If you are looking for a Thunderbolt 4 dock for your new laptop, Razer has a new option for you to consider, simply called the Razer Thunderbolt 4 Dock. It is loaded with ports and, of course, Chroma RGB lighting as well. Razer says it is compatible with USB4, so it will be compatible with the next wave of peripherals and fast devices. It is available for pre-order at Razer for $ 329.99, which looks competitive for what it offers.
Taking a trip through this discreet, matte black aluminum dock, its front hosts a fast UHS-II SD card slot, a 3.5 mm headphone jack and a single Thunderbolt 4 port to connect directly to your computer. At the rear is where you’ll find most ports, including a barrel connector for your 135 W power supply, three Thunderbolt 4 ports for connecting monitors and accessories (including support for Razer’s Core X external graphics card enclosure), one Gigabit Ethernet port and three USB Type-A 3.1 Gen 2 ports.
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The Thunderbolt 4 Dock can provide 90W PD charging for laptops, and if you plan to connect external monitors to it, it can support up to two 4K screens with a 60Hz refresh rate or an 8K to 30Hz monitor.
This dock is also compatible with Windows 10 laptops with Thunderbolt 3 ports, as well as recent models of MacBook Pro and Air running macOS Big Sur and all Apple M1 machines – all with Thunderbolt 3.
The Razer Thunderbolt 4 dock is almost a direct parallel (but a little more expensive) to the Kensington SD5700T dock that my colleague Monica Chin verified. It costs $ 289.99 and has the same number of Thunderbolt 4 ports, plus an extra Type-A USB port. The Razer option is a little thinner, lighter and more flashy with its LEDs, but only you will know if it is worth $ 40 more.