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Jun 11, 2024 2:29 PM

2TB Western Digital D50 Game Dock NVMe SSD (WDBA3U0020BBK-NESN) $200 + Free Shipping

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Western Digital Technologies, Inc via Walmart [walmart.com] has 2TB Western Digital D50 Game Dock NVMe SSD (WDBA3U0020BBK-NESN) on sale for $199.99. Shipping is Free.
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Western Digital Technologies, Inc via Walmart [walmart.com] has 2TB Western Digital D50 Game Dock NVMe SSD (WDBA3U0020BBK-NESN) on sale for $199.99. Shipping is Free.

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Jun 11, 2024 4:00 PM
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CyanWriter8569Jun 11, 2024 4:00 PM
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Why tho?
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Jun 11, 2024 4:05 PM
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bmike428Jun 11, 2024 4:05 PM
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Quote from CyanWriter8569 View quoted comment :
Why tho?
Because RGB tho…….
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Jun 11, 2024 4:07 PM
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SDSummerDayJun 11, 2024 4:07 PM
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didn't know this even existed. for a moment i thought this is a external GPU hub with a optional SSD slot like GPD G1
and i cannot see why anyone would use it. that's like tie together your network card, key board, mouse and monitor to a storage?
Last edited by seanleeforever June 11, 2024 at 09:11 AM.
Jun 11, 2024 4:09 PM
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arbitragerJun 11, 2024 4:09 PM
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Quote from bmike428 View quoted comment :
Because RGB tho…….
RGB adds 20% FPS to all games…. That's why so many gamers have RGB on everything.
Jun 11, 2024 4:10 PM
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iamverycrazyJun 11, 2024 4:10 PM
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How is the heat dissipation on this thing?
Any heating issue?
Is the NVME upgradeable to 4TB?
Last edited by iamverycrazy June 11, 2024 at 09:20 AM.
Jun 11, 2024 4:12 PM
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m3n00bJun 11, 2024 4:12 PM
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This could be useful. It's like my dell dock I have for my work laptop with additional 2TB of high speed storage.
Jun 11, 2024 5:40 PM
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jimmothy86Jun 11, 2024 5:40 PM
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So basically only a good deal for handheld gaming consoles and gaming laptops as its 2tb of ssd storage plus a mediocre docking station.

Great for hooking a steamdeck/ally/claw/etc up to a tv and adding some game storage, basically pointless for most people though
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Jun 11, 2024 6:39 PM
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SanDiegoSonJun 11, 2024 6:39 PM
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Quote from arbitrager View quoted comment :
RGB adds 20% FPS to all games…. That's why so many gamers have RGB on everything.
Fact. Preaching the gospel over here.
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Jun 11, 2024 6:47 PM
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jrhuangJun 11, 2024 6:47 PM
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Quote from jimmothy86 View quoted comment :
So basically only a good deal for handheld gaming consoles and gaming laptops as its 2tb of ssd storage plus a mediocre docking station.

Great for hooking a steamdeck/ally/claw/etc up to a tv and adding some game storage, basically pointless for most people though
Can you please educate me? Isn't this a pretty good price for a powered Thunderbolt 3 dock by itself (selling for $80 on Walmart w/o any SSD)? Granted everyone's needs are different regarding the number of ports they need, but wouldn't this be a decent laptop dock for an average user? Throw in the decently priced integrated SSD (+ less clutter, - trouble if it goes bad) and it appears like a decent solution.
Jun 11, 2024 6:49 PM
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sshlykJun 11, 2024 6:49 PM
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feels like you are better off with a monitor that support thunderbolt and connects directly to PC/steamdeck. Less clutter and wires.
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Jun 11, 2024 7:00 PM
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wiiwokJun 11, 2024 7:00 PM
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The dock with no NVME is $79 and the 1tb is $129 and all three are back in stock.

One interesting use case for this is the ability to use a M.2 (PCIe) to full size PCIe for GPU, 10Gbe, external SAS controller, video capture card, etc.

https://egpu.io/forums/thunderbol...post-98393

Another nice feature is that this has upstream & downstream TB3 ports so you can daisy chain, with the caveat that the downstream port is 1/2 the bandwidth but still much faster than USB3.2.

