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GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 5060 Ti AI BOX

🇹🇼 Taiwan Released 2025-12-12 AORUS AI BOX gen 1

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A mainstream Thunderbolt 5 external GPU enclosure built around a GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, bringing desktop-class gaming and AI acceleration to thin-and-light laptops. Connects over Thunderbolt 5 and drives up to four displays.

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Its biggest strength is category-leading performance: Thunderbolt 5's 120 Gbps link cuts the eGPU penalty to roughly 5% versus a desktop RTX 5060 Ti, backed by a compact, well-cooled Windforce enclosure with a rare user-replaceable GPU board and rich docking I/O. The biggest weakness is value, as the ~$900 MSRP commands a heavy enclosure premium over the ~$430 desktop card it houses, which is typical of eGPUs but still poor performance-per-dollar for the category.

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