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I plan have only 1 setup for desktop and notebook. Will use new macbook pro with high speed usb-c/thunderbolt 3 to connect it to egpu, macbook thunderbolt 3 support 40 gb/s bandwidth. I plan use gtx 1080, my goal for gpu is VR (for that will run Windows on macbook), I will buy htc vive. My main question is, it's possible use gtx 1080 on macbook through egpu using thunderbolt 3 and get full performance (usb-c/thunderbolt 3 by some way won't limit gtx 1080 performance (bandwidth limit maybe)? Setup would be: Macbook Pro EGPU that support thunderbolt 3 40gb/s bandwidth GTX 1080 USB-C Monitor Henger dock (just dock macbook and I have theoricaliy full desktop power). If possible, you think I will get enough performance for HTC vive? Thanks

I'm really worried about buying a computer now and having the accessory industry convert to USB-C. I plan to keep this laptop for five years and I'm afraid buying it now won't future proof me for later. I'm looking at laptops such as the Razer Blade, MBP 2015 and the Microsoft Surface Book. Because these devices don't have an abundant (or at all) amount USB-C ports, I'm worried I'll be locked out later. Thoughts?

Hi, I am caching up on technology and Thunderbolt 3 cought my interest. I have read Wikipedia, Intel and Thunderbolt Technology side but I feel information is missing on the pure technological specification. I write this topic after watching LG 5K Display for Mac - A PC User's Perspective from LTT. The explanation of displayport lanes into the thunderbolt is not satisfying for me. I think thunderbolt 3 can use more details. Referring to the above video, how does Thunderbolt manage to channel "two displayport" and USB 3 data to the monitor ? My guess would be an encapsulation of the different protocol across the link. My first investigation with Thunderbolt 3 is with USB : I wonder how the Thunderbolt 3 was providing USB connectivity. I thought that the Thunderbolt controller could use one USB port from my chipset however it is not the case. The Thunderbolt 3 controller exposes a new PCIe USB XHCI Controller when a USB cable is connected. See screenshot. I would be curious to know what the system reports when other devices are connected like the dongles LTT reviewed. Regards, Stan

My question in short: do usb-c dongles work with smartphones, like OnePlus 3? So my goal would be to use a dongle to backup photos and videos from an sd-card to a separate usb hdd. Would I be able to do this with my OnePlus 3? Do I need some OTG thingys? And if it would work, would the speed be limited by my phone, or would the data be transferred directly from the card to the hdd? I am aware, that the dongle should be powered in, and navigating with smartphone wouldn't be optimal, but this would allow me not to buy a laptop. I know that some tablets, like Samsung Galaxy TabPro S, do support dongles. And with old micro-usbs it was possible to use usb hubs.

Hey everyone, i recently purchased the LG 27ud88 4k monitor with the USB-C hook up for my 2016 MBP. I share this monitor between my laptop and my desktop.... I would like to share my peripherals between the two easily aka keep them plugged in to the monitor while switching inputs on the display, but given the USB-C is the only upstream port on the monitor, I need some sort of USB-C splitter/switch that allows me to switch upstreams to either the PC or the MBP without handicapping the "all in one" hook up for the MBP... Anyone else face this issue/find a solution?

Okay, the wording isn't great, but this is what I'm asking: If I were to buy a USB-C hub, what factors determines the overall bandwidth between the hub and the host (5Gbps vs 10Gbps)? If the host for example has a USB-C port that supports up to 10Gbps (i.e like a Thunderbolt 3 port), do I need to buy a corresponding USB-C 10Gbps hub to take advantage of the full bandwidth? Or will any hypothetical USB-C hub be able to use the total 10Gbps bandwidth to the host? It's fine if the ports on the hub themselves don't support 10Gbps (e.g. a bunch of USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type A Ports and a Gigabit Ethernet port), but I'm trying to determine if I'd need to scour the internet for some higher-grade USB-C hub that explicitly supports 10Gbps, or if USB-C devices just negotiate the amount of bandwidth to the host available to them and go from there?

