I. Introduction
There is an interface that Mushroom likes very much, and this is the Type-C interface, which is used by small mobile devices, such as mobile phones, or some other larger devices, such as notebooks and desktops.
And this interface is very magical, from USB 2.0, to USB3.0, 3.1, 3.2, and even USB 4.0, this interface can be supported. At the same time, it also supports PD fast charging, which is a fast charging protocol supported by mobile phones, notebooks and other devices.
In particular, this interface also supports Thunderbolt, which is very bandwidth- and has one wire to do all the extension functions you can think of. Under normal circumstances, expanded storage, video and audio output when audio and video entertainment, and connected graphics dock when high performance is required, this interface can be done.
However, this interface is easy to use, but some manufacturers' steps are too big, all other interfaces are canceled, only the Type-C interface is retained, although they all support Thunderbolt looks very powerful, but in the actual use, there will always be a variety of compatibility problems.
At this time, a good docking station is just needed, and it also needs to support the Thunderbolt protocol, so as to perfectly expand various interfaces. Orrick keenly grasped this demand, and combined its own strong hard disk box and docking station to launch a hard disk box docking product, which is very interesting.
Second, Orec Lightning 3 hard disk box docking station unboxing
▼ The packaging carton is very large, the start is very heavy, the color matching is still Oreoco's classic white and blue contrast design, it looks very beautiful.
▼ The front middle of the package is the color print of the product, the upper left corner is the product name, and the LOGO of Raiden 3 is very conspicuous.
▼The back of the package introduces the parameters of the hard disk box docking station, which is very detailed.
▼There are a lot of contents in the box, and they all look full.
▼In addition to the hard disk box docking station, the package also comes with a power adapter, 40Gbps C2C cable, screwdriver and two thermal pads.
Third, Orec Lightning 3 hard disk box docking station appearance
▼ The appearance of the hard disk box docking station looks very beautiful, full of metallic taste, and the front is a long strip of heat dissipation grille, which can effectively increase the contact area with the air and assist in heat dissipation.
▼ Look closely, there is also a small heat dissipation hole in the lower part, and there is also an active cooling system inside the hard disk box docking station.
▼The head of the corresponding hard disk enclosure docking station also has a heat dissipation hole to facilitate air convection.
▼ There are many side interfaces of the hard disk box docking station, 2 USB3.2 Gen1 interfaces with 5Gbps bandwidth, a USB3.2 Gen2 interface with 10Gbps bandwidth, a 10Gbps Type-C interface, and an audio interface, and the right side is the OREO LOGO, which is very familiar.
▼ The back of the HDD enclosure docking station also has many interfaces, a DC power input interface, an RJ45 Gigabit Lan port, two Thunderbolt 3 interfaces, and a DP video output interface. There is also a small Tips printed on the left side, telling us that the inside of this hard disk box docking station can expand two hard disks, one is an NVMe hard disk, and the other is a SATA hard disk.
▼ There is no other interface at the end of the hddle box, and the existing interface is complete enough.
▼ On the back of the hard disk box, there are four black non-slip foot pads in the four corners, and the top is the cover of the hard disk box, and two screws are fixed.
▼ There is a label on the bottom of the hard disk box docking station, which introduces the parameters of the hard disk box docking station.
▼In addition, the volume of the power supply is also very large, and it looks like the output is very powerful.
▼Rated output voltage 24V, maximum output current 5V, maximum output power 120W.
Fourth, Orec Lightning 3 hard disk enclosure docking station disassembly
▼ The workmanship of the hard disk box is very tough, directly a metal box, here to disassemble to see the inside.
▼Remove the two screws that secure the enclosure cover, and the enclosure cover can be easily removed.
▼ The interior of the HDD enclosure docking station is very interesting, and there are two M2 interfaces side by side. There is also a small centrifugal fan on the top, located just below the SSD, allowing air to flow directly around the SSD to ensure heat dissipation.
▼ There are four fixing screws under the four non-slip foot pads of the hard disk box, and the metal cover can be removed by unscrewing it.
▼ The black PCB is also fixed by four screws, and the black PCB in the middle can be removed by unscrewing it.
▼ The main body of the hard disk box docking station is directly a whole piece of aluminum alloy CNC, the surface has a sandblasting process, anodizing process treatment, and the inside can faintly see some traces of the knife.
▼ The internal PCB board looks very interesting, and another small board is fixed on it.
▼ This small board is to support Raiden 3, the upper two C ports, the outside is covered with metal heat sinks, aluminum alloy.
▼ The main control chip of Raiden 3 comes from intel, screen printing T803A900, and supports double thunderbolt interface. The specific model is JHL7440, which is an Intel Titan Ridge Thunderbolt master, compared with the previous generation of master control, improves the rate of each DP lane, to support DP1.4, in addition, compared with the same door brothers, JHL7440 supports the expansion of the full-featured Type-C interface, this function is very interesting, very friendly for some notebook users, especially those who have a full-featured Type-C interface, but do not support Raiden notebooks.
