Reddit reviews Highpoint RocketStor 6661A Thunderbolt 3 to PCIe 3.0 X16 Expansion Chassis
We found 3 Reddit comments about Highpoint RocketStor 6661A Thunderbolt 3 to PCIe 3.0 X16 Expansion Chassis. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
Thunderbolt 3 40GB/s Ports/daisy chain support for up to 6 devicesDual ultra-quiet, High-efficiency cooling fansEasily install nearly any Full-height/full-length PCIe 3.0 card (storage I/O, networking, video, sound)Versatile storage & connectivity expansion; NVMe RAID drives, USB/eSATA/Mini-SAS connectivity
Thunderbolt 3 is basically direct access to 4 lanes of PCI Express, something like 40Gbps. One of the main things you can do is take a device that has a decent processor but doesn't have enough cooling ability to also have a decent graphics card (like an ultrabook or Surface) and connect an external graphics card to it while you're at home. That way you don't have to have a separate machine for gaming.
That means you can also have an external solid state drive that you can access as fast as your built in solid state drive, and even boot from if you want. But it's more general than that, since USB is pretty good about actually being universal you can have adapters and hubs that do just about anything, at the same time. This also includes high definition video (if you have the graphics power), I believe multiple 4K monitors can be daisy-chained on the same connection. Each connection carries up to 100W of power for charging. So it also takes the place of all of those various proprietary docking station connections.
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I found the TB3 version you were looking for
Yes, pretty much. You can save a little by getting a TB3 to PCIe box like the Rocketstor 6661A, which will also be smaller overall.