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My motherboard: https://www.asrock.com/mb/intel/Z370%20Extreme4/index.asp#Download TB3 card: https://www.asrock.com/mb/spec/product.asp?Model=Thunderbolt%203%20AIC GPU : https://www.palit.com/palit/vgapro.php?id=3883&lang=en Im trying to get display via thunderbolt. The manual for the aic says to connect displayport to the tb3 card and to the gpu, then connect monitors to the dock. Im using this dock: https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c05913756 But i only get video out of the TB3 when booting (uefi) but when window loads the display goes black and says it has no signal. Ive tried updating firmware on my dock and my tb3 card. What can i do to get this working?

these docks are really cheap on eBay, I googled around and most of the questions are people asking if it worked for older USB ports. The dell documentation doesn't really say much about it either. theoretically it's just thunderbolt 3 so I guess there wouldn't be any real reason it wouldn't work....

I know asus has something called ErP ready in bios, that makes a thunderbolt 3 dock work while in bios, and not just in OS. I was wondering if anybode here knew what ASrock names their feature like ErP on asus motherboards? My setup: 9700k ASrock extreme4 z370 paired with an asrock aic tb3 card. Belkin Thunderbolt 3 Dock Plus I am currently not using my dock, because of this issue, that i cannot acces bios when connected via the dock. (keyboard unresponsivve while booting via dock) Dock works fine in windows/macos

Looking at adding TB to my existing Gigabyte X570 Aorus Elite WiFi (rev. 1.0). I've seen mixed review using Titan Ridge cards with the rev 1.0 mobo. I would happily just go with a usb c card, but would prefer displayport over the connection too Anyone actually done this with success?

Guys am wondering can thunder bolt 3 act like a display port. I have a laptop that the gpu is not connected to the igpu of the cpu. Do I need a USB hub with display port or just a dongle? I have hdmi, TB3, mini display port and I am considering a monitor with g sync so that is why I am asking.

Budget (including currency): Probably up to 1800€ Country: Germany Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Anno 1800, some Overwatch, Borderlands 3, Baldurs Gate 3 and probably Cyberpunk if it ever arrives. Aim: I am a developer and designer by trade, doing JavaScript and Swift so my work machine is and always will be a MacBook Pro or some variation of that which runs the software I need. I don't want to rely on a Hackintosh and dual booting using Bootcamp has been a pain and while the laptop is well suited for my work, it simply doesn't hold up as a gaming machine. I do have little space left on my desk where I could put a PC, so small form factor it is. I am aware of the trade offs. I will use this machine for games only, so it will basically become an expensive gaming console for keyboard/mouse games. Monitors: I do own a LG 27" 5K Ultrafine USB-C / Thunderbolt. This is the monitor I want to continue using. It's nice and the color space was neat for my work. I am aware it will suck on Windows. But: It comes with an USB-C hub and powers and even charges my Laptop which means I have a single thing to plug in and work. It does not have any input besides the single TB3 cable. Other details The single plug is a requirement for this build. I want pull the TB3 to the monitor from the MacBook and plug it into the PC and start gaming. I know this limits the possible components, that's what makes this interesting, isn't it? I also would prefer going with air cooling at first. I have not built a PC in way over a decade, my last custom system still ran Windows XP SP1 and had a Geforce 4. I know AIO exist, but I also do play with headphones on so a little fan noise bothers me less than the constant fear of pump failure or a leak in the system. Don't judge. I think there is plenty of time and options to keep upgrading in the future. I do need Wifi, mostly because I can't run cables to my desk. I don't care much for RGB, the case has mesh panels anyways. Oh well, so here is what I have so far: I ordered the FormD T1 in Silver/Black which should arrive in late December or early January. It's the right size, it looks amazing and should fit all I need. - I will run it in 3/2 Slot config (3 for the GPU because most current are over >2 slots, 2 for the CPU side, so low profile coolers are required) Thunderbolt 3 is a hard requirement given my "less than ideal but well I have it" monitor choice. Which gives me some weird options. USB-C would be a last resort option, as the Monitor does work over USB-C, but it "only" supports 4K there. PSU: Corsair SF Series SF750 80 PLUS Platinum 750W SFX12V (not that there are many other options) AMD Ryzen 5600x seems like a reasonable choice for the CPU (not too hot and well, fast) Samsung 980 Pro M.2 1TB for system and games. There will be no other storage, anything longterm goes into my 12TB NAS. Missing parts GPU If I can get one in January, I think I'll go team red and go with the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT which comes with a USB-C port. I was unable to get information from AMD on the actual specs of that port which makes it a bit of a gamble. It *should* support DisplayPort 1.4, which *could* in turn power my display at 4K. It's just unclear if that port will also support the mouse, keyboard and camera attached to the display. Could be, could be not. Hence, my mainboard choice ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB3 - Most likely my only option for TB3 where I can feed the DP1.4 output of the GPU back into the Titan Ridge TB3 chip so I can connect and run my display at full res. CPU Cooling. What would probably fit the ASRock and also what I found so far: Thermalright AXP-90i FULL COPPER with a Noctua fan replacement if the noise of the included one is that bad CRYORIG C7 Cu (same fan situation) (or the black model, I know back from the Zalman days how bare copper behaves) RAM I have no clue. 16GB would make a good baseline I guess? I made my best guess and found Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 4000MHz C19 Black, which could be okay? Cooling and odd stuff It should help to add another 2 slim case fans, obvious choice are Noctua NF-A12X15 PWM Chromax.Black A display port 1.4 cable to wire the GPU to the TB3 port. hopefully a very short one which can be cable managed. Are there angled DP connectors? Last time I checked all of the above should hit me with about 1700€. So, what are your thoughts? I'm not in a hurry. I know I missed the first round of 5600x. But I do get by with my current setup and I'll do so until everything is available once more. The case will take time to arrive anyway. Looking forward to your opinions on RAM, cooling and the USB-C situation.

