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Any recommendations on a TB3 dock? I recently searched for one, and none of the top rated ones can support a 16" MBP power requirements. One of the manufacturer

Any recommendations on a TB3 dock? I recently searched for one, and none of the top rated ones can support a 16" MBP power requirements. One of the manufacturers even went as far as saying "How often do you really use your CPU/GPU at 100%?"[0] Dell and HP have higher powered docks, but there are many conflicting reports on if it can deliver 96W to non-dell/hp laptops. TB3/USB-C is a giant mess that is too confusing for even techies to reliably navigate. [0] - https://www.caldigit.com/using-the-16-macbook-pro-with-the-caldigit-ts3-plus/ https://www.caldigit.com/using-the-16-macbook-pro-with-the-c...

philjohn 6y ago
Looking at the link, if you peg the CPU and GPU to 100% even the charger that comes with the MBP will struggle. Another 100w option is the Targus dock - https://us.targus.com/products/usb-c-universal-quad-4k-docking-station-100-watt-power-delivery-dock570usz https://us.targus.com/products/usb-c-universal-quad-4k-docki...
Keloran 6y ago
Personally I find the razer core x chroma really good It’s a hub secondary, and an egpu primarily, but it works fine to power my Personal 2019 mbp 13 (1.7 i7, 16gb) Personal Lenovo s740 Work 2019 mbp 16 (2.8 i7, 16gb)
indemnity 6y ago
CalDigit TS3 Plus: I have a 16” MBP and two 4K monitors, keyboard and mouse attached to it. Charging works fine even though I don’t think it pumps same power as PSU out. I do a lot of Rust programming and use VMs too. Haven’t run into a situation where it runs out of juice while attached.
- cjcampbell 6y ago
  I can second this recommendation. Not cheap, but this dock has been excellent.