Motherboard Recommendation for Thunderbolt display for Imac mid 2011
Im looking some help to build my new Desktop PC with thunderbolt display output. Goal is to get display on IMAC, I have IMAC 27 inch with thunderbolt port i want to use one display for both IMAC i don't have enough space to put two displays. I did some research i found MSI MothersBoards, Gigabyte MB & Asus MB. Please help me to find right board which can give me output to IMAC on thunderbolt port. i don't want to play games or anything. I need normal display.
please suggest me hardware what should i buy to get achieve my goal.
Haswell systemboard with dual Thunderbolt ports: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4593#ov
$225: http://www.ebay.com/itm/GIGABYTE-GA-Z87X-UD5-TH-LGA-1150-Intel-Z87-HDMI-SATA-6Gb-s-USB-3-0-ATX-Intel-Mot-/291145581089?pt=Motherboards&hash=item43c9a10221#ht_5155wt_1182
This gigabyte looks good to me so, for thunderbolt output for IMAC. Do i need any graphics card in order to take output for apple IMAC ? or it will work out of the box ?
i7-870
LGA1156
Desktop Intel Core 7 Processor
8 Way Multitask Processing
- 4 Core / 8 Threads
- Intel Hyper Threading Technology
- integrated Memory Controller
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-4430+%40+3.00GHz&id=1924
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7+870+%40+2.93GHz&id=832
one last question what is the cheapest option I was think i'll spend money good motherboard but now I have to buy processor also what is the lowest processor ? i3 I can go and i'll get my desktop display on my iMAC
now I can plan my new desktop for my imac ... heheheh
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