I understand we can’t give recommendations. Totally understandable. But I’m just trying to figure out what to buy.

I move around the house a lot with the laptop, but I have a desk with tons of USB devices that I sit at for working. I also have a large monitor at this desk (I’m using HDMI for it). So when I sit down, I’ve got a TON of stuff to plug in. I’m trying to limit that.

My laptop: Lenovo Ideapad Gaming 13 (15ACH6)

I believe the whole name is IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ACH6-82K20015US

I see that there’s docks for like 40-60 dollars that are essentially USB hubs + monitor inputs. So I can plug everything into one port when I sit down (vs 10 things into the laptop). I don’t necessarily need to use this dock for my power by the way. I don’t know if my laptop can even do that anyway.

Here’s the issue: I read this from my laptop’s forums. The post is saying that “Your USB-C doesn’t support a monitor. Your USB 3.2 does”. Maybe someone can understand it better than me.

I wanted to make sure this was a normal thing before buying something. Can a USB 3.2 handle a large 4K monitor and all of that? Again, I don’t need to power anything! This is just so I can plug a single cable into my laptop when sitting, and having that include my monitor (which is plugged into the outlet already)

Judging by all of this, can I just buy a normal dock that isn’t powered and use it with the USB 3.2 slot on my computer, while still having the monitor work through it?

Given my situation, and what that forum link says, does that sound about right or what other direction should I go in? Again, this is all about reducing cables for sitting down!

Thank you!

  • StillLemon2@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The laptop does not support a monitor or charging over its USB-C port so this will limit your options to USB-A docks. This will result in your monitor not running off of the Graphics Card, as it is over USB-A. Take a look at the comment by /u/mikeinanaheim2

    • appleparkfive@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Thank you for letting me know about the graphics card aspect! I might just stick to using the HDMI on the laptop if that’s the case. It’s an extra cord to deal with, but I feel like the graphics card use is probably important

      (I’m not using it for any video games, I actually don’t even play video games much. Just a good laptop for music production!)

      Thank you again!