Take a look at Satechi’s new Cube Dock, and it’s clear that someone on the design team must admire Apple a lot.
The premium-looking docking station sits neatly on the desk, with an aluminium finish and restrained lines, and it whispers rather than shouts. It feels familiar, comforting even, and it promises serious grunt under the bonnet.
Satechi packs Thunderbolt 5 into a 5 x 5 x 2-inch chassis, and yes, that includes an integrated NVMe bay that supports up to 8TB at PCIe 4×4 speeds. Therefore, fast transfers are expected. True enough, the spec sheet claims up to 6000MB/s.
The dock supplies 140W host charging from a 180W PSU, three Thunderbolt 5 downstream ports, USB‑C/A 10Gbps, UHS‑II SD/microSD, and 2.5Gb Ethernet, so you can ditch a tangle of dongles.
For those who want to look at it from a technical perspective, the Thunderbolt 5 gives 80Gbps bi‑directional bandwidth, and Satechi says a Bandwidth Boost can push transmit to 120Gbps for external GPUs and high‑res displays.
We imagine creators will love the triple 4K at high refresh rates, or multiple 8K panels on Windows, while macOS users get dual 6K60Hz on M3/M4/M5 machines.
Satechi’s Thunderbolt 5 Pro Cable matches the dock, rated for 240W PD and high display throughput. The braided jacket and reinforced housings feel robust, and they should age well. We like the single‑cable workflow idea. It simplifies life, honestly.
This makes it a very intriguing piece of technology. The CubeDock looks like Apple designed it, and it might just behave like a pro‑grade hub too.