▼ There are two VL822-Q7 chips and USB HUB chips behind the Thunderbolt board to provide support for the USB interface in the back.
▼ There is a network isolation on the top of the Thunderbolt small board, which looks very large.
▼The upper end of the PCB is a dense power supply chip, a variety of solid capacitors, inductors and Mos, and the upper left corner is the DC power supply input.
▼ There is a small crab ALC4030 on the back, which is a USB2.0 audio decoding chip that provides support for the 3.5mm audio interface next to it.
▼There is an ASM1543 behind the Type-C interface, which is a differential channel multiplexing switch that provides support for the 10Gbps Type-C interface. This chip is often seen on motherboards and is generally placed next to the front Type-C socket on the motherboard.
▼ There is a JMS580 in the middle, which is a hard disk enclosure master chip that provides support for the M2 interface that supports the SATA protocol above. NVMe's M2 interface is directly connected to the Thunderbolt board, after all, it is directly the PCIe channel.
▼ At first, mushrooms did not notice that another M2 interface only supports the M2 solid state of the SATA protocol, and two PCIe4.0 solid states of the NVMe protocol are directly prepared here, and only one can be installed here.
▼ Look closely at the two M2 slots, the one below is M Key and the top one is B Key.
▼ Directly install a solid state, the mushroom does not have an M2 solid state that supports the SATA protocol.
▼The last installation of Viagrand LEGEND 840 solid state, capacity 1TB.
Fifth, Orec Raiden 3 hard disk enclosure docking station test
▼ Mushroom has a notebook with a Thunderbolt 4 interface on hand, and here is the test. Mushroom here directly got a 4K display, connected through the DP interface, can easily stabilize the 4K resolution 60Hz, good.
▼Use the included 40Gbps C2C cable to connect to the computer, and other DC power supplies and DP1.4 interfaces are connected.
▼ By the way, this hard disk box docking station not only DP interface can output video signals, but also the C port of Raiden 3 can output video signals if your monitor supports it.
▼Mushroom here directly connects this 4K resolution display directly to the interface of The Thunderbolt 3, which can easily stabilize the output.
▼ And it can easily stabilize 4K resolution, 144Hz refresh rate, bandwidth is still very sufficient!
▼ When you just connect the device, the computer will pop up a prompt tone, and the device will be connected. Then in my computer I can see a new 1TB hard disk with a PCIe3.0 x 4 interface.
▼ Simple run a test, sequential read speed in 2440MB/s, write 1018MB/s, 4K read 54MB/s, write 121MB/s. This speed performance can be, you can install a system, software or something.
▼ For the DiskMark test, the sequential read speed is 3082MB/s, the write is 1219MB/s, the 4K reads 66MB/s, and the write is 154MB/s, and the performance is still very good.
▼ In addition, while outputting a 4K resolution 60Hz refresh rate video signal, the speed of the SSD running the read and write test will not be affected at all.
▼ Orrick This Raiden 3 hdD Enclosure Docking Station has two Raiden 3 interfaces and supports daisy chaining. In addition, the maximum output power consumption of one Thunderbolt 3 interface is about 15W, and the other is 65W.
▼ Mushroom here test equipment does not support Thunderbolt 3, so a notebook is connected, it is charging, and the output power is stable at about 30W.
▼ Other USB interfaces can also be very convenient to plug in hardware such as USB sticks, and C ports can also be connected to other hardware.
6. Summary
Orec this Thunderbolt 3 hard disk box docking station is still very good, the appearance is very beautiful, all metal material, a whole piece of aluminum alloy CNC out, the surface has a delicate sandblasting treatment, the overall texture is still very good. Can be very effective to assist the internal hardware heat dissipation, after all, metal materials, heat conduction, heat dissipation effect is first-class, and Orec also very intimately added a centrifugal fan, to create an internal air duct, actively assist solid cooling.
In terms of interface, this hard disk box docking station has two M2 interfaces, one supports the NVMe protocol, one supports the SATA protocol, and the maximum capacity is supported to 2TB, which can easily expand the high-speed storage space of 4TB capacity. In terms of the rest of the video output interfaces, there is a DP1.4 interface and a Thunderbolt 3 interface, which can output video signals. It is said that it is possible to output 8K 60Hz screen directly in one step, and Mushroom tried 4K 144Hz here, which can be very easy to stabilize.
In terms of other interfaces, there are multiple USB Type-A interfaces, a Type-C interface, 5Gbps bandwidth and 10Gbps bandwidth.
However, it would be better if there were multiple built-in high-speed SD card reader slots.
Thank you!
The End