TB5 accessories: Cable with two meters, dock in Mac mini design
More peripherals for the fast cable: OWC and Satechi have fresh Thunderbolt 5 accessories on offer.
Thunderbolt 5 cable from OWC, Satechi TB5 Cubedock: Fast, faster, TB5?
(Image: OWC / Satechi)
Satechi and Other World Computing (OWC) have fresh Thunderbolt 5 accessories on offer, suitable for MacBook Pro (from M4 Pro), Mac mini (from M4 Pro), and Mac Studio (M4 Max / M3 Ultra). OWC is providing a new, particularly long cable, and Satechi a dock with a special look.
OWC: Price like Apple – with double the length
The cable, simply called Thunderbolt 5 (USB-C) Cable by OWC, is now also available in a length of two meters – following variants with 30 cm, 80 cm, and one meter. The cable contains the necessary active amplification to transmit both power (maximum 240 watts) and data (up to 120 Gb/s for TB5 in one direction, 80 Gb/s bidirectional).
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The cable is only available in black, with a price of just under 80 US dollars (excluding sales tax). Delivery will begin in one month in the United States; when Europe will receive it is currently as unclear as the euro price. However, OWC usually doesn't take long with internationalization. For comparison, Apple offers its own TB5 cable (“Pro Cable”) only up to one meter long – for 80 euros.
Satechi: NVMe SSD, various ports
The Thunderbolt 5 CubeDock looks like a Mac mini from a distance, imitating its form factor. The device will go on sale at the end of March for 400 US dollars (excluding sales tax, euro price: unknown) and combines various ports on the front and back with a slot for an NVMe M.2 SSD (2230/2242/2260/2280) on the underside. This allows up to 8 TB to be connected externally, with a theoretical throughput of up to 6000 MB per second.
Other features include three TB5 downstream ports for various display configurations, additional USB-C and USB-A power and data ports, SD/microSD readers, 2.5G Ethernet, and 3.5 mm audio (input/output). Currently, three displays under macOS are not (yet) possible – whether Apple will change this remains unclear. A power adapter (180 watts) is unfortunately necessary – as is usual with such docks. This allows charging with up to 140 watts, for example, a MacBook Pro.
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