1 00:00:00,719 --> 00:00:09,679 It's a Thunderbolt dock, Lionus. Who the flip cares? This guy. This is not a 2 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:13,679 Thunderbolt dock. This is the 3 00:00:09,679 --> 00:00:16,800 Thunderbolt dock. The TS5 Plus+ from Cal 4 00:00:13,679 --> 00:00:20,480 Digit. It not only supports Thunderbolt 5 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:24,640 5, which yes, my friends, means up to 6 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:26,359 120 GB per second in boost mode, but it 7 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:31,840 supports 250 watts of power output. 8 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:39,600 140 of which can go to charging your laptop and the other about 105ish can go 9 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:44,239 to powering your other devices without taking away from the power that it's 10 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:49,800 providing for your laptop. And in order to do 11 00:00:45,399 --> 00:00:53,879 that, they needed the Mac Daddy of Power 12 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:58,640 Bricks. Look at this freaking thing. 13 00:00:53,879 --> 00:01:00,800 330 watts, my friends. Wow. Oh, yeah. 14 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:05,439 cuz I guess it needs even more power to power like all the other stuff in 15 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:11,040 addition to the charging. That's freaking wild. And boy is there ever a 16 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:15,840 lot of stuff. Okay, hold on a second. Let's get the unboxing part complete. 17 00:01:13,119 --> 00:01:22,640 Oo, comes with a nice little braided Thunderbolt cable. Rated for up to 240 18 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:26,080 watts. Thunderbolt 5. Love seeing that 19 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:29,119 nice clear labeling. Also feels quality. 20 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:33,320 All right, what else we got in here? 21 00:01:29,119 --> 00:01:36,680 Okay. C13 power cable. Not that 22 00:01:33,320 --> 00:01:39,479 exciting. Oh, but that's what we're here 23 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:45,840 for. Oh my god. Look. Okay, look. I know my hands 24 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:49,680 are not exactly, you know, the best to get the idea of the scale of an object. 25 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:53,520 But this is not the size of a Thunderbolt dock. This is the size of a 26 00:01:51,439 --> 00:01:58,840 whole flipping computer. Look at this thing. What kind of things will you be 27 00:01:55,520 --> 00:02:00,840 plugging in? I am so glad you 28 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:06,799 asked. All of them. Let's start at the front. Micro SD 29 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:13,040 SD UHS2. So, you're going to get the fastest read and write speeds. We've got 30 00:02:09,039 --> 00:02:15,840 a couple of USBC ports. This one does 36 31 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:20,000 watts of charging. A USBA as well as a headphone microphone combo jack. This 32 00:02:18,319 --> 00:02:24,080 little indicator right here turns on when you have a link with your PC or 33 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:27,440 Mac. Uh, my understanding is a lot of the folks buying these are more Mac 34 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:32,000 people. But hey, you can have bad taste in computers, but still have good taste 35 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:36,000 in docks. Hey, hey, hey, I'm just teasing. I'm just I'm just messing. I'm 36 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:43,760 just messing. Back here at the back, we've got our power in 24vt, 13 amps, 10 37 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:46,599 gig networking. That is freaking 38 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:52,720 awesome. Yes, this is a $500 Thunderbolt dock. It's expensive, 39 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:57,920 but the functionality here is outstanding. It includes a 10 gig LAN 40 00:02:54,720 --> 00:03:00,000 port. Awesome. We've got four more USBA 41 00:02:57,920 --> 00:03:04,800 ports, two of which will be fully operational to charge devices even when 42 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:10,159 you do not have your computer docked to your dock. We've got our uplink that 43 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:14,159 will do up to 140 watts of charging back to your computer. We'll try that out in 44 00:03:11,599 --> 00:03:20,159 a second. As well as two more 36 watt USBC's and three more USBC data ports. 45 00:03:18,239 --> 00:03:26,800 Now, one of the coolest things about the USB implementation on this dock is that 46 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:29,440 it actually has a second USB controller. 47 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:34,560 So, instead of just using your Thunderbolt uplink to split to all of 48 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:42,159 the various ports on the dock, it actually uses Thunderbolt to PCIe to a 49 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:47,680 USB controller chip that powers some of the other ports. That's how they're able 50 00:03:44,159 --> 00:03:50,480 to have so many high-speed ports. really 51 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:54,400 cool implementation. Expensive, but cool. We've also got a line in, I 52 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:59,680 believe it is, as well as a headphone jack. So, dedicated headphone jack, 53 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:01,599 non-combo jack, and DisplayPort 2.1. 54 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:05,280 This is really nice to see as well because it allows you to connect the 55 00:04:03,519 --> 00:04:11,360 fastest modern displays. I'm talking up to your 500 Hz displays or even 8K 60. 