As most users know, the can act like a drive for almost all purposes, but some copy- protection schemes can prevent the from functioning correctly. Also, as I am considering water cooling, the advantages from gained due to superior cooling may not be a concern. Also, Thunderbolt 3 caps and 40Gbs to PCIE and that is most likely the theoretical maximum, not necessarily what you get. If you look for cases that optimized for GPU airflow you can probably find a usable case. The manual is clear and concise, but sketchy.
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