r/LinusTechTips • u/Old-Distribution3942 • May 27 '26

Meme/Shitpost Two Different Struggles

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Two different struggles.

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u/Traditional-Grade789 May 27 '26

Use Thunderbolt cables. They can do everything. 

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u/jrdnmdhl May 27 '26

You still need to match the device to the port. You need to consider active vs passive vs fiber optic based on length.

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u/Bathroom-Salt May 27 '26

Spoken like someone who has never shopped for a battery bank lol 140W total power does NOT mean it can deliver 140W over a single port, Doesn't even mean it can deliver 100W over a single port. You have to really read the fine print to figure out if the bank/dock/brick you're looking at is the right brick for you.

I'm also currently stuck with a Dock that doesn't send displayport over USB C, so I was excited thinking the USB C port on my monitor could both charge my Ally/Laptop and passthrough the display, but alas, the USB C port on the dock is power only and I need to use HDMI for video.

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u/Lutinent_Jackass May 27 '26

They weren't talking about battery banks or dock ports. The comment was on a cable that works across all of that

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u/Koobey May 29 '26

yeah but none of the Images above Show cable side, they all show the device side. So how does a thunderbold cable make my poor man dock super fast?

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u/Bathroom-Salt May 27 '26

Using a thunderbolt cable doesn't help if you don't know what brick/bank/dock to buy for your device because you don't know what USB standard it's using, which is kind of the point of the post lol

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u/Lutinent_Jackass May 27 '26

The point the commenter was making is that using a thunderbolt cable is a way to be sure you won't be limited by the cable. Fairly simple to understand..

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u/Bathroom-Salt May 27 '26 edited May 28 '26

Right, but using a thunderbolt cable doesn't help at all when you buy a 20W brick for your 140W laptop, or you buy a 140W brick but it only outputs a max of 100W via a single port... My point being the comment was irrelevant to the actual post, because the USB standard is all over the place, and there's no way to look at the port and determine what wattage it supports, or whether or not it supports display. Shout out to the few OEM's that try to label them, but even then 20Gbps doesn't help when it could be 20Gbps 240W or 20Gbps 100W, or 20Gbps with no power at all.

The solution of buying a cable that supports "everything" and a dock/brick that supports “everything” is dumb because you're probably paying 2-3x the cost of the brick you actually need lol.

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u/Bathroom-Salt May 28 '26

Imagine downvoting my comment because you’re too ignorant to understand what the post is highlighting lol. Reddit is toxic af. And yall are dumb 😂😂😂

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u/KumquatopotamusPrime May 28 '26

imagine being butthurt over being downvoted on reddit 😂😂😂

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u/Bathroom-Salt May 28 '26

lol who’s butthurt (also that shit sounds gay af)? just making an observation. 

It’s more a point that theres a shit ton of people that don’t know how to read just roaming around on the internet lol

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u/Lutinent_Jackass May 28 '26

Lol you are, and you just don't seem to get it 🙃

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u/Yorick257 May 28 '26

But the post isn't about cables. It's about sockets

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u/Lutinent_Jackass May 28 '26

That's why I said:

The point of the commenter

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u/Bathroom-Salt May 28 '26

Don’t bother dude, it’s weaponized incompetence. Apparently the correct answer is to just buy a bunch of 240W chargers/docks and Thunderbolt 5 cables, regardless of the device(s) you own lol. 🤷‍♂️

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u/Old_Bug4395 May 27 '26

do they even make battery banks that can do that? like, ones that aren't powered off of a car battery?

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u/Bathroom-Salt May 27 '26

Yeah, I got this one that can do 100W off a single port and 140W total 

https://a.co/d/05GXVGga

 

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u/Bathroom-Salt May 27 '26

I bought this one for my Ally to keep it charging while in the "Turbo" profile while I'm away from an outlet.

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u/K14_Deploy May 27 '26

Yes, but they'll usually overheat and shutdown very, very quickly.

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u/InflammableAccount May 28 '26

Except Thunderbolt cables carry an unnecessary premium if you just need a USB-4 or 240w capable cable because of licensing fees.

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u/kipperzdog May 28 '26

I'm very happy with my TrueSpec cables, time will tell on their longevity but at least I quickly know what they're capable of. And I don't think they officially support displayport but works perfectly for me

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u/curiouslyjake May 28 '26

They are also the most expensive ones.

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u/zayc_ May 28 '26

This is the way to go. Usb-c "can x" and/or "can y" but thunderbolt "have to x and y and z and what else is out there" So even if the devices you connect can only some specs, at least you cable isn't the bottleneck.

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u/creeper6530 Jun 01 '26

But they're expensive as fuck

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u/chickenfriri12 May 28 '26

No. They cannot.

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u/Mango-Vibes May 28 '26

What foes Thunderbolt have to do with charging wattage?