Started building this computer at the beginning of quarantine, modified it heavily to play with air-cooled components and give it its own character, including adding top and side panel exhaust fans. Ive been collecting parts to eventually water cool it, and realized I was running out of time before the components were completely last gen, so I went for it and water-cooled it last week. I ended up trying to replace the chipset fan and integrate it into the loop, which looks awesome, but I think is pointless, as the entire system heat soaks to 75 degrees and the loop starts heating up the chipset ( ) so ill be taking that out of the loop to see how it does with passive cooling. It all came together pretty nicely, and I realized soft tubing was the way to go for this, because I can actually manage to remove all of the components of the loop as one piece for maintenance I of course found this out, because I forgot to remove the plastic from the monoblock when I first installed it. Wondering if I should have gone with a more efficient front radiator than the Ultra Slim, if that would make a difference. Ive learned that likely because there's so little space and so little water in the system, this hits a point of totally heat soaked fairly quickly, but I'm satisfied with the system able to maintain 75 degrees. I do plan on continuing to work on this, possible adding a more efficient front radiator, better slim fans,(ive already ordered noctua) making a tighter seal between the radiators and fans, to get the most efficiency out of this I can. Possible down the road I might try and add quick disconnects to loop in an external radiator, I dont seem to feel satisfied without continued mad science and benchmarking... All ideas welcome! Pictures of my hugely fun waste of time and money below... LIAN LI TU150 - $99 ASRock X570 ITX TB3 - $200 RYZEN 3700X - $300 Gigabyte 5700XT Gaming OC - $450 Seagate FireCuda 520 M.2 1TB - $199 Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro - $140 Corsair SF600 - $100 Water Cooled Parts: XSPC TX240 Ultra Thin - $200 XSPC TX120 Ultra Thin - $50 Bitspower Mono Block - $150 Bykski 5700XT Gaming OC Waterblock - $120 Bykski Mini DDC Pump Reservoir Combo - $100 Bitspower Barb Fittings (1/4" ID) Softuuuubes Budget (including currency): Please don't make tally it up, ignorance is bliss. Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: All the Games, After Effects, Blender

Hi, I have a 2019 donglebook pro 13 inch and would like and external gpu to go with it. I have a very low budget (under 100)and already have a spare gpu. I'm not sure if this will work at all, but could I plug in the latest version of the exp gdc dock to an nvme to tb3 adapter and run it like that. Many thanks Alistair

Hi! lenovo yoga 720 15" is amazing! it has a cpu i7-7700hq, a gpu gtx1050 and a tb3 port. do you know if it is compatible with egpu?