Hi friends, I am considering using a 4K 55" LG OLED TV as my main computer monitor, and I had a few questions. My main two drivers are, large screen and OLED = hopefully lesser eyestrain (I could run the OLED at a much lower brightness for instance, and the text would still be useful). #1- Would you advise using a TV as a computer monitor? I'm not into gaming, I see text all day on the screen. However I do want the screen to be responsive, so 60hz at 4K is what I need. And I want the text scrolling and mouse movement to be smooth. #2 - My laptop has USB-C, HDMI1.4, and a mini displayport (Lenovo P50). Display card is Quadro 2000M. - Is it possible to go Mini-DisplayPort 1.4 to HDMI 2? - Is it possible to connect two 4k's on USB-C .. how? - Is it possible to go USB-C to HDMI2.0? .. what kind of connectivity would you recommend? Thanks in advance. MM

After reading this blog post on USB C and seeing it start popuping up on almost all new phones and devices. Plus having Thunderbolt 3 added into the mix. We are going to be seeing a lot of confusion on this new connector. I think it is time for a new/updated Tech quickie on USB-C, hopefully help people figure out that just because it plugs in doesn't mean it will actually work, and in fact could damage something.

Do you think we'll ever see a display with an embedded GPU. After that apple event i was more disappointed that this wasn't released than i was with the macbook pro. Do you think a company like asus would create something like this? They make both screens and gpus. original article

Hi Everyone, my knowledge sadly vanishes when it comes to this subject so any and all help is appreciated. So I have a newish Macbook 12" and i'd like to be able to charge this via my car or an external battery pack. I know the Macbook uses USB 3.1(14.5v x 2a = 29w) via a type C I also know that more amps a charger can provide is fine since the device only pulls as much as it needs. But with volts most of the time what is supplied should be match but with some devices it doesn't matter too much. However I have not found any Car chargers or battery packs that match this or get close, so far the closest I found was a belkin that can provide 27w, but it has something like 9.5v x 2.9a output. Would this be an issue, or is it fine since it's USB? From what i've read if the volts isn't matched not only will it charge slower but it can damage the battery. Better yet, if you know of any chargers or batteries that will work link them! Otherwise i'll probably just get a 150 watt inverter for the car. Also, all the other car chargers i've found that say they work fine with this(State they are Macbook 12" compatible) are all 10w - 15w and are normally around 5 volts, so those so far are rather suspect. Regards,

I have an acer aspire switch alpha 12 and in the manual it says I can charge from the barrel jack charger they gave me or charge from a usb c charger in the support pages it says it needs 19.5v and 2.4a (45w) https://us.answers.acer.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/45638/related/1 but on every usb-c charger I have looked at it has said 20v are the charger companies just simplifying 19.5v to 20v or is my device incompatable with the chargers ?

First of all, I Didn't know which category should I put this post "Motherboards, Storage, or General". if someone from the admin forgive me for that and if he/she transfer it to proper category. second of all, I'm one of Linus Tech Fan which I always watch there videos and always take there recommendations. Thanks a lot for everything. Most of my knowledge of the Tech is because of you guys. Now lets go to the subject, I have 4770K cpu and etc. and thinking to upgrade but when I feel there is something worth it (SATA 4, or full USB 3.1, or when CPU can get to above 5GHz (in boost mode) without overclocking :P) I was wondering why there is no Motherboards yet support full 3.1 Gen 2 usbs where is should be back compatible for older versions. I read somewhere that Usb 3.1 Gen 2 build-in motherboard used 2 PCIE Lanes ??? is that true ? I tried to search online and didn't find any article or video explaining this. Can someone clarify it ? or someone with Build-in USB 3.1 to see if it really consuming PCIE lanes or no. Best Regards, Rakan Tawabini Petroleum Engineer

Hey guys, I want to update my home setup to a notebook setup. I already own a Dell U2515 it supports daisychain, Now I want to buy two things, first of all a second monitor which should be Dell U2414 which should be able to do daisy chain. And a Lenovo Yoga 720 with thunderbolt 3.0 And now my question, can I use and thunderbolt hub to hdmi Connect hdmi to my u2515 and then displayport to my new u2414? Thanks in advance for every answer