The drive included in the 1tb and 2tb are Western Digital SN730 (OEM SN750). They are not the fastest drives and they do run on the hot side.

The 1tb is probably the best value if you consider the dock itself is $79... that puts the 1tb drive at $50. If you bump up to the 2tb the additional cost of the drive is $120, or $60/tb which isn't great for this particular drive.

This is sold and fulfilled by Western Digital and they're using UPS shipping. I ordered a pair of empty D50 on the 6th... they didn't physically get handed over to UPS until yesterday and UPS ground has an ETA of June 14th. Pretty terrible fulfillment/shipping speed IMHO, so keep that in mind.

Thunderbolt 3 has been terribly overpriced from inception but for the right use case it is very useful. $80 for the empty dock is much cheaper than any alternative and the 2tb version was $679 at launch, to put the price drop over time into perspective.
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Jun 11, 2024 11:56 PM
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SDSummerDayJun 11, 2024 11:56 PM
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Quote from wiiwok View quoted comment :
The dock with no NVME is $79 and the 1tb is $129 and all three are back in stock.

One interesting use case for this is the ability to use a M.2 (PCIe) to full size PCIe for GPU, 10Gbe, external SAS controller, video capture card, etc.

https://egpu.io/forums/thunderbol...post-98393

Another nice feature is that this has upstream & downstream TB3 ports so you can daisy chain, with the caveat that the downstream port is 1/2 the bandwidth but still much faster than USB3.2.

The drive included in the 1tb and 2tb are Western Digital SN730 (OEM SN750). They are not the fastest drives and they do run on the hot side.

The 1tb is probably the best value if you consider the dock itself is $79... that puts the 1tb drive at $50. If you bump up to the 2tb the additional cost of the drive is $120, or $60/tb which isn't great for this particular drive.

This is sold and fulfilled by Western Digital and they're using UPS shipping. I ordered a pair of empty D50 on the 6th... they didn't physically get handed over to UPS until yesterday and UPS ground has an ETA of June 14th. Pretty terrible fulfillment/shipping speed IMHO, so keep that in mind.

Thunderbolt 3 has been terribly overpriced from inception but for the right use case it is very useful. $80 for the empty dock is much cheaper than any alternative and the 2tb version was $679 at launch, to put the price drop over time into perspective.
TB3 is quite inadequate for egpu, you need TB4, or better yet, oculink. The one purposely made for oculink can be had for about hundred dollars, and that's also come with the power supply bracket for your graphic card. What are you going to do with this? We're going to do the cable management for your external power supply?
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Jun 12, 2024 12:09 AM
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Byron33Jun 12, 2024 12:09 AM
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Quote from seanleeforever View quoted comment :
TB3 is quite inadequate for egpu, you need TB4, or better yet, oculink. The one purposely made for oculink can be had for about hundred dollars, and that's also come with the power supply bracket for your graphic card. What are you going to do with this? We're going to do the cable management for your external power supply?
Aren't the speed of TB3 and TB4 the same?
Jun 12, 2024 12:46 AM
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SDSummerDayJun 12, 2024 12:46 AM
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Quote from Byron33 View quoted comment :
Aren't the speed of TB3 and TB4 the same?
Yes and no, the total max bandwidth is the same at 40G, but. But with thunderbolt 3, uplink and downlink speed are the same, which means you max out about 20G one way, but tb4 allows you to allocate more bandwidth to one direction, in actuality, you got 32G vs 20, a significant difference. since oculink does even better job, it just it just rendered all thunderbolt external graphic card solutions obsolete, and it's much cheaper too
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Jun 12, 2024 11:33 AM
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WoofWJun 12, 2024 11:33 AM
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Quote from iamverycrazy View quoted comment :
How is the heat dissipation on this thing?
Any heating issue?
Is the NVME upgradeable to 4TB?
There is a 0tb version that's cheaper if you want to upgrade it. That's the one I bought.

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