Thunderbolt for a PC???

[Greenish]

So I am building a PC for my friends Mum. I have plenty of experience with building small form factor pcs. The thing is she is a graphic designer and is switching over from a Mac. Because she travels alot she wants it to be small, but I was thinking. Considering she was traveling, could I put in a thunderbolt card to handle peripherals and display to minimise what has to be plugged in. (I know that I cant power it with thunderbolt btw)

 

Cheers Oliver

 

PS: I may post in here again with the build plan

[boey]

1 hour ago, Greenish said:

So I am building a PC for my friends Mum. I have plenty of experience with building small form factor pcs. The thing is she is a graphic designer and is switching over from a Mac. Because she travels alot she wants it to be small, but I was thinking. Considering she was traveling, could I put in a thunderbolt card to handle peripherals and display to minimise what has to be plugged in. (I know that I cant power it with thunderbolt btw)

 

Cheers Oliver

 

PS: I may post in here again with the build plan

how small does she want it to be? it probably is easier just to go with a mac mini than to actually build a proper computer with a similar form factor. considering she probably is used to macOS it might be worth it just to get a mac mini.

[Manderis]

Consider the asrock deskmini Barebone lineup. 

If you don't need thunderbolt (external gpu, fast external storage...) and only want to put a dongle on it for better i/o why not get something with included i/o not needing a dongle. USB 3.1 will handle most tasks. 

 

Maybe the A300 if you go Amd for up to an 2400g (probably ryzen 3rd Gen) 

Or Intel if you want to get a Barebone with dedicated gpu. 

 

Edit: link for lazy people

https://www.asrock.com/nettop/index.asp