Read more.It will be the first AMD B550 chipset board with Intel's updated Thunderbolt 4 controller.
Read more.It will be the first AMD B550 chipset board with Intel's updated Thunderbolt 4 controller.
Do people actually use TB? I thought it was a bit like FireWire in that they kept it as an exclusive Apple thing for so long that the world simply moved on.
Thunderbolt on desktop is simply a waste but what we should hear is AMD Ryzen laptop with thunderbolt.
i thought it could help with external gpu and dock stations etc. in theory you can run your hub and external screens through it too. IIRC you want 20Gbps or more for 4k.
Problem isn't so much about if people would use it or not it's more about support, thunderbolt support/implementation on windows is pretty poor.
I'd rather see better networking ports as I'm moving more towards network storage than external drives but I can see the benefit of thunderbolt for high speed transfers.
I did actually make use of firewire 400 when it was around, it was actually faster to 'network' my pc and laptop using it than the network ports lol
Blimey! To think that people made a HUGE fuss about the SP6/SP7/Sp7+ NOT having full TB.
Thunderbolt is one of things that would NOT influence my choice in a motherboard, same can be said for usb type c too.
I don't own any devices that use them so it's like why would I need it ?
Basic USB C doesn't add a huge amount to cost, and if you don't have any devices yet I'm sure you will before too long. You can plug those in with an A to C cable, but then I find myself poking around the back of the PC trying to work out which ports are 480Mbps, 5Gbps or 10Gbps.
Thunderbolt OTOH is a feature I have come to despise. Great for laptop docking when it works, but so often for me it just didn't. I stopped using a laptop at work largely because of docking problems. The old docking connectors were just so much better.
The pair of 2.5GbE ports seems a really odd choice. Couldn't they have put in a single 5GbE port for less? Or frankly at this price level 10GbE.
That is why it's on a niche "creator" motherboard and not a standard feature. Clearly this is not aimed at you. I'd guess market research showed there's enough people who want this to risk bringing a product to market. It's not for me either. And as above for USB-C. You may not need or want it now, but the odds are you'll come across at least one situation where you're glad you have it in the next few years. Given CPU upgrade cycles are seeming to get longer and longer, future proofing your motherboard in this way is very sensible.
All of the points you have raised have been made about USB, PCI-e, PCI, etc in the past. New standards start off small and inertia takes its time. But you can see the level of buy-in to USB-C already and I'm buying my USB sticks with dual compatibility now.
As said it's a creator board and many of the things present are overkill for your average person...
Old puter - still good enuff till I save some pennies!
My last two laptops have had TB3 and I used one with an eGPU. I only use it on my current laptop for the TB3 dock, but I have a few USB-C and TB3 devices. I don't mind it and I like the speed, but I'm not a huge fan of the type C connector - that could've been a better design.
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