The SD and microSD 3.0 card slots are also present and accounted for, providing 104Mbps transfer speeds. Like the 7-in-1, the device supports DisplayPort 1.4 at up to, has 100W of USB Type-C power passthrough, and it has two Type-A ports and one USB 3 port with speeds up to 5Gbps. It was a lot to test, but I was eager for all of these possible use cases, especially since this device wasn’t proprietary and I could use it outside of just the Steam Deck.ĭavid nabbed the little brother to the 7-in-1, not-so-creatively dubbed the 6-in-1 USB-C Multiport 4K HDMI Adapter. Finally, the Gigabit Ethernet port would give me connectivity other than just WiFi – perfect for loading games from Steam at max speed. Two USB 3.0 Type A ports and one Type-C would give me upwards of 5Gbps of throughput – more than enough to handle transfers from a thumbdrive to something internal. Consequently it supports MMC, SD, SDHC, and SDXC, all simultaneously addressable, which would be handy for my camera work when the dock isn’t plugged into the Steam Deck. The SD and microSD 3.0 card slot would allow me to load up goodies on my secondary storage device at upwards of 104MBps. That said, the 100W power passthrough could be the charge-and-play solution that gets things done. Right out of the gate, I knew the HDMI wasn’t going to get heavy use as the device doesn’t support that much oomph. The device I picked up, the 7-in-1 USB-C Multiport 4K HDMI Adapter (that’s a mouthful!) has a number of really attractive features that I wasn’t quite sure would work with the Steam Deck, but if they do, it’d be a major win.
A quick trip to Monoprice provided the perfect solution, but which one to pick? Snapping up the 7-in-1 and 6-in-1 USB-C Multiport devices, David and I set out to put our respective Steam Decks to the test. As I shuffled my USB-A to USB-C adapter from my mouse to my USB stick several times, I knew I was done waiting around to find a good solution. What we are left with is a pile of adapters and workarounds to try to make the device usable in Desktop mode, or to load our favorite emulation software. While the Steam Deck has been out for almost eight months, Valve has yet to ship an official dock for the thing.
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