Hello, I was wondering if I could get some recommendations on what the best configuration for me would be, to make a long story short I have acquired six 500GB 7200rpm HGST hard drives, and I would like to start using them to archive some of my work projects while also sorting my growing digital media library. My current computing setup is primarily Mac focused, however I also have a semi-retired gaming PC that I have turned into an Ubuntu 16.04 Linux box and have a Raspberry Pi 3 floating around. I am trying to figure out if I should RAID the drives in sets of two or four with something like the Blackmagic MultiDock, OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini or build the drives into a Linux server with something like the ICY DOCK HotSwap Cage. My main concern with doing something like the ICY DOCK is that it would immediately tie me into running a lot more equipment around the clock in order to get the solution I want, I haven't run the numbers on what it would total out to be if I build a server and just saturate all of my PCIe slots with PCIe SATA III controller cards for expansion down the road when I acquire more drives. On the flip side, is building a server even worth pursuing for drives of this nature since I am not actually gaining that much storage space in comparison to 3.5in setups, which is why I keep leaning towards something like the OWC enclosure or budgeting out and getting something like the Blackmagic. I'd love to see what you guys come up with since talking about digital storage is always an interesting topic to address. Thank you very much! -Benjamin

I want to buy a tablet. My smartphone(iphone 5, had it since release) is nearing it's end of it's life. A new phone is in the near future as well. I want to jump on USB C, and have the tablet and phone use that standard. I just want the ease of plugging stuff in. It might be on of the best features of the Iphone 5 with lighting connector, that it just doesn't matter how you plug it in. For phones it is not that hard to find good models with USB-c. But for tablets it is much harder to even find any of them. It doesn't help that nearly no shop or tech site let's so filter out on that port. So I haven't found only the Galaxy Tab S3, or surface pro. But those are a bit outside my budget. Are there any sub $300 decent tablets with USB-C? (Or sub €250, since I live in the Netherlands and will buy in Europe)

I bought a nice braided USB-C cable, and I noticed that it has many more pins than the charging cable my Nexus 6P came with. Old cable: New cable: Does this equate to a difference in potential data transfer speeds and/or power delivery? What's the reason for this?

Hi, i'm currious as to how exactly usb-c video adapters/dongles work. i'm in need of a new laptop and the razer blade(14 inch 2017) is looking like the best option for me, only problem is that i need gigabit ethernet and a VGA port for a external touschreen. to tackle this problem i'll have to get a dongle but this got me wondering how exactly the video is processed. is there a separate GPU/video chip inside the dongle that takes care of this or will the gtx 1060 inside the blade processes the video and then somehow send it out through usb-c and let the dongle convert it to VGA? the dongle i'm looking to get is the dell DA200. http://accessories.ap.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=sg&l=en&s=bsd&cs=sgbsd1&sku=470-abnl if anyone has experience whit this dongle or another one that features gigabit ehternet and VGA i'd love to hear it.

