The Ultimate Docking Solution? Acasis TBU405 Plus Thunderbolt Hub Review!

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In this video, we dive into the Acasis TBU405 Plus Thunderbolt SSD Enclosure Docking Station, testing its performance on both Windows PCs and MacBooks. Discover how this compact hub handles dual 4K displays, SSD speeds, and more. We’ll explore its strengths, like solid expandability for Mac users, and its drawbacks, including compatibility issues with some USB 4 Windows laptops. Is it worth the $129 price tag? Watch this before you buy!
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00:00 - Opener
00:24 - Intro / Agenda
01:53 - Unboxing & Setup
02:17 - Specs & Features
03:42 - Some Early Problems
05:26 - Full Display Ports
06:03 - How Fast Can it Go?
07:13 - How Fast Does it Go?
09:46 - No Supplemental Power?
10:16 - Temps
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@ElevatedSystems Ай бұрын

Although I can’t personally confirm this I just received the following statement from ACASIS: “due to some customer feedback regarding fan noise issues after the product's release, our product department has made improvements. Any units purchased since May 15th are the improved version with reduced fan noise.”

@H-JPe Ай бұрын

My Acasis arrived today. Would love to test the fan noice but I am just having this one unit and nothing to compare against. 🤷‍♂️

@woooram Ай бұрын

It's really too noisy, I regret buying it.

@H-JPe Ай бұрын

I checked mine today. I can clearly hear the fan but it was not very loud. Bought it at the Acasis store in China. I send them a message to ask if I have the new version of the casing. Will post the answer. Does anyone know how to find out the production date / version?

@nightwaves3203 Ай бұрын

Ask the company what's up with the power port.

@R0cc0Naut Ай бұрын

2 NoGo‘s for me: the fan and no RJ45

@tommyg4842 Ай бұрын

Why?

@WhiskyCardinalWes Ай бұрын

The fan and power is what makes it a No Go for me.

@tommyg4842 Ай бұрын

Why?

@sentranne Ай бұрын

thanks for the informative review

@That_Stealth_Guy Ай бұрын

I just recently purchased this device and had similar drive speed issues using the same Crucial P3 drive you did. I was confused as to why but not really concerned because I don't have a need to have a really fast drive in it since all I use it for is to store drivers and other downloads. I mainly bought it for the 2 DP 1.4 ports since the Intel NUC X15 Laptop only has one HDMI output and the TB port for display output .On a whim I checked the TB 4 driver version and found it was using driver version 1.41.1193. I saw that Intel had updated the driver pack for the NUC X15 laptop kit . I uninstalled the TB software and reinstalled the newer version 1.41.1340. Retested the drive and I am now getting consistent 2900 MB/s read and 2400 MB/s writes vs 2400 MB/s reads and 500 MB/s writes using the old driver. For reference I have another P3 installed on the PC's and it gets 3400 MB/s read 3000 MB/s write. I am more than happy with an external drive getting around 2500 MB/s read and writes.

@Jasmine-Law Ай бұрын

7:38 Regarding the reading of only 606Mb/s, it should be a computer setting problem. The solution was to go to Device Manager>Disk Drive>select drive>Properties>Policies>turn on write cache.You can try😉

@ElevatedSystems Ай бұрын

It was enabled. The problem is probably Windows newer implementation of thunderbolt drivers.

@dplj4428 Ай бұрын

0:12 coming here after watching that detailed analysis.

@richym81 Ай бұрын

Did you have write caching enabled on the drive when running the benchmarks? That can impact write speeds on removable drives, trading write speed for the risk of corruption if the connection drops during writes.

@BriefNerdOriginal Ай бұрын

It competes in loudness with my shaver

@antonomaseapophasis5142 Ай бұрын

Everything good until active cooling noise level I will continue to look for same tech capabilities with passive cooling My current solution is to have 3 devices

@bennettderrico5845 Ай бұрын

CJ any plans to repurpose an old FW display into a portal monitor and publish a video on the process?

@sabishiihito Ай бұрын

Weren't the write speeds so low because Windows tends to configure external USB drives for "Quick Removal" mode instead of "Better Performance" in Device Manager?

@JustinGoffinet Ай бұрын

This seems like it attempted to replicate Plugable's TB4 docking station, and fell short. Getting that dual 4k via 2x DP out in a smaller, portable package is a great option to have on the market for half the price though. You _must_ have something like this in order to run Dual 4K externals on M1 Macs.

