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PowerColor Gaming Station vs Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box 550: Comparison

PowerColor Gaming Station and Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box 550 separate most on host power delivery: PowerColor Gaming Station at 60, Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box 550 at 87, 31% in favour of Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box 550. PSU Wattage splits them by another 9%, again favouring Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box 550. They match on connection standard and cooling type.

PowerColor Gaming Station (Thunderbolt 3 eGPU Enclosure / 500W PSU / Full-Length GPU / Gigabit Ethernet)
PowerColorPowerColor Gaming Station
Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box 550 (Thunderbolt 3 / 550W PSU / 87W Laptop Charging / Single-Wide to Double-Wide GPU)
SonnetSonnet eGFX Breakaway Box 550

Specs

Specification
PowerColor Gaming Station (Thunderbolt 3 eGPU Enclosure / 500W PSU / Full-Length GPU / Gigabit Ethernet)
PowerColor Gaming Station
Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box 550 (Thunderbolt 3 / 550W PSU / 87W Laptop Charging / Single-Wide to Double-Wide GPU)
Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box 550
Connection StandardThunderbolt 3Thunderbolt 3
BrandPowerColorSonnet
Extra Ports1x Gigabit Ethernet, 3x USB 3.0 Type-ANone onboard beyond the GPU's own outputs
PSU Wattage500-9%550
Host Power Delivery60-31%87
Max GPU Length310300-3%
Cooling TypeActive FanActive Fan
ModelGaming StationeGFX Breakaway Box 550
GPU CompatibilityAMD Radeon and NVIDIA cards up to RTX 20-series / RX 6000-series, dual-slotGTX 10-series through RTX 20-series and equivalent AMD cards, double-wide
PriceLaunched around $329 (2018)Launched around $399 (2017)

Price comparison

RetailerPowerColor Gaming StationSonnet eGFX Breakaway Box 550
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Verdict

PowerColor Gaming Station

6 / 10 Expert Rating

Competent Thunderbolt 3 box from a GPU maker, but discontinued and outpaced by newer standards.

Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box 550

6 / 10 Expert Rating

A solid early Sonnet box, but the 650 offers more headroom for little extra cost.

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