expired Posted by turns2stone • Dec 25, 2024
Dec 25, 2024 6:14 AM
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expired Posted by turns2stone • Dec 25, 2024
Dec 25, 2024 6:14 AM
Select Stores: Western Digital WD Black D50 RGB Game Dock (Thunderbolt 3)
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We also have to thank Intel for HDCP whose sole purpose was to prevent some niche pirating that was not a huge problem. A shitty evil
Corp all around.
Thunderbolt 3 docks inherently have 40Gbps of combined throughput for the ports, whereas those USB-C dock have 10Gbps of bandwidth shared among all of the peripherals, including display. If you're really pushing the limits with simultaneous heavy use of a 4K display, 1Gbps LAN and and attached USB device, you're going to run out of bandwidth.
Even more importantly, those hubs either don't come with a charger, and/or don't support pass-through charging. A Thunderbolt dock does both. And the Kensington supports 60w vs. 87w on this Western Digital.
In summary, you're not comparing apples-to-apples for those (cheaper) USB-C docks. If you're using this D50 dock with a MacBook (or even Mac mini), you'll get two independent video outputs.
I realize you're probably on Windows, but if you bought any of those for use with a Mac, that 'dual HDMI' would literally get you two identical monitor outputs, mirrored to each other.
EDIT - clarifying extended monitor support/mirroring.
EDIT #2 - the other nice thing about the D50 (compared to the cheaper docks linked) is the ability to add/change to a longer cable to your laptop/PC. Most of the hubs have permanently-attached cables, and they're typically short to reduce the chance of signal degradation.
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Can the admins please let us filter out deals that are not suited to our area? Thanks.
Reads like you're trying to make a point for a product that doesn't exist. There is no TB4 dock (to my knowledge) with an option to add a SSD. So it doesn't matter if that mythical TB4 dock has the SSD connected to a PCIe x 1 lane, or there's a USB controller/hub in between it and the PCIe x 1 lane.
Metal spudger coming Friday
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This is the heat sink I used but it is no longer in stock.
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https://support-en.sandisk.com/ap...UyMQ%3D%3D
Folks have reported great speeds in the reviews like 3200MB/s Write, 3145MB/s Read (Blackmagic benchmark).