I read this a lot in comments about this product but this is a really simplistic description of what this product is in comparison to building your own eGPU rig

I read this a lot in comments about this product but this is a really simplistic description of what this product is in comparison to building your own eGPU right now. Very often "cheaper alternatives" have stability issues like crashing. Or plug / unplug problems. Stability is more valuable than the quiet although silence matters when the entire rest of your workspace is silent. The build quality for these enclosures is obviously cheap and low quality. You can tell by when you work with the ports on them. Also, none of these builds have been supported by Apple. This product was cooperatively designed with Apple so the support is excellent. You have one Thunderbolt 3 cable for all of the things to the mac. So the price is actually good for what it is.