Hi everyone in the community! I want to ask if anybody has any idea about a gaming laptop gtx1060+ thats compatible with a thunderbolt 3 external graphics card enclosure (for some future proofing). (Razer Core.Akitio Node.Powercolor Box.*ASUS XG2*MSI GUS*) I currently own an ASUS G751 970M and I plan to buy a new 17 inchgaming laptop, but I wanted it to be with me for quite some time. Razer's 17inch is too much as I can only fork about 2.5k usd for now. Thanks!

Thinking of upgrading to a K95 platinum in coming months. Is there a possibility of a TB3 model coming to market anytime soon? If not, are there any TB3 mechs coming to market?

I have a question about the razer core, what if you use TWO razer cores on the new macbook (since there are MANY of thunderbolt3 port), can you do SLI with it? If yes, what about 4?

So anyone here, tried thunderbolt 3? What I've noticed is, it will cause a usb type c flash drive to get extremely hot in a very short amount of time. I tried it with my usb c flash drive, on a MBP with touch bar and this HP 2 in 1 laptop and both have the same experience. So I'm wondering, if anyone who have tried TB3, have the same experience? TB3 is capable of up to 100w of power, so could that be the reason why drives gets hot that quick? Like this TB3 port is pushing 100w of power to my flash drive? Not looking for a fix. Just want to know if the same experience for you.

Hi, So I upgraded my MOBO to be able to have TB3 and USB C ports: MOBO upgrade and migration was successful thankfully; however I can't get the TB3 ext card to work. When I unplug it , it's no more visible on BIOS, but when it's plugged it appears on BIOS but not on my device manager or TB software. Note, I had it unplugged, installed the driver from the provided CD, connected the card, selected the right PCIE Lane, still nothing works other than power output.. Appreciate your help as I tried everything I can find on the internet so far, things that made sense of course. Best regards,

I just bought the Razer Blade 15 RTX2070 8th Gen i7 Advanced Model and am slowly going to integrate an eGPU enclosure and sell my gaming PC, but at the moment I just want to buy a TB3 dock to integrate all my peripherals through one tb3 cord. I have my eyes on the caldigit ts3 because it looks like the best choice to cover all my bases but for $400AUD its a bit out of my budget, im hoping to spend no more than $200 AUD. The I/O requirements I'm looking for at the bare minimum are as follows; - DisplayPort 1.4 (Not HDMI because I DP1.4 is required to display the full 1440p 144hz of my monitor) - Gigabit ethernet port - 2x TB3 ports - 3.5mm AUX in - SD card reader* - 10x USB 2.0/3.0 ports* *if it supports daisy chaining of a USB-A Hub then only 1 is really required but I need 10 in total because of all my peripherals and VR sensors ect. Same goes with the SD card reader as my USB hub already has one. If you have any suggestions or have gone a similar route i'd be happy to hear how you went about it. Thanks in advance.

I just bought the Razer Blade 15 RTX2070 8th Gen i7 Advanced Model and am slowly going to integrate an eGPU enclosure and sell my gaming PC, but at the moment I just want to buy a TB3 dock to integrate all my peripherals through one tb3 cord. I have my eyes on the caldigit ts3 because it looks like the best choice to cover all my bases but for $400AUD its a bit out of my budget, im hoping to spend no more than $200 AUD. The I/O requirements I'm looking for at the bare minimum are as follows; - DisplayPort 1.4 (Not HDMI because I DP1.4 is required to display the full 1440p 144hz of my monitor) - Gigabit ethernet port - 2x TB3 ports - 3.5mm AUX in - SD card reader* - 10x USB 2.0/3.0 ports* *if it supports daisy chaining of a USB-A Hub then only 1 is really required but I need 10 in total because of all my peripherals and VR sensors ect. Same goes with the SD card reader as my USB hub already has one. If you have any suggestions or have gone a similar route i'd be happy to hear how you went about it. Thanks in advance.

Has anyone confirmed working thunderbolt 3 on a new X570 board? Asrock has boards that allow AIC Thunderbolt cards but I can't find ANYTHING anywhere that says whether its working or not. My assumption is that it's not since there seems to be a delay with the creator boards that had it built into them. Those were announced at computex I believe.

