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- Motherboard
- GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 7
- CPU
- i7-8700K
- Graphics
- UHD 630
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Hi,
So I'm trying to find a motherboard with built-in thunderbolt to build a CustoMac Pro. It needs to be ATX format since I already own a modified G5 case with ATX tray that I'll use for this build.
trs96 told me about the GA-Z270X Gaming 8, but it's a $400 mobo (at least in my country) and it only supports Kaby Lake processors… Performance is not my priority, but $400 seems a little bit expansive for a build that won't be upgradable at all.
I read somewhere on this forum that most recent motherboards from either Asus or Gigabyte only provided Thunderbolt Header, and require a Thunderbolt card to get it work, that may not be natively supported in macOS. Thunderbolt is my number one priority for this build, as I intend to use it with a Thunderbolt audio interface (apollo twin or focusrite clarett, which are both TH2 I guess).
So, I don't know if there's really a way to predict that, but do you guys think there's any hope to see a new model from Asus or Gigabyte that would be Z370 based (for coffee lake compatibility) and have at least one TH3 port in the near future?
Thank you for your help!
Raphaël
So I'm trying to find a motherboard with built-in thunderbolt to build a CustoMac Pro. It needs to be ATX format since I already own a modified G5 case with ATX tray that I'll use for this build.
trs96 told me about the GA-Z270X Gaming 8, but it's a $400 mobo (at least in my country) and it only supports Kaby Lake processors… Performance is not my priority, but $400 seems a little bit expansive for a build that won't be upgradable at all.
I read somewhere on this forum that most recent motherboards from either Asus or Gigabyte only provided Thunderbolt Header, and require a Thunderbolt card to get it work, that may not be natively supported in macOS. Thunderbolt is my number one priority for this build, as I intend to use it with a Thunderbolt audio interface (apollo twin or focusrite clarett, which are both TH2 I guess).
So, I don't know if there's really a way to predict that, but do you guys think there's any hope to see a new model from Asus or Gigabyte that would be Z370 based (for coffee lake compatibility) and have at least one TH3 port in the near future?
Thank you for your help!
Raphaël