![]() ![]() Yes, my docking station has 2 TB3 ports one with power for a laptop and the other just a regular TB3 port. I was hoping to find someone who is currently in my same position. U/karatekid430 oh cool! Thanks for sharing your experience. Both these solutions would cost about the same in the end but I don’t know what, if any, are the functional differences between these two solutions.Īlso, just in case it's relevant, my docking station is a Lenovo Thinkpad Thunderbolt 3 Dock Gen2, which has two Displayport 1.4 ports. ![]() I ask because I don’t know if I should get a motherboard with a Thunderbolt3 port built into the IO, or get a cheaper motherboard like the ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F Gaming (which has a Thunderbolt 3 header) and then add in a PCIE Thunderbole3 expansion card like the ASUS THUNDERBOLT 3-TR (which I have verified to be compatible with the ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F Gaming). Which of these two possible solutions is the one you stated “should work”?Ģ) Can you tell me exactly what your current setup is and give the specific model names of your motherboard/motherboard-expansion card combination? ![]() Using a different motherboard but with a PCIE Thunderbolt3 expansion card plugged in and have a TB3 chord running from my dock the the expansion card IO. Using a motherboard with Thunderbolt 3 built into the IO and have a TB3 chord running from my dock the the motherboard IO. Thank you so much u/Hullabaloo907 for your reply ! I have 2 follow-up questions:ġ) In my post, I described 2 possible solutions. Just make sure that if you want to have a AMD Zen3 CPU, you'll need a X570 or B550 board. If you've landed on this reddit thread, this support page is worth a careful read. It's a step by step manual on the official ASUS site that explains how to setup the ASUS THUNDERBOLT 3-TR and lists out ALL of the compatible motherboards. However you'll have to spend some time configuring your BIOS and GPU. If you need to use an AMD board but would rather have a ATX form factor, you can get a THUNDERBOLT 3-TR expansion card so long as you get an AMD motherboard that has a Thunderbolt 3 header. Here is a quick list of motherboards with Thunderbolt 3 ports built into the IO: If you have/are planning to use a new Zen 3 AMD CPU and thus need a AMD motherboard, the only one with a built in Thunderbolt3 port in the IO is the ASRock X570 ITX motherboard. TLDR: If you have/are planning to get a intel CPU/motherboard, make sure you get one with Thunderbolt3 ports built into the IO. I would still have to unplug my laptop from the dock and then plug my PC into the dock (since my dock only has one thunderbolt 3 input) but that only takes a second and is much easier than having to do everything. If I use a motherboard like the ASRock X570 Creator (which has thunderbolt 3 ports in the IO) would I be able to plug my PC into my docking station with a thunderbolt 3 chord going from the motherboard IO thunderbolt port to the thunderbolt port on my docking station? Would this be the only way I could do this or is there an easier solution? Or what if I got a different motherboard that I could then add a thunderbolt PCIE expansion card to? I want to build a gaming PC however I don’t want to unplug my monitors and peripherals out of my dock and into my PC every time I want to game, and then do it all again but in reverse to get my workstation ready for work the next morning. I work from home and I have both my monitors and all my peripherals going into a docking station that I can plug my work laptop into via a Thunderbolt3 port. ![]()
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