU Dock / 80Gbps / External ATX-PSU Required / Budget OCuLink Alternative)
PELADNPELADN Link S-3

Specs

Specification
GIGABYTE AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box (GV-N1070IXEB-8GD) (Pre-Installed GeForce GTX 1070 8GB / Thunderbolt 3 / Compact All-in-One / Plug-and-Play)
GIGABYTE AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box
PELADN Link S-3 (Thunderbolt 5 eGPU Dock / 80Gbps / External ATX-PSU Required / Budget OCuLink Alternative)
PELADN Link S-3
Connection StandardThunderbolt 3Two Thunderbolt 5 ports, theoretical 80Gbps bidirectional, with DisplayPort 2.1 Alt Mode; internal PCIe 4.0 x4 slot for the graphics card
BrandGIGABYTE / AORUSPELADN
Extra PortsUSB 3.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet2x Thunderbolt 5, 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A, 1x M.2 2280 SSD slot (PCIe 3.0 x1), 2.5GbE Ethernet (RTL8156B), SD card reader
Host Power Delivery100-29%140
Cooling TypeActive dual-fan on the enclosed GTX 1070 blower cardPassive/slim chassis cooling for the dock itself; GPU cooling is entirely down to the card, similar to most bare-bones eGPU docks
ModelGV-N1070IXEB-8GDLink S-3
PriceLaunched around $549.99 (2017)Roughly $278 USD equivalent in Canada (~$384 CAD) at launch, but reported as high as $460 USD via AliExpress for the US market due to tariffs — pricing has varied significantly by region, so treat any single figure as a snapshot rather than a fixed MSRP

Verdict

GIGABYTE AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box

6 / 10 Expert Rating

A convenient plug-and-play eGPU for its era, but the fixed GTX 1070 is now well behind current GPU generations.

PELADN Link S-3

6 / 10 Expert Rating

An interesting, genuinely cheaper-to-build Thunderbolt 5 eGPU option for people who already have a spare ATX/SFX PSU, but inconsistent regional pricing and near-zero independent review coverage mean it's a bigger gamble than the budget framing suggests.

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