I'm looking for a Thunderbolt 3 graphics card enclosure for a new laptop that I will buy at the end of this month. I was wondering what compatibillity was like and what I should look out for when buying one. Are there certain ones that I should avoid? Maybe someone has a recommendation for one. I obviously want to spend as little as possible, without sacrificing too much quality. The GPU I'd like to use is a GTX 1080 with a single 8-pin power connector.

I am looking for something like this but thunderbolt 3 so that I can connect and switch between my MacBook Pro and PC (w/ TB3) to my Caldigit TB3 hub. Any Ideas?

Simple question, but I can't find a solid answer among the jumble of Mac usbc pages. Do all usb type c to usb type c cables support TB3?

I recently bought an Asus ThunderboltEX3 PCIe expansion card not realising that TB3 isn't compatible with AMD. I've been digging around online to find a fix but can't find anything that helps me specifically. What I have found is Thunderbolt does infact, work with AMD, it is a coding error in which TB3 requires chipset validation and on AMD boards, PCIe lanes go directly into the CPU - this is where the issue is. From here though, I have only found examples of reverse engineering and such that work on Threadripper, specifically the 1950x. I am not running this though, I have a 8350 Vishera Black CPU. So I am in a pickle. I really want to get TB3 working on my current system if possible, or I will need to upgrade, but even then, my upgrade preference is a 2950x and I can't find a method that's tried and tested on that processor either and I also know pretty much nothing about coding. Does anyone in here have any experience/success getting TB3 working on older AMD or newer Threadripper CPU's?

I'm planning on getting an ultrabook and an e-gpu but i don't know if I'll be able to connect the egpu in one tb3 port and use another usb-c slot to connect the lappy screen to my tv. Will it be possible?

Hi. I am going to get ahold of the Gigabyte eGPU 1080 device to be paired with a Lenovo Yoga Gen3 (i5). https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N1080IXEB-8GD#kf I am planning on testing the eGPU with Time Spy / PC-Mark on different displays 1080/1440/2160. I am also planning on running the gpu itself with a desktop computer running pcie at 16x vs 4x on the same resolutions. The eGPU device will be used for business/streaming purposes and I am wondering what tests or comparisons you would like to see.

Hello people, I'm trying to connect my Wacom Cintiq Pro with my PC. However, I noticed (i.e. I've read on the net) the connection via the included Wacom Link is very unstable, so I need a direct connection from the tablet to my system. The problem is, the tablet is using Thunderbolt 3 (to transmit Display-data and input data) and my 2011 rig does not have any Thunderbolt 3 output. I do have a Geforce GTX 970, which has a DisplayPort (already used by my monitor) and an HDMI output. What I've found on the internet was some PCIe card that would enable me to connect the Thunderbolt with my HDMI port from my graphics card (and potentially via USB port to my mainboard): https://www.asrock.com/mb/spec/product.asp?Model=Thunderbolt 3 AIC However, the problem is that this requires PCIe 3.0 lanes, but my Asus P8Z68-V Motherboard only has PCIe 2.0 lanes. I thought about upgrading my mainboard, but my i7 2600K requires a mainboard with a LGA1155 socket. And I can't afford upgrading my CPU at this time. So I wonder if any of you know any solutions? Maybe a mainboard that supports lga1155 and PCIe 3.0? Or a thunderbolt 3 card that supports PCIe 2.0? Or some other clever solution? Thanks a lot!

Hello, I own an XPS 13 9350/9360 (Unsure, but am sure it has 2x lanes of PCIe via Thunderbolt3 port). My question is, knowing that an eGPU setup is definitely possible as long as an external display is used, is it possible to find an adapter that would connect a TB3 port directly into a GPU (PCIe)? Assuming cooling and power (for the GPU) are provided, would this set-up be possible? eGPU enclosures seem very expensive, and I'm looking for a cheaper solution. I've seen articles about how people use an extender to turn an NVMe Slot into a GPU connection, but wouldn't a direct TB3 alternative be possible? NOTE: I don't need any IO except the display ports on the GPU. (Goal: GPU + Monitor -> 1x TB3 port) NOTE: Im inexperienced and practically new to this whole eGPU gig, but I have a GTX1080 which I feel I could put to use on the go with my XPS 13.