Cheapest thunderbolt 2 mobo?

Mercutio · 8 Apr 2014 at 07:43

So, with the announcement of 10gb ethernet via thunderbolt 2 to thunderbolt 2 port (covered here) what's the cheapest mainboard with a thunderbolt 2 port?

This neatly covers a setup I've been trying to achieve for a while.

wazza300 · 8 Apr 2014 at 11:40

my gigabyte z77x up4 th has thunderbolt ports,any good?

thel33ter · 9 Apr 2014 at 20:12

Thunderbolt 1 or 2?

wazza300 · 9 Apr 2014 at 20:19

thunderbolt 1 I think,it doesn't have internet option just monitors and hdd's

Mercutio · 26 Apr 2014 at 03:09

Old post but no real reply. Anyone know what I should be looking for? Does need to be thunderbolt 2 it seems.

Seems the Asus Z87 Gryphon at £110ish might be about the cheapest, it's still a good bit more than I was hoping for (something around £80/90 would be nice).

jh30uk · 26 Apr 2014 at 03:20

Is Thunderbolt 2 not only Macs for now?

I do not think it took off as well as intended, USB 3.1 is almost here.

Defiant306 · 28 Apr 2014 at 14:23

Z97 boards have TB2 on them

ocmanus · 28 Apr 2014 at 14:35

Defiant306 said:
Z97 boards have TB2 on them

Yep and when I was looking for TB1 support on motherboards - they were expensive. £80-90 brand new is not going to happen.

deFiniLoGy · 28 Apr 2014 at 14:41

ocmanus said:
Yep and when I was looking for TB1 support on motherboards - they were expensive. £80-90 brand new is not going to happen.

I think only very high end mobos have TB support on them..

Like Z77, I only see them on M5E, and I dont think they support TB on M5F already.

altrewin · 28 Apr 2014 at 19:13

Z87-A + ThunderboltEX II?

Adrianr · 29 Apr 2014 at 09:33

Defiant306 said:
Z97 boards have TB2 on them

I've seen Gigabytes Thunderbolt 2.0 motherboard but that's just the Z97 version of their current Z87 one, which is still one of the most expensive motherboards they make and a nightmare to get hold of in this country it seems. Are there many others? Or even just some with a Thunderbolt header on the motherboard?

deFiniLoGy · 29 Apr 2014 at 09:52

Adrianr said:
I've seen Gigabytes Thunderbolt 2.0 motherboard but that's just the Z97 version of their current Z87 one, which is still one of the most expensive motherboards they make and a nightmare to get hold of in this country it seems. Are there many others? Or even just some with a Thunderbolt header on the motherboard?

M6E?

I know M5E have TB1

Adrianr · 29 Apr 2014 at 11:32

deFiniLoGy said:
M6E?

I know M5E have TB1

GA-Z87X-UD7 TH. There is also a UD5 TH version with Thunderbolt 1, but again, very difficult to get in this country.

Defiant306 · 29 Apr 2014 at 13:51

I'm sure that Asus are to release a TB2 board for just over a ton. I wouldn't consider that to be that expensive for TB inc.