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Thunderbolt 3 support

Hi APC. I’ve been working from home for about a year. My work laptop is connected to a dual-monitor 180W docking station via Thunderbolt. The dock and all peripherals are mine, but the laptop belongs to the company. I want to use the setup off-hours by unplugging the Thunderbolt from the laptop and into a yet-to-be-built PC rig. How would I do that? I don’t need the extra power from the Thunderbolt. Do I just need to make sure the motherboard I pick has USB-C? JOHN OTTO

APC responds: While Thunderbolt 3 is backward compatible with USB-C, USB-C isn’t compatible in return. That means you need to source a motherboard with Thunderbolt 3 support, which typically means one of two things. First, some higher-end boards come with TB ports on the board – one example is Asrock’s X570 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB3 Mini ITX TB3.

Others provide support for TB3 via an internal header that can be paired with a