Will the GIGABYTE Z170MX-Gaming 5 get Thunderbolt 3 in the future?

[lsquare]

Doesn't this motherboard have an Intel Alpine Ridge controller? If so, will Gigabyte release a software update in the future that will enable Thunderbolt 3 support?

 

[Burpo]

Doesn't appear they'll be doing that for your board..

" It would appear that Thunderbolt 3 can be enabled on compatible mobos with nothing more than a firmware update, too, as Gigabyte is doing just that for three newly-Thunderbolt-certified boards. The company's GA-Z170X-Gaming G1, GA-Z170X-Gaming GT, and GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 mobos are all getting support for Intel's wonder-port."

http://techreport.com/news/29238/more-gigabyte-z170-mobos-get-thunderbolt-3-with-a-bios-update

 

[lsquare]

Doesn't appear they'll be doing that for your board..

" It would appear that Thunderbolt 3 can be enabled on compatible mobos with nothing more than a firmware update, too, as Gigabyte is doing just that for three newly-Thunderbolt-certified boards. The company's GA-Z170X-Gaming G1, GA-Z170X-Gaming GT, and GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 mobos are all getting support for Intel's wonder-port."

http://techreport.com/news/29238/more-gigabyte-z170-mobos-get-thunderbolt-3-with-a-bios-update

I'm surprised that they're not doing that for their flagship mATX mobo!

 

[vailr]

The Asus Maximus VIII Gene is the current overall Z170 mATX flagship mobo, and is priced about $75 higher than Gigabyte's mATX version mobo.
Maybe when the Intel Alpine Ridge controller becomes more widely available to brands other than Gigabyte, we'll begin to see newer mobo options.
AFAIK, SuperMicro offers the only mATX Z170 board that includes these 3 on-board video port options: DVI, Display Port, and HDMI 1.4.
Inclusion of an Alpine Ridge controller would enable HDMI 2.0 (in addition to Thunderbolt), if any mATX board maker would get around to producing one.
So: if an Alpine Ridge controller were actually present, you'd also have an HDMI 2.0 video port listed in the mobo specifications.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

What are you folks using Thunderbolt for? I know what it can be used for, but wondering what you folks are using it for.