z77 boards with no thunderbolt!

Duekay · Apr 28, 2012

Hey guys just been looking at the new boards out now with the ivy bridge cpus,
I notice in the Gigabyte line up there is no mention about thunderbolt included in the boards.
As far as I'm aware the CPUs are capability is there.

Any ideas gents

eidairaman1 · Apr 28, 2012

Is there a reason your asking this because what devices really use Thunderbolt right now? Why not check other board makers websites for their lineups too if your so worried about it.

Rest assured those who are not upgrading their boards or who have boards without thunderbolt can get a Pci Express Plug In Card.

Duekay · Apr 28, 2012

eidairaman1 said:
Is there a reason your asking this because what devices really use Thunderbolt right now? Why not check other board makers websites for their lineups too if your so worried about it.

Rest assured those who are not upgrading their boards or who have boards without thunderbolt can get a Pci Express Plug In Card.

Oh sweet didn't know they done a pcie card, I want it for faster networking atm... But then again last generation TB was giving not the most fantastic networking results. I have just found gigabit to be pretty limiting

eidairaman1 · Apr 28, 2012

what is it youre exactly doing that constitues you needing more than the RJ45 Lan/Ethernet port on the machine?

Duekay · Apr 28, 2012

eidairaman1 said:
what is it youre exactly doing that constitues you needing more than the RJ45 Lan/Ethernet port on the machine?

Multiple hd video steams is well as loading high quality audio gettng loaded/recorded regularly.
I also use cad packages like revit that have files as large as a gigabyte that copy over its self every few minutes.

As far as what I can see TB will be a quick cheap network upgrade to allow for r/w over 125MBs

eidairaman1 · Apr 28, 2012

Duekay said:
Multiple hd video steams is well as loading high quality audio gettng loaded/recorded regularly.
I also use cad packages like revit that have files as large as a gigabyte that copy over its self every few minutes.

As far as what I can see TB will be a quick cheap network upgrade to allow for r/w over 125MBs

in all honesty get a TB card when they come out

Protagonist · Apr 28, 2012

There are boards with Thunderbolt, MSI has one http://www.techpowerup.com/161912/Thunderbolt-Port-Pictured-on-MSI-Z77A-GD80.html and also Intel is supposed to release one board with thunderbolt it will be in the Extreme Series was supposed to come out April 9 with the other mobos but was delayed to some time this year, the board will be known as DZ77RE-75K so you can wait for this it will have second gen thunderbolt connector according to sources hence it was delayed if you have seen DZ77GA-70K you'll notice a missing chip and port on the board people say that it is supposed to be where the thunderbolt was to be placed http://www.techspot.com/review/521-intel-z77-motherboard-roundup/page8.html or http://www.techpowerup.com/163336/Intel-Unveils-New-Z77-Motherboards.html check the first photo carefully you will see a missing chip

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 : Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3
Cooling	Cooler Master V8 : Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR3 12GB @ 1600Mhz : Corsair DDR3 8GB @ 1600Mhz
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Power Supply	Corsair HX-620 : Corsair HX-650
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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 : Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3
Cooling	Cooler Master V8 : Stock
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Video Card(s)	GTX 560 Ti & GT 430 : Onboard
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Display(s)	Dual samsung 24" & 1 Acer 22" : Acer 22 & Samsung 46" TV
Case	Antec P182 Performance One : Antec 4U rackmount
Audio Device(s)	Mackie Onyx 400F 10x10 : Maudio Fast Track Pro
Power Supply	Corsair HX-620 : Corsair HX-650
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