W530 and quad display configuration

Hi,
I customized my W530 but in accesories it did not offer me a suitable docking station/port replicator for the four display configuration I need (3 monitors + display). Which of these
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail.page?LegacyDocID=MIGR-76617
is W530 ready? My system graphics will be NVIDIA Quadro K2000M (if it's relevant).
Thank you!
MH

To partially answer my question it is none of those replicators in the link. I found a different link where w530 is explicitely mentioned:
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/product-and-parts/detail.page?&DocID=PD024298
Unfortunately neither 433815U nor 433835U is available at the store.

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