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popular Posted by laugodzilla • Feb 27, 2025
Feb 27, 2025 12:00 AM
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popular Posted by laugodzilla • Feb 27, 2025
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WD Black 1TB D50 Game Dock NVMe SSD, RGB with Thunderbolt 3 Connectivity, Up to 3,000 MB/s - WDBA3U0010BBK-NESN - Micro Center - $69.99
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I know but gaming usually does not need multiple (3+) monitor and this dock is labeled for gaming
and if do need more monitor, there is a TB to dual DP splitter......
more important, this dock needs to consider bandwidth for the NVME, limiting the monitor port could potentially reduce the possibility of allocating all 40Gbps to video signal while leaving little to PCIE
and if do need more monitor, there is a TB to dual DP splitter......
more important, this dock needs to consider bandwidth for the NVME, limiting the monitor port could potentially reduce the possibility of allocating all 40Gbps to video signal while leaving little to PCIE
more docks support multiple monitors than docks that support high speed external drive. I've got several docks that have tons of monitor support sitting in the closet.
This dock can used by anybody needing that speed. Like people that work with digital media. The detachable cable makes it much better than any of those dell/hp fixed cable docks.
Also people using "high end" docks should have high end computers with multiple TB4 ports. Use the other one for monitors, or hook up an egpu and hook up even more monitors without using DSC
but honestly, having 4 4k monitors is kinda pointless. Way too much neck strain.
more docks support multiple monitors than docks that support high speed external drive. I've got several docks that have tons of monitor support sitting in the closet.
This dock can used by anybody needing that speed. Like people that work with digital media. The detachable cable makes it much better than any of those dell/hp fixed cable docks.
Also people using "high end" docks should have high end computers with multiple TB4 ports. Use the other one for monitors, or hook up an egpu and hook up even more monitors without using DSC
but honestly, having 4 4k monitors is kinda pointless. Way too much neck strain.
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either high end or not has nothing to do with the total bandwidth, it is 40Gbps even you pay $1000 and feel high of it
dock with different targeting clients has different strategy of allocating bandwidth between video signal and pcie data
PS
serious gamers would use desktop with GPU which already has at least 4 ports ,why to bother with a TB dock, and a monitor on TB dock would bring in very sensible lag between the graphic and mouse/keyboard/joystick input
the people who really needs a TB dock is those who use slim laptop that has very limited port option there, and slim laptop usually does not have powerful GPU to support gaming
SO
please enjoy your high end HP G4,
BTW
I have G2 (which share almost the same port configuration as G4) from long long ago, and I really do not think a couple hundred bucks would make me so distinguished (Oh , my G2 has VGA, is it higher end?)
PS
if you really are tech savvy, please read carefully Dan S. Charlton blog ( https://dancharblog.wor
do you really think a Apple watch Hermes Edition would be high end enough and superior to a 100 year-old Rolex because apple watch has more connectivity?
dock with different targeting clients has different strategy of allocating bandwidth between video signal and pcie data
PS
serious gamers would use desktop with GPU which already has at least 4 ports ,why to bother with a TB dock, and a monitor on TB dock would bring in very sensible lag between the graphic and mouse/keyboard/joystick input
the people who really needs a TB dock is those who use slim laptop that has very limited port option there, and slim laptop usually does not have powerful GPU to support gaming
SO
please enjoy your high end HP G4,
BTW
I have G2 from long long ago, and I really do not think a couple hundred bucks would make me so distinguished
Yep pretty tech savy, so I dont need to read some dudes blog to hear his opinion, thanks though.
If you don't plug your computer into the 87w t4 port, maybe it won't cook itself immediately.
- used some high gauge (thin) stranded wire.
- unplugged the fan header
- soldered red wire (positive) to the solder pad labeled "5V LED"
- used some electrical tape to tape down the red wire to secure it since the soldering pad is very small.
- too lazy to solder a black (negative) wire, so I just wrapped it around the screw as pictured and tightened
- stuck black wire inside the black connector of the fan header (negative)
- stuck the red wire inside the brown connector of the header (positive)
- left third wire (grey) disconnected (fan speed sensor)
- secured the wires to the header with some electrical tape (I should have used some heat-shrink wrap)
It's bit of a hack job, but it works. A cleaner way would have been to use a male header to match the female header of the fan, and soldered both positive and negative, but I just used what I had lying around.
As a side note:
- Connected to Mac Mini M4
- Not using the USB-C for power delivery, which would probably have increased the temperatures
- Ambient temperature around 23c
- Dock temperature measured via Macs Fan Control
- Without fan hack, temperature would reach over 85c under load
- With fan hack, idle around 50c and reaching around 65c under load
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