I have a brand new thunderbolt 5 SD25TB5 with 330W adapter. I had attached some pictures of the item that is out of the box so you know what you're getting but the item is brand new sealed. Let me know if you have questions about this dock. Please see below for the description.
Dell Pro Thunderbolt 5 Smart Dock Hardware Overview
On the front of the dock, we get two USB ports, one Type-A and one Type-C. Dell labels these with a 10, so we know they are 10Gbps ports. If you have been reading STH for some time, you probably know we advocate clearly labeling what USB ports are because the USB folks have made an absolute mess of naming conventions over time.
On the back we get three more USB Type-A ports with PowerShare (all four have PowerShare.) All of the USB ports are 10Gbps USB 3.2 Gen2. There are two downstream Thunderbolt 5 ports, a power input, and a 2.5GbE port. We will later show this is a Realtek 2.5GbE NIC port.
Display outputs are a HDMI 2.1 port and two DisplayPort 2.1 ports. The rear Type-C port is another USB 3.2 Gen2 port but with DisplayPort alt mode.
Display outputs are a HDMI 2.1 port and two DisplayPort 2.1 ports. The rear Type-C port is another USB 3.2 Gen2 port but with DisplayPort alt mode.
At the top, we find more labels, a power button, and a small cloud icon in the bottom corner. Dell has this version, the SD25TB5 which is the Smart Dock, and then also a WD25TB5 version that is not a Smart Dock. The Smart Dock allows the unit to connect to a WiFi network for remote device firmware upgrades even if the PC is not connected. I think there are a decent number of our readers who manage large remote fleets that will understand why that is so cool. There are others who will prefer the WD25TB5 without this feature.
As a 330W unit with its own mounting screw points, this is certainly a substantial power adapter. Part of that is for the special power feature that Dell has for its laptops.
This is certainly big enough that it makes the overall unit feel more like it should be mounted to a desk rather than being something that is lugged around in a briefcase.
