CORSAIR Elgato Thunderbolt 3 Pro Dock Presentation

Others/Miscelleneous by stefan @ 2019-03-27

Thanks to the huge bandwidth offered by the Thunderbolt 3 interface, the Elgato Pro Dock from CORSAIR does allow using multiple devices at once, while having it connected to your Macbook Pro or an ultrabook that supports this type of bus. Latest generation ports are offered in order to provide great transfer speeds and if our computer needs up to 85W of power, the dock can charge it as well. A great feature is the inclusion of UHS-II card readers, supporting the high-performance microSDXC offerings, for transferring 4K content to your drives for processing in no time!

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A Closer Look Contd.

The power brick looks like one used with different laptops:

 

 

 

On the back side of it, we will find that it is manufactured by LiteOn and is rated on the output as 20V, 8.5A:

 

 

 

The main product is secured in a separate enclosure and is also wrapped inside a transparent plastic bag, for additional protection during transit:

 

 

 

The build of the dock is premium, with a brushed aluminum top layer; in the top left corner we will find the Elgato logo:

 

 

 

In the front, we will get two USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type A ports (5GB/s, 1.5A), one 3.5mm combo line-out / microphone input (amplified analog stereo), a SD Card reader (supporting UHS-II standard) but also a micro SD Card reader slot (UHS-II compatible as well):

 

 

 

The back side is even more generous, with a RJ45 port (10/1000/1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet), one 3.5mm headphone output (amplified analog stereo), two USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type C ports (10GB/s, 1.5A), two Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C type) ports, one DisplayPort port but also one Power Input that will be used with the included adapter. The Thunderbolt 3 ports can be used for connecting other Thunderbolt 3 devices (40 Gb/s transfer speed), charging the ultrabook (up to 85W), supplying power to other devices (up to 15W), connecting USB 3.1 Gen 2 devices (up to 10 Gb/s speeds) but also connecting displays via DisplayPort adapter (up to 4K at 60Hz).

The included DisplaPort port allows connecting displays supporting DisplayPort 1.2 (up to 4K, 60Hz) but also HDMI via adapter (1.4b, up to 4K at 30Hz):

 

 

 

On the bottom area of the unit, we can see four circular rubber feet, but also a middle sticker with the product serial number and the MAC address of the included LAN adapter:

 

 

 

The devices can be connected to the dock with ease, thanks to the good spacing between the ports:

 

 

 

 

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