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ASUS Thunderbolt 3 PCIE on B250 Motherboard is possible?

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as far as I know, Thunderbolt add-in-cards require specific support in the motherboard BIOS as well as a special header on the board-doesn't require Z170 specifically, just a board that has support (which includes newer boards and even some AMD boards). I look into this from time to time and unfortunately it does not seem that any ol TB card can just go in any ol motherboard 😞

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Hello! 

I HAVE A ASUS B250 MOTHERBOARD AND REALLY WANT THUNDERBOLT 3 PORT ON MY COMPUTER.
SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT ONLY WORK ON Z270/Z170 CHIPSET MOTHERBOARD. 
I WANT TO KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE OR NOT.


MY PC
I7 7700
ASUS PRIME B250 PLUS
LPX 16GB DDR4 2400

RX 5700

120GB SSD

2TB HARD DRIVE

500W PSU

 

THX

 
 

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as far as I know, Thunderbolt add-in-cards require specific support in the motherboard BIOS as well as a special header on the board-doesn't require Z170 specifically, just a board that has support (which includes newer boards and even some AMD boards). I look into this from time to time and unfortunately it does not seem that any ol TB card can just go in any ol motherboard 😞

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