Thunderbolt 3 to Usb adapter?

[B-17rocks]

hi i would like to know if there is a thunderbolt 3 to usb adapter so i can future proof my gaming laptop with one of those desktop performance boxes that you can put any graphics cards in

[Natsoup]

Not one that can transmit enough data. USB3 is limited far more than TB3.

[TheNuzziNuzz]

No such thing as "Futureproof"

 

Why wouldn't you use Thunderbolt?

 

 

[Naeaes]

Those adapters exist but USB would bottleneck it too much to work. If you don't have Thunderbolt 2 or 3 or USB-C with TB3, your only option (and that's sketchy at best and still a bottleneck) is to pull out the Wi-Fi chip and use the mPCI-E to adapt to PCI-E. 

[B-17rocks]

Ok thankyou

[B-17rocks]

i Have an Intel core i7 6700 hq and it would bottleneck that?

[Electronics Wizardy]

9 minutes ago, B-17rocks said:

i Have an Intel core i7 6700 hq and it would bottleneck that?

What laptop do you have? 

 

That cpu is plenty faster for games.

 

You need thunderbolt for egpu's.

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, B-17rocks said:

i Have an Intel core i7 6700 hq and it would bottleneck that?

It has nothing to do with the CPU, it's the port. Let me explain:

 

USB 3.0 has 6 pins that can transmit data, so it has a maximum of 5 Gbit/s

Thunderbolt 3 has WAY more pins, at least twice, therefore it has a maximum of 10 Gbit/s.

 

Now, this means that the thunderbolt is going to be stuck at USB 3.0 speeds, since the USB cannot possibly transmit faster than 5 Gbit/s, making it unusable for thunderbolt.

 

I hope I answered your question.  

[B-17rocks]

oh ok that makes more sense