Ryzen/x370 mobo that support thunderbolt 2/3

andi okem

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Does anyone know any x370 motherboard that support Thunderbolt 2 or 3? I need to setup high speed external sata raid drive. The problem is most of these drives are using Thunderbolt 2 or 3. And I still cannot find any x370 motherboard that can support Thunderbolt ?

I cannot use SSD drive because it's too expensive for my need. I need the capacity of more than 20 terabyte . I only have Maximum budget of $4000 for the drive only. For this price range , I cannot buy SSD, so I have to use the SATA RAID . And most of his drives in the market are using Thunderbolt 2/3 port.

I need the read/write speed above 900MB/s. So if I want to use ryzen or x370 mobo, I may have to think about 10gb ethernet. So what do you guys think about it? Is there any good Solution? If there is no solution then maybe I have to go back to 2011-v3 socket mobo and forget about the ryzen.
 
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There aren't any yet and it might not even come to ryzen. I don't think they would put thunderbolt 3 on the consumer boards as it would drive up the cost of the motherboards, thunderbolt users isn't really what they're aiming for in the market.
If you want to use thunderbolt 2/3 right now, stick with Intel.
There aren't any yet and it might not even come to ryzen. I don't think they would put thunderbolt 3 on the consumer boards as it would drive up the cost of the motherboards, thunderbolt users isn't really what they're aiming for in the market.
If you want to use thunderbolt 2/3 right now, stick with Intel.
 
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karatekid430

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For anybody who was doubting it, it is entirely possible for AMD Ryzen to have Thunderbolt 3. Proof?

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/X399-DESIGNARE-EX-rev-10#kf

Gigabyte X399 Designare Ex Motherboard - with THB_C header, for Thunderbolt add-in cards - right next to the SATA ports. The Gigabyte official web page does not acknowledge it (but you can zoom into the photos to find the header). There are technology websites with articles specifically about this board being AMD-based and supporting Thunderbolt AICs.

Granted, it is Threadripper, but if Threadripper supports it, then Ryzen should, also (the full name for Threadripper is AMD Ryzen Threadripper). We always knew that there were a few old AMD motherboards with Thunderbolt (mini DisplayPort), but this gives me hope - as it proves that nothing has changed. We just need to badger the motherboard makers on social media into doing it.

On a tangent, for those who are interested: What I want to see is a JHL6540 or the Titan Ridge equivalent built into a Mini-ITX AMD motherboard (or ideally 2x JHL6540 for 4x Thunderbolt 3 ports, exactly like the MacBook Pro 15". I swore I would never buy an Intel product again. But I was so obsessed with USB-C that I upgraded my ITX motherboard to the Z270 Fata1ity ITX/ac (note that its Thunderbolt 3 port is falsely advertised - it is the JHL6240, Low Power, half-speed, PCIe 3.0 x2), and bought a Dell XPS 9365. So, when Intel releases Thunderbolt 3 in 2018 as royalty-free (which hopefully implies open-spec and deregulated), it will come to lots of AMD systems. I also hope that AMD releases its version of a NUC - but not with APUs. What transforms the Intel NUCs from useless pieces of poo, to useful devices, is the Thunderbolt 3, allowing for external graphics. So, if they get Thunderbolt 3, and focus on the CPU over graphics (as in not wasting thermal provisioning to useless graphics), then it will be a winner, particularly if it can be powered from the Thunderbolt 3 port, allowing for the external graphics to supply the power, up to 100W.

If you want to talk about these sort of technologies, I can do it all day. I have the same username on Hardforum and XDA, so find me there.