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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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Folks have reported great speeds in the reviews like 3200MB/s Write, 3145MB/s Read (Blackmagic benchmark).
I have both. Different animals, different purposes. For pure speed to a device that has a USB 4 /thunderbolt 4 port, the OWC is faster, about 10% faster if you have something like a SN850X. Depends what you need. I doubt 10% faster you will see a difference unless you are doing lots of file transfers. And if you really need the speed, get 2 D50, 2 SN850X and run raid 0 and you will double your speed for the price of one OWC enclosure.
https://support-en.sandisk.com/ap...UyMQ%3D%3D [sandisk.com]
https://vivo-us.com/products/mount-ds01
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Bought evo plus 2tb ( 4tb is just too much right now, maybe in another year)
plugged to mac mini 512gb - created partition for 1.5TB for time machine backups
created 2nd partition for dumping random files at .5TB ( iphone backup files) - found good link on creating symbolic link to ensure backups go to this partition - https://www.techbout.co
plugged my USBC thumbdrive in front
iphone plugs into usbc in back
just works...
Connected windows PC with WD app to see if upgrade needed, so far none, shows up to date with latest firmware ( wish WD had mac app, but no big deal)
It has replaced the docking station I was previously utilizing which supported DisplayPort/ LAN and had various usb connections connected to a dual monitor setup. I was a little weary because my setup is a little funky (1 monitor is DisplayPort, the other is hdmi only) but everything is working perfectly. As someone mentioned there is only one DisplayPort connection. However I was also utilizing a cheap usb c hub(non powered) that has hdmi connection to expand ports. This coupled with the DisplayPort are currently driving both my monitors with full extended desktop support in Mac OS as well as Windows.
One thing to note I also have an M1 MacBook Air that previously worked in a dual monitor setup in extended display via my previous dock and using the display link driver. This does not appear to be working with the new dock. However I purchased the Mac Mini so I would not have to keep unplugging/replugging the MacBook. Not a huge issue but would be nice if it worked.
It has replaced the docking station I was previously utilizing which supported DisplayPort/ LAN and had various usb connections connected to a dual monitor setup. I was a little weary because my setup is a little funky (1 monitor is DisplayPort, the other is hdmi only) but everything is working perfectly. As someone mentioned there is only one DisplayPort connection. However I was also utilizing a cheap usb c hub(non powered) that has hdmi connection to expand ports. This coupled with the DisplayPort are currently driving both my monitors with full extended desktop support in Mac OS as well as Windows.
One thing to note I also have an M1 MacBook Air that previously worked in a dual monitor setup in extended display via my previous dock and using the display link driver. This does not appear to be working with the new dock. However I purchased the Mac Mini so I would not have to keep unplugging/replugging the MacBook. Not a huge issue but would be nice if it worked.
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I was like wtf is this.. felt like the 2nd screen was a bad rdp connection and constant stalling/glitching