Thunderbolt Display & Tower (Windows)

Hi there,
I'm planning on building a Tower myself and I'd like it to be able to work with 2x Thunderbolt Displays I have.
Is it possible to make that happen?
(I'd also try to install OSx on that box, if that would work too, I'd be super happy

Not at present (I think). You would need a video card that can drive a TB display. For OSX you also need mac-compatible firmware flashed to that card which doesn't exist.
Note, just because a TB display has a plug that is physically compatible with mini-displayport it still won't work via mini-displayport. You can only plug a TB devices into a TB source.
Confusing Mini DisplayPort with Thunderbolt

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FIXED!
Well I just went to the NVIDIA website, downloaded the latest driver for the graphics card, installed it, and now Both monitors work.
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Hi,
According to your description, it seems a Thunderbolt driver issue or a device compatibility issue with Windows 10 Technical Preview, while we have little experience with Thunderbolt Display
So, in order to better help you, I would recommend post this issue in
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