Hi, first timer here. Avid tech nerd but stumbled across a confusing problem that ticked me off twice too many last few days. My girlfriend recieved an HP Elite X2 1012 G1 from work recently and I've set up a desk station to dock it into with a BenQ BL3200PT, an ethernet cable to our LAN and some basic peripherals. Since the Elite X2 has a grand total of TWO (I kid you not, two) USB ports, one Thunderbolt 3-enabled USB-C and one type A 3.0, that poses a problem. So I dongled up and to probably nobodys surprise the power passthrough from the laptops AC adapter through the dongle (Satechi Type-C Slim Multipower Adapter 4K) didn't work. The dongle worked passivly but without power and no way to charge the laptop in dock it's useless, so that was returned instantly. The Elite X2 claimed not enough power was delivered through the charge port and refused, so I figured I'd over shoot instead and get a USB-C station with a separate AC adapter delivering a higher wattage than required by the computer, which has an AC adapter of 60w. I got an Asus one promising to deliver up to 90w via USB-C, plugged it in and got nothing. The Elite X2 refuses to draw power at all, but the dongle itself while disconnected from AC works same way the previous one did. Now to the actual question - HP are savage enough to charge some 200+ dollars for their own Thunderbolt docking station specificly made for the Elite X2 1012 and none of us feel like shelling out that amount unless there's no other option, and paranoid tinfoil hat me is starting to realise this is probably a purposly made limitation to push their own solution. What I'm wondering though is, provided I find a USB-C dongle with equal power delivery, would the laptops charge port still refuse it because of some driver BS or is the passthrough in the dongles nothing that goes through any chip set that can ID and "block" functionality of the unit if the HP gods decide against it? Does passthrough power on USB-C dongles usually muck around this much, and has to be matched exactly with the AC adapter the target computer came with? I've used overpowered and underpowered chargers with my old Asus Zenbook and that worked fine, minus the underpowered one where drainage at high load was higher than charge input so it lost battery while plugged in. But it still "worked" the way the charger was intended, just at a lower effect. This isn't the case with the HP Elite X2. So yeah, wall of info. Please help us not pay HP 200 bucks. Also I will accept ghetto solutions, and if anything has to be sacrificed it's the ethernet port because our WiFi is decent and her area of use doesn't require insane network/internet speeds. So for example USB 3.0 type A-dongle with HDMI capabilities over 2560x1440@60Hz would be an option. Especially if theres a combination one with a USB-port aswell. /M

Dear all, Bored at work i thought of this, the dash charger that comes with the one plus 5, is advertised (and does) charge your oneplus 5 from 0% battery to 63% in half an hour. Dash Charging uses USB-C and... WOW I think to myself so does the new mac book pro 2017, what would happen if you dash charge your Mac Book Pro 2017? Can someone do this (please don't sue me, I can't afford a mac book pro, and/or I don't want to buy you a $20 charger, because i told you to do this) I couldn't find anyone who had. Just Curious

Anyone using monitors with USB-C or Thunderbolt3? Have you had any problems with the monitors? Have any other computers connected to it? Anyone have one with KVM capabilities? Any other cons to consider? I am looking to replace my last two monitors to replace with an ultrawide or maybe a 4k monitor.

Hi guys, as you can see iam new to this forum. I got this laptop 2 weeks ago: MSI GS43VR 7RE It got a USB-C 3.1/Thunderbolt 3 Port. I bought this dongle, too: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B06XD7D7D9/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Under Windows nothing works with 3.0 speed on the 3.0 port of the adapter. But under Linux it was no problem. USB 3.0 External drive, AC Wifi adapter .... I only get roughly around 1MB/s of speed when i copy to my external drive. On linux its with the same file something like 120MB/s. Tried to update all drivers. Even with this intel update thingy in the browser and everything seems up to date. Help Pl0x Thank you and greetings from Berlin, Kilian

I finished my build 2 weeks ago, and I noticed that my mobo has a USB-C port. What can I use this for? I know, I know, I can plug an external GPU with thunderbolt. But what about anything a normal, not-linus, person would do with it?

Hi Considering that my setup has at least two USB-C ports, one directly on the mobo (Asus PRIME X299-DELUXE), and the other one on an expansion card (Asus ThunderboltEX 3), can I connect at least four 4K displays to my computer using USB-C docks? I think this is the way Linus did it with one of his setups (not the 4 displays, but accessing the pc from an other room using some sort of dock) but I can't remember so I'm not too sure. Also if this is possible, where will the graphics power come from? I'm asking this because the displays won't be connected to the GPU(s).

Is it at all possible to upgrade a laptop that only comes with USB-C port to Thunderbolt 3? If it's possible how difficult and how to do it? Eg. I'm interested on Gigabyte Aero 14w (the 15w is too exp) but it only have USB-C and no Thunderbolt. Is it possible to upgrade this component manually? Is it something as easy as getting the spare part from ebay and replace the parts in the laptop? Or does it involve soldering components? I tried to look everywhere for info but no one even ask the question.

Mjelleo I'm looking for at dock for the Dell XPS15 with both power, USB and displayports in on. The labtop has a USB-C thunderboldt, so is there a solution, that can take advangtage of that?