@justcruisin109 Ай бұрын

Shame there’s no 10 Gbe rj45 or SFP+ connection. If you have a high speed NAS you would want the connection to match. Cheers

@michaelg6555 Ай бұрын

Hey thanks for the great review! What was the piece of tape to disconnect the active power? Have you run it very long with the tape? I'm in Canada and have an older model w/o the newer fan. I don't wanna fry my NVME.

@ElevatedSystems Ай бұрын

I just used a piece of electrical tape to cover the power the fan.

@michaelg6555 Ай бұрын

@@ElevatedSystems Thanks so much! I was ready to ditch the unit but will try this! My Mac Mini neeeeds those extra ports.

@Driveby-2 Ай бұрын

Losing the RJ45 was a stupid idea, I carry these portable hubs so I wont have to carry a second RJ45 dongle. now not only do I lose ports, I have to carry yet another dongle I didn't have to carry. nice idea, but I'll stick to the previous model if I had to buy one.

@rolf7135 Ай бұрын

I have been looking for a device like this. The fan makes it a no go from me. Given the extremly unreasonable pricing of upgrade of storage from Apple it is strange that there is not more Thunderbolt hub solutions.

@ElevatedSystems Ай бұрын

Like I said, the fan isn’t really needed. You can hack it with a piece of tape.

@demidermak713 Ай бұрын

Damn, no Ethernet and that fan just kill it for me 100%

@demidermak713 Ай бұрын

Also that supplemental power stuff makes this thing rather useless in my opinion

@keerthan7558 Ай бұрын

The fact that just a dock can cost as much as 20-30% of a laptop seems wild to me. Many of them use outdated ports and still charge huge premiums, added gripe is most of them can't run all connections at their best possible speeds ( which is partly the reason why one buy them duh)

@TyroSean Ай бұрын

The lack of power delivery is just baffling! Why bother including the port if it does nothing?? Must be some sort of oversight, right?

@joeniemand9047 Ай бұрын

Finally a nvme enclosure with support for external power but then disables the power from the connected device. That seems totally backward

@ElevatedSystems Ай бұрын

Ya, the power thing had me baffled. I also discovered that if the Hub is connected to the supplemental power first, the TB3 connection won't initialize until you unplug the power cable.

@joeniemand9047 Ай бұрын

@ElevatedSystems I was asking around for a powered nvme enclosure and hoping the future will have them. The idea being that I want to connect a nvme enclosure to my S23 Ultra and copy files for safekeeping. What we have in South Africa are many enclosures supporting NVME 3 but when writing files when it gets to 1.5GB the drive disconnects from the phone and so many issues pursue. As someone that went to another country on holiday, I didn't want to take along many adaptors. What I did want to do was take my phone and an external 2.5" drive that can be powered by connecting it to my phone. Sadly the NVME breaks as soon as it's copied the data in writing. I think it's drawing too much power. Now the NVME was a 3.3V perhaps 3A which I think was too much power for my phone to provide to power the enclosure with its nvme drive. Curious to know if you have ever been able to have an nvme enclosure drive work with a mobile phone and copy across data more than the 1.5GB?

@ElevatedSystems Ай бұрын

Check out my review of the Acasis 10-in-1. It worked well with my Smasung Note. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2WclYylmJWVb9E

@raheel1620 Ай бұрын

A dock should almost always have an Ethernet Jack plus one cable power delivery otherwise it's not complete. A No from me.

@OrenK266 Ай бұрын

Putting the fan base the other way around will disengage it since its not getting any power. I only turn it back the right way when i need to copy big files which is never. problem solved.

@ElevatedSystems Ай бұрын

You are shorting the 5v to ground doing that. Not good. You should not do that.

@OrenK266 Ай бұрын

@@ElevatedSystems I don't think so, the case is not conductive.

@ElevatedSystems Ай бұрын

@@OrenK266 the case is aluminum. Only the 1 to 2 micron anodized layer is non-conductive. It only takes a small scratch.

@OrenK266 Ай бұрын

@@ElevatedSystems I guess a small piece of electrical tape on that spot couldn't hurt. in any case I think its very convenient to use the case direction as an on/off switch for the fan.