56 00:04:08,879 --> 00:04:15,920 And the best part is that's just one of the supported displays. You can also 57 00:04:13,599 --> 00:04:20,120 connect Thunderbolt displays at up to that same resolution. In fact, Cal Digit 58 00:04:18,239 --> 00:04:26,080 has a nice little matrix here that shows exactly how the man, what is it? 59 00:04:23,639 --> 00:04:29,600 TS5++ or is it just plus and the little plus is extra? I don't know. That 60 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:34,560 doesn't matter. The point is you can connect a flip ton of displays to this 61 00:04:31,479 --> 00:04:36,880 thing depending on exactly which 62 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:39,840 computer you're using. All right, enough of the theoretical stuff. There's a 63 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:43,800 Kensington lock. Let's go ahead and connect it to something, shall we? 64 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:50,560 Man, hear that 65 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:54,400 quality. These guys don't [ __ ] around, just like I don't [ __ ] around with our 66 00:04:52,639 --> 00:04:58,479 sponsor. Thanks to Flexis Spot for sponsoring this video. Their E7 Plus 67 00:04:56,400 --> 00:05:02,479 sit-tostand desk is an ultra durable, high performance option without the 68 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:07,039 premium price tag. It features four three-stage legs that keep things 69 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:11,840 stable, supporting up to 540 lbs while static and being able to reach close to 70 00:05:09,199 --> 00:05:15,840 52 in in height, which Flexispot claims is the highest on the market. It also 71 00:05:13,919 --> 00:05:19,759 comes with a 15-year warranty and a 30-day risk-free option for returns. 72 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:24,240 Check out the description box to learn more about where to pick one up and how 73 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:28,560 to redeem a 10% off discount on orders over $500. Ah, so thoughtful. You can 74 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:34,000 tell these guys have been doing it a long time. So, I didn't even think about this, but of course, the uplink is the 75 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:37,039 lowest one because that's the one you're most likely to be fussing around with 76 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:45,600 all the time. So, it's the one that you're most likely to knock it over with. This Raider from MSI is the 77 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:51,960 absolute unit of a laptop that we had to use to find anything with flipping 78 00:05:47,919 --> 00:05:53,800 Thunderbolt 5 on it. Show me that 10 79 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:59,120 gig. Woo! That's right, my friends. is the 80 00:05:56,240 --> 00:06:02,880 LAN port on this baby is 10 times the speed of gigabit. That's what they say 81 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:06,880 on the box. Of course, you're only going to be able to benefit from that as much 82 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:10,319 as you actually, you know, are connected to anything that can support those 83 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:14,240 speeds. Most internet connections are not going to be that fast, but 10 gig 84 00:06:12,319 --> 00:06:18,880 can be a godsend when you're transferring large files over the local 85 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:24,080 network or editing off of a network attached storage device like you might 86 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:26,880 be doing on your MacBook or other Mac 87 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:31,919 that is a, you know, a desktop computer but yet doesn't have a ton of I/IO. This 88 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:35,600 right here, that's your IO box and you can afford it because you bought a Mac. 89 00:06:33,919 --> 00:06:39,840 So, I just assume you just have money to burn. No, no, no. I'm just teasing. I'm 90 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:45,680 just teasing. I'm just teasing. What do I use my TS4 for? Oh, my TS4 uses an 91 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:51,360 optical Thunderbolt cable to run down to my mechanical room and it allows me to 92 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:56,560 run all of my peripherals, my monitor, everything over that one Thunderbolt 93 00:06:53,840 --> 00:07:01,599 link without having to have the noise and the heat of the computer actually in 94 00:06:59,199 --> 00:07:06,400 the room with me at the same time. Now, I'm not aware of any uh desktop 95 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:10,960 motherboards that currently support Thunderbolt 5, so I would have no reason 96 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:16,479 to upgrade to Thunderbolt 5 at the moment. But if I were to do that in the 97 00:07:13,759 --> 00:07:21,280 future, hey, I could have even higher speed peripherals and more importantly, 98 00:07:19,199 --> 00:07:24,960 multi- highresolution monitors running off of this dock. So, I think that's the 99 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:31,120 coolest thing about it. What do you think? Can we get Counterstrike downloaded in reasonable time? Dang, I 100 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:35,599 think so. Yep. Two minutes. Let's go. It's going to take me that long to go 101 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:37,680 get my mouse. We are using all the CPU. 102 00:07:35,599 --> 00:07:43,120 All of it. Oh, how's our charging situation, though? This giant freaking 103 00:07:40,479 --> 00:07:45,880 laptop. Okay, that has a power brick that you could literally make a house 104 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:50,880 out of. Like, look at this thing. Okay, 105 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:58,319 yeah, we're not gaming yet. We don't actually have the GPU fired up yet, but 106 00:07:53,879 --> 00:08:00,240 like dude is running at 100% CPU and is 107 00:07:58,319 --> 00:08:05,039 not even complaining about not having a powerful enough brick 108 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:07,120 attached. That is flipping awesome. 109 00:08:05,039 --> 00:08:13,599 Whoa, what happened? I might have done something while I was like bashing the 110 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:15,120 table. It stopped downloading fast. Uh, 111 00:08:13,599 --> 00:08:19,280 dude, I'm going to play Counterstrike while I download Cyberpunk. 