theagilecoder
Forerunner
1. Intro
Motorola has launched its first Ultrabook in the indian market. The base variant sports Core 5 210H and 16 gb of ram and starts at Rs 61k. I just happened to notice that even in its tiny frame it has upgradeable ram and m.2 nvme ssd slots.
Now, this enables us to put a simple nvme to oculink dongle like this to enable us to connect an external GPU to it.
All that is needed to added here is any GPU and a PSU and its ready to go. This is how it would look:
2. Will it bottleneck though ?
Now the question is how strong is this 2024 Raptor Lake cpu in the Motorola Book 60 - Core 5 210H. It comes with 8 cores but 4 of it are performance cores and the other 4 being efficiency cores. It clocks to 4.8 GHz - quite impressive for a thin ultrabook.
Lets compare this to the CPU in my MiniPC - Ryzen 7 7840HS which has full 8 performance cores and its actually a laptop CPU - Most miniPCs actually use laptop CPUs only in their miniPCs, you know for limited heat dissipation capabilities in the Minipc. I have been using this with a RX 6800 (16GB) e-GPU for AAA 1440p gaming without any bottleneck.
As you can see here, https://imgur.com/a/minipc-egpu-setups-rZ0tbfw, in Star Wars Jedi survivor 1440p Very high details, I'm getting full utilization of the GPU. Its the same in other gpu-dependent games too that I play.
Also, in the 3dMark benchmarks, I am scoring the same scores as average builds using RX 6800 => thus no cpu bottlenecking.
Now the question is where does Core 5 210H stand against Ryzen 7 7840HS. It does have less performance cores but most gpu dependent games don't really need that many CPU cores.
Lets look at Cinebench R23 scores first:
Lets look at Geekbench too:
Here, the single core perf of Intel is neck to neck with Ryzen.
Based on this, I feel there shouldn't be a CPU bottlenecking on the Moto Book 60, especiallly on 1440p where CPU demands are lesser than in 1080p gaming.
3. Conclusion:
I think the Core 5 variant of the Motobook 60 should be very much capable of 1440p AAA gaming when pared with a mid-range GPU such as RX 6800 in my case. As for system memory, upgrading 16gb to 32 gb should also be easy and cheap considering a vacant ram slot in the Ultra book.
This can be a great use case for a thin and light Ultrabook for when you are on the move and serious 1440p gaming at home at a budget lower than most gaming desktops:
Ofcourse, this is not for everyone and not aiming to replace desktops. Only for a small segment who want a portable Ultrabook based setup but still want to game and still want to upgrade the most importatnt component in a gaming system - the GPU, something which is not possible in gaming laptops. Different strokes for different folks !
The only con is dremel-ing a little hole for the nvme-to-oculink adapter !! something I can live with.
Motorola has launched its first Ultrabook in the indian market. The base variant sports Core 5 210H and 16 gb of ram and starts at Rs 61k. I just happened to notice that even in its tiny frame it has upgradeable ram and m.2 nvme ssd slots.
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Moreover, the vacant slot seems to be of the PCIe 4.0 variety. Should be atleast 4 lanes I suspect.
Now, this enables us to put a simple nvme to oculink dongle like this to enable us to connect an external GPU to it.
right angle nvme to oculink adapter.
These are generally available with any oculink "kit" and in India this is an example : https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B0BZZ2MXT7?th=1
Oculink Kit - It says PCI 3.0 but its actually PCI 4.0
In fact, I've been using it since last year in my eGPU setup that is here: https://imgur.com/a/minipc-egpu-setups-rZ0tbfwAll that is needed to added here is any GPU and a PSU and its ready to go. This is how it would look:
2. Will it bottleneck though ?
Now the question is how strong is this 2024 Raptor Lake cpu in the Motorola Book 60 - Core 5 210H. It comes with 8 cores but 4 of it are performance cores and the other 4 being efficiency cores. It clocks to 4.8 GHz - quite impressive for a thin ultrabook.
Lets compare this to the CPU in my MiniPC - Ryzen 7 7840HS which has full 8 performance cores and its actually a laptop CPU - Most miniPCs actually use laptop CPUs only in their miniPCs, you know for limited heat dissipation capabilities in the Minipc. I have been using this with a RX 6800 (16GB) e-GPU for AAA 1440p gaming without any bottleneck.
As you can see here, https://imgur.com/a/minipc-egpu-setups-rZ0tbfw, in Star Wars Jedi survivor 1440p Very high details, I'm getting full utilization of the GPU. Its the same in other gpu-dependent games too that I play.
Also, in the 3dMark benchmarks, I am scoring the same scores as average builds using RX 6800 => thus no cpu bottlenecking.
Now the question is where does Core 5 210H stand against Ryzen 7 7840HS. It does have less performance cores but most gpu dependent games don't really need that many CPU cores.
Lets look at Cinebench R23 scores first:
Moto book 60 => Source:
Ryzen 7 7840HS => Source: https://www.notebookcheck.net/R7-7840HS-vs-Core-5-210H_14948_18679.247596.0.html
Wow, Core 5 210H has a little stronger single core performance. Although the Ryzen 7 has a much higher multi core score as it has full 8 performance cores, having stronger single core performance is good for gaming.Lets look at Geekbench too:
Moto book 60 => Source:
Here, the single core perf of Intel is neck to neck with Ryzen.
Based on this, I feel there shouldn't be a CPU bottlenecking on the Moto Book 60, especiallly on 1440p where CPU demands are lesser than in 1080p gaming.
3. Conclusion:
I think the Core 5 variant of the Motobook 60 should be very much capable of 1440p AAA gaming when pared with a mid-range GPU such as RX 6800 in my case. As for system memory, upgrading 16gb to 32 gb should also be easy and cheap considering a vacant ram slot in the Ultra book.
This can be a great use case for a thin and light Ultrabook for when you are on the move and serious 1440p gaming at home at a budget lower than most gaming desktops:
| Components | price |
| MotoBook 60 | 61k |
| Oculink Kit (laptop adapter + board + cable) | 11k |
| PSU | 3-4k |
| GPU with >12 gb vram | 20-25k ( used ) (higher if new) |
| Total | **~ 100k** |
| Not included in price | Monitor, keyb, mouse etc |
The only con is dremel-ing a little hole for the nvme-to-oculink adapter !! something I can live with.
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