If you were looking for a Thunderbolt 4 Dock for your new laptop, Razer has a new option to think about, simply called the Razer Thunderbolt 4 Dock. It is loaded with ports, and of course Chroma RGB lighting as well. Razer says it’s USB4 compliant, so it’ll be compatible with the next wave of fast peripherals and devices. It is available for pre-order by Razer for $ 329.99, which seems competitive for what it offers.
The front offers a fast UHS-II SD card slot, a 3.5mm headphone jack and a single Thunderbolt 4-port to connect directly to your computer. At the rear you will find most ports, including a loop connection for its 135W power supply, three Thunderbolt 4 ports for connecting monitors and accessories (including support for Razer’s Core X external graphics card housing), a Gigabit Ethernet port , and three USB Type-A 3.1 Gen 2 ports.
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The Thunderbolt 4 Dock can deliver 90W PD charging on laptops, and if you plan to connect external monitors to it, it can support up to two 4K monitors with a 60Hz refresh rate, or one 8K monitor at 30Hz.
This dock is also compatible with Windows 10 laptops with Thunderbolt 3 ports, as well as recent MacBook Pro and Air models with MacOS Big Sur and all of Apple’s M1-powered machines – all of which include Thunderbolt 3.
Razer’s Thunderbolt 4 dock is almost a direct (but slightly more expensive) parallel to the Kensington SD5700T dock that my colleague Monica Chin checked. It’s $ 289.99 and features the same amount of Thunderbolt 4 ports, plus one additional USB Type-A port. The Razer option is a bit slimmer, lighter and flashier with its LEDs, but only you will know if it’s worth $ 40 more.