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Thunderbolt cables are super thick. And short too. With my laptop I had a USB-C dock and then upgraded to a TB dock to get 4k video out. The USB-C cable was de
by the_pwner224 6y ago
Thunderbolt cables are super thick. And short too.
With my laptop I had a USB-C dock and then upgraded to a TB dock to get 4k video out. The USB-C cable was decently thick and about 1.5 meters. The TB cable was about 0.5 meters long and super thick. Apparently the length is based on physical constraints with transmitting data at very high rates. And obviously the more individual wires you have in the cable, the thicker it is. And you need extra layers of shielding etc.
- mciancia 6y agoFYI, you can easily buy 2m tb3 cables
- izacus 6y agoYeah, they just cost like 70$+ and are rather thick which makes them very sensitive for any kind of carrying around. Regularly breaking a 70$ cable in a bag isn't very affordable :/
- monadic2 6y agoMy last thunderbolt cable (something like 20 cm long) cost about ~$15 fwiw, had to buy one to get my e-gpu to work with my laptop. To be fair I completely didn't get the thickness was discussing the cable itself, which I TBH don't even notice.
- markn951 6y agoFYI, Thunderbolt 3 does not support full speed above 0.5m in length in passive cables, so instead of 40Gb/s you’re getting 20Gb/s and reduced capabilities.