Thunderbolt 3 on Ryzen Motherboard

[Silver.G]

Is it possible to add a add-in thunderbolt 3 card on a Ryzen Motherboard?

[just_dave]

Only if there was a PCIE card

[Silver.G]

yes a PCI-E card is what im planning to add

so it's possible then?

[RadiatingLight]

Just now, Silver.G said:

yes a PCI-E card is what im planning to add

so it's possible then?

yes, but where is this PCI-e card you speak of?

AFIAK that's not possible to buy yet

[Silver.G]

1 minute ago, RadiatingLight said:

yes, but where is this PCI-e card you speak of?

AFIAK that's not possible to buy yet

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboard-Accessory/ThunderboltEX-3/

 

i was thinking of buying it yet....

[RadiatingLight]

These are the specs on that thunderbolt card:

not sure if that's a hard compatibility spec, or just a "we only tested on these boards"

 

 

[Silver.G]

9 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

These are the specs on that thunderbolt card:

not sure if that's a hard compatibility spec, or just a "we only tested on these boards"

 

 

Thanks for the specs sheet
i'll just wait for someone to test it to the ryzen board for me!

[devtank]

Im curious about this also. Im using an iMac currently (an old one, pre thunderbolt 1) and spending money on a new one is not economically viable for me. Im curious about using a bifurcated PCIE riser to run one on an M-ITX board. 

[Peping]

 

On 9/23/2017 at 9:33 AM, Silver.G said:

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboard-Accessory/ThunderboltEX-3/

 

i was thinking of buying it yet....

That card is not gonna work. It requires a TB header on the motherboard. The compatibility list is basically a list of motherboards from ASUS sporting that header.

[mlung]

On 2017-09-23 at 3:22 AM, Silver.G said:

Is it possible to add a add-in thunderbolt 3 card on a Ryzen Motherboard?

Answer is no. You need a thunderbolt header and right now, Thunderbolt is limited to Intel only. 

[mlung]

Just now, mlung said:

Answer is no. You need a thunderbolt header and right now, Thunderbolt is limited to Intel only. 

Also, I own the ASRock Thunderbolt 3 card and the Thunderbolt 3 implementation in Windows is buggy. Like if you go to sleep, Windows forgets your Thunderbolt devices until you unplug and replug the Thunderbolt cable. 

[nyteshade]

For those still looking for a thunderbolt AM4 board you can, with this and a pci-e thunderbolt card, have TB3. https://www.anandtech.com/show/11847/gigabyte-announces-x399-designare-ex

[francesco.vincenzi]

On 10/2/2018 at 2:09 AM, nyteshade said:

For those still looking for a thunderbolt AM4 board you can, with this and a pci-e thunderbolt card, have TB3. https://www.anandtech.com/show/11847/gigabyte-announces-x399-designare-ex

It's not even AM4, it's written sown in the Table, it's TR4, so 1st and 2nd Threadripper.
It still is Ryzen, but the pinout and the chipset are comletely different from a Ryzen 3-9