Thunderbolt with Gigabyte non thunderbolt motherboard? Ga-z87x-ud5h Please Help!

[digitalife]

Hey guys, I've searched everywhere for this answer and I can't seem to find anything on it. I have a Gigabyte Ga-z87x-ud5h motherboard which doesn't include a ThunderBolt port and I'm trying to add a TB PCIe card possibly? My main goal is to run an audio interface via TB (U.A Apollo Twin which only runs thunderbolt). I am running 10.8.5 Mt Lion OSX. Are there any PCIe cards that will work for this on this Mobo? Thanks in advance. Guess I should've went with the TH model, seeing it includes TB.:

 

[cdrhoek]

Thunderbolt PCIE cards require a Thunderbolt connector/header in addition to the PCIE slot. If your motherboard does not have a Thunderbolt add in card connector, a Thunderbolt card will not work.

 

[nobodynose]

Gigabyte's add-in Thunderbolt card is only supported on certain models of its X99 motherboards (the ones that have the TB header). http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5210#ov

 

[mashipx]

Hey guys, I've searched everywhere for this answer and I can't seem to find anything on it. I have a Gigabyte Ga-z87x-ud5h motherboard which doesn't include a ThunderBolt port and I'm trying to add a TB PCIe card possibly? My main goal is to run an audio interface via TB (U.A Apollo Twin which only runs thunderbolt). I am running 10.8.5 Mt Lion OSX. Are there any PCIe cards that will work for this on this Mobo? Thanks in advance. Guess I should've went with the TH model, seeing it includes TB.:

hi, as far as im aware, only Mobos with a thunderbolt header on the board will work with TB expansion cards