Netstor Technology

HL23T-Plus

Thunderbolt™3 eGFX Enclosure

Overview

Make Your Thunderbolt 3 Computer Great Strength !

The Netstor HL23T-Plus eGFX box is created to be installed with a full-length, full-height, double-width graphics card to your Thunderbolt 3 host computer to bring the almighty power to your digital content workflows, assist with creating your skills in the production and entertainment fields including video editing, Augmented Reality (AR) / Virtual Reality (VR) content creation, gaming & many more, and also benefit your applications in the GPU-accelerated analytics, rendering, and virtualization in favor of the creative users and professionals.

Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) 40Gbps Interface

Designed to feature Thunderbolt™ 3 interface (40Gb/s) capable of providing PCIe bandwidth up to 2750 MB/s, 2x times Thunderbolt 2, for the professional and high-end graphics card that primarily requires ultra high throughput of data transfer rate to the host computer.

Thunderbolt™ 3 40 Gbps

Thunderbolt™ 2 20 Gbps

Thunderbolt™ 1 10 Gbps

USB3.1 Gen2 10 Gbps

USB3.1 Gen1 5 Gbps

Just Cooling Where your Card Needs

Built with one positional movable 8x8 cm speed-adjustable fan cooler at enclosure’s side, users can at any time by shifting cooler’s position to have the best airflow ventilation to the graphics card based on each card’s length design and card’s fan/blower location.

Mac & Windows certified.
Works with Thunderbolt 3 Computers

The Thunderbolt™ 3 HL23T-Plus external GPU chassis has passed Apple and Intel’s strict certification test process and is Mac and Windows certified, which supports and works with all series of Thunderbolt 3 computer.

Containing Thunderbolt 3 (40Gb/s) Cable

The included 0.5-meter Thunderbolt™ 3, 40Gbps, cable allows users to connect the eGFX box with their Thunderbolt 3 host computer for all kinds of the professional eGPU applications and digital workflows.

The 400W Industrial-Grade Power Supply

The built-in 400W industrial grade PSU provides more sufficient power in support of more varieties of graphics cards, and definitely suits every end-users’ needs in the digital content workflow applications. The external GPU enclosure includes two 6+2 pin auxiliary PCI-E power connectors that support graphics cards requiring electric power up to 400 watts.

Perfect Graphics Cards Compatibility

The Nvidia and AMD GPU cards that are compatible and work greatly with Netstor HL23T-Plus eGFX box include Nvidia GeForce 10 / 900 series, Quadro P6000 / M6000 series and AMD Radeon RX, R9 series, FirePro WX9100 / 7100 series.


RTX 3080	GP100	RX 5700XT	WX 9100
RTX 3070	P6000	RX 5700	WX 7100
RTX 2080	P5000	Radeon VII	WX 5100
RTX 2070	M6000	RX 580	W9100
TITAN Xp	M5000	RX 570	W9000
TITAN X (Pascal)	M4000	R9 Fury X	W8100
GTX 1080 Ti	K6000	R9 Nano	W8000


RX 5700XT	WX 9100
RX 5700	WX 7100
Radeon VII
RX 580
RX 570
RX 480

All other product names mentioned in the content are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies in the U.S. and other countries.

Specs

Specifications

	HL23T-Plus
Host Interface	Thunderbolt™3 (Single Port USB-C, compatible with Thunderbolt™4 )
Data Transfer Rate	40Gbps
No. of PCIe Slots	One PCIe 3.0 x16 (PCIe 3.0 x4 Electrical / Thunderbolt 3 Spec)
Power Delivery	Up to 15W
LED Display for Enclosure	Power On
Material	Aluminum housing with solid metal structure
Color	Space Gray
Power Supply	Single 400W PSU (High-Efficiency & Low Noise) Input: 90-230 VAC/50-60 HZ With two PCIe 6+2 pin & one 4 Pin auxiliary power cable (Equivalent to 600W recommended system power from AMD)
Dimension	371(D) x 110(W) x 220(H) mm 14.6 (D) x 4.3 (W) x 8.66 (H) inch
Cooling	One Hot-Swappable 80 x80 x20 mm Cooling Fan
System Support	MacBook Pro, iMac, iMac Pro with a Thunderbolt 3 port, Windows PC with a Thunderbolt 3 port
O.S. Support	Mac OS X 10.12.3 above Windows 10
PCIe card Driver Request	Third-party PCIe card should support Mac OS with Thunderbolt aware's driver
PCIe card Size Available	Full length (320mm), full height (120mm) , double-width PCIe card
Operating Temperature	0 to 40°C (32 to 104°F)
Storage Temperature	-10 to 50°C (14 to 122°F)
Relative Humidity	20 to 80% (non-condensing)
Package Content	Enclosure x 1 Thunderbolt3-40Gbps cable x 1 (0.5 meter) Power Cord x 1

Host Interface

Thunderbolt™3 (Single Port USB-C )

Data Transfer Rate

40Gbps

No. of PCIe Slots

One PCIe 3.0 x16 (PCIe 3.0 x4 Electrical / Thunderbolt 3 Spec)

Power Delivery

Up to 15W

LED Display for Enclosure

Power On

Material

Aluminum housing with solid metal structure

Color

Space Gray

Power Supply

Single 400W PSU (High-Efficiency & Low Noise)
Input: 90-230 VAC/50-60 HZ
With two PCIe 6+2 pin & one 4 Pin auxiliary power cable
(Equivalent to 600W recommended system power from AMD)

Dimension

371(D) x 110(W) x 220(H) mm
14.6 (D) x 4.3 (W) x 8.66 (H) inch

Cooling

One Hot-Swappable 80 x80 x20 mm Cooling Fan

System Support

MacBook Pro, iMac, iMac Pro with a Thunderbolt 3 port,
Windows PC with a Thunderbolt 3 port

O.S. Support

Mac OS X 10.12.3 above
Windows 10

PCIe card Driver Request

Third-party PCIe card should support Mac OS with Thunderbolt aware's driver

PCIe card Size Available

Full length (320mm), full height (120mm) , double-width PCIe card

Operating Temperature

0 to 40°C (32 to 104°F)

Storage Temperature

-10 to 50°C (14 to 122°F)

Relative Humidity

20 to 80% (non-condensing)

Package Content

Enclosure x 1
Thunderbolt3-40Gbps cable x 1 (0.5 meter)
Power Cord x 1

Download

User Manual

Product Review

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Q & A

Automatic eGPU Configuration Guide. (For macOS High Sierra Thunderbolt Mac computers with Nvidia GPU card) How to update Thunderbolt driver for host computer’s Windows 10?