112 00:08:17,759 --> 00:08:23,280 Yeah, dude. I don't know what it is, but I can't even get kills in like casual 113 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:26,400 Counter Strike matches anymore. Okay, she's struggling a little bit with the 114 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:31,039 game download going in the background. Dude, I want to see when we're actually 115 00:08:28,919 --> 00:08:37,839 gaming how much power we're going to lose because if we're using more than 116 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:41,959 140 watts, obviously the battery is going to drain a little. The question is 117 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:48,000 just how fast, right? All right, let's 118 00:08:44,519 --> 00:08:50,240 go. That's Thunderbolt 5 speed, baby. 119 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:57,600 I'm not a power user enough for you. Boom. Three kills. Let's go. No. Bot 120 00:08:54,040 --> 00:09:00,000 conl. How could you? Look. No. The power 121 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:04,399 is a huge huge part of this thing though. Like the fact that I can do this 122 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:12,320 at all and my laptop's not just like losing its mind right now. Like I'm at 123 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:14,440 99% here. Ah. Go away. No. Stop. Please. 124 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:21,040 How much battery did we lose, though? Like none. We're at 99%. That's 125 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:29,640 wild. Off a USBC port. Is no one else 126 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:32,000 caring about this? That's on a USBC 127 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:40,240 port. I don't even I'm not even using this thing. Listen to how heavy it 128 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:43,040 is. I mean, h I guess we could be 129 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:47,600 excited about having a fast SD card port or whatever. Here, we'll copy some 130 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:52,080 footage. over 200 megabytes a second. There you happy? And I can game at the 131 00:09:49,839 --> 00:09:55,720 same time. That's right. It can power that card. It could power I could charge 132 00:09:54,959 --> 00:10:00,360 my phone. That's the cool thing is the 133 00:09:58,399 --> 00:10:06,240 power budget is not shared. So now I could be charging my 134 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:08,320 phone and boom, I still have my whole 135 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:12,480 140 watts for this thing. That's flipping awesome. No, I don't want to 136 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:18,240 compare it to the TS5. TS5 it's old news. This is new news. You can't be 137 00:10:15,279 --> 00:10:22,720 news if you're old. Wisdom. We finished copying your file there. You happy? 138 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:29,160 While I launch Cyberpunk, I will look at the TS5. This has 2 and 1/2 139 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:33,560 gig less A 140 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:35,600 ports, 20 watt. 20 W. What if I need 36 141 00:10:33,560 --> 00:10:40,079 watts? Come on. You don't want this anymore. This is the regular TS5. It 142 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:44,800 doesn't even have a DisplayPort. Okay, that's actually a downer. Not having a 143 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:49,519 DisplayPort port is not that cool because you can get adapters like seated 144 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:53,360 to whatever adapters, but why would you want to use an adapter? You just spent 145 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:58,240 hundreds of dollars on a dog. The whole point was that it's the one adapter. No, 146 00:10:56,160 --> 00:11:02,720 this is the one adapter. All right, let's see if we can get this thing to 147 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:06,040 drain. All right, why is this running so 148 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:10,079 ass? Dude, I think the power profile is 149 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:13,839 lower. Oh man, I was so excited. I was 150 00:11:10,079 --> 00:11:16,399 so excited. I'm still excited, okay, 151 00:11:13,839 --> 00:11:21,040 because 140 watts is still a flipping lot, but I will be less excited if I 152 00:11:18,959 --> 00:11:25,120 find out that it's on the laptop side where they'll just kind of limit how 153 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:29,279 much power they'll allow it to draw if you're not actually using the main plug. 154 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:35,839 And it looks like they do. So, this is maxing out at like 40 watts. So, we're 155 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:40,440 using it, but we're not really using it. I have seen machines where they will 156 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:46,839 allow you to draw as much as you want and it'll just use the battery to 157 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:50,320 augment it, but this is not one of them 158 00:11:46,839 --> 00:11:52,880 unfortunately. Okay, so 140 watts is not 159 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:57,440 enough to run a full fat gaming laptop, but if you had a lighter machine that 160 00:11:55,120 --> 00:12:02,079 doesn't have an RTX 50 flipping 80 mobile in it or whatever, then you would 161 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:07,040 be able to do it. Now, I said earlier that this is really expensive. That's 162 00:12:04,079 --> 00:12:12,880 because it is. It's like 500 bucks for the plus and then I think it's like 370 163 00:12:10,079 --> 00:12:16,959 for the non plus. But hey, you'll have a Thunderbolt 5 dock. And can your friends 164 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:22,560 say they have a Thunderbolt 5 dock? I didn't think so. 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