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Thunderbolt 4 Dock advice

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I work at home in an office with no windows.. But since i am rendering (as a 3D artist) a lot the office gets painfully warm in the summer.. So rather than spend a lot on trying to counter the heat by cooling the room i would like to move my desktop unit to the room next door and connect all my peripherals to a HUB so only 1 wire is required (thunderbolt 4?)..

Once moved the desktop will be about 2.5 / 6ft away from my desk, i will drill a small hole in the wall to allow a cable to pass through. The complex bit is i need support for all my displays.
  • 1 x 3840x1600 144hz display (display Port 2.0)
  • 2 x 1080p 60hz displays (2 x HDMI)
  • 5 x USB devices (1 x 4k webcam is probably the heaviest data requirement)
I have looked online at HUB's but im really confused as to how many displays and what resolution / hz they can support simultaniously? Is TB4 scalable for example if i turn off 2 spare displays when gaming (when needing 144hz) would it allocate all the bandwith at that point? and revert to 60hz when working?

I would be getting a Asus TB4 PCi-E card for my X670 Prime mobo if that matters..
 
personally i would drill a bigger hole, put a faceplate with cable brush entry points use longer DP/HDMI cables and just a USB hub for your peripherals. use a cable sock or mini trunking to bundle the cables
 
I had considered this but it would mean then going right in front of a doorway and wanted to to be as clean as possible if it was just one cable I could tuck it in along the skirting.. but 3 x DP and 1 usb will be tricky
 
leave it the warm room... my room is warm too and i hvant noticed any real temp differnces
 
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