Question What is the cheapest way of getting Thunderbolt 3 on my current system?

[coffeenfifa]

I stumbled across a nice 8 bay storage rig, with hard drives, but it uses Thunderbolt 3 to connect to a computer. I'm wondering what the best route of getting Thunderbolt 3 on my current set up would be.

I'm on an Aorus Ultra X570, AMD Ryzen 3700X, 32 GB Gskill 3600, RTX 2070S.

I've heard that Askrock makes a $500 motherboard (X570 Creator) that has these connections, but I'm wondering if there is a quicker/cheaper way.

Thanks!

 

[kanewolf]

Asrock around $60 on NewEgg -- https://www.newegg.com/asrock-model...-pci-express-to-thunderbolt/p/N82E16815548006

 

[RealBeast]

Just insure that the PCIe card you look at will work with your specific board. Many are quite specific to which models and brands they will work with in my experience.

 

[TJ Hooker]

Keep in mind that ASRock card requires a thunderbolt 3 header on the mobo. According to Gigabyte, only the rev 1.1 of the x570 aorus ultra has this header.

 

[coffeenfifa]

Thanks, all.

My mobo is rev 1, not rev 1.1 which means I either need to get a new motherboard or find something else to make this work.

Are there no other alternatives? If I were to go the new mobo route, what would you recommend? I like the Aorus Ultra I have, but I'd prefer something that has TB in the I/O if that's even possible.

 

[TJ Hooker]

If you want an X570 with built in TB3 (i.e. no add in card required), only options I can find are the ASRock Creator and Phantom Gaming ITX/TB3. The former is expensive, and the latter is kind of niche (mini ITX, and uses Intel LGA 115x cooler mounting).