Comment on Why do (desktop) PC have so few USB ports ?
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 7 months agoSpeakers > Why USB instead of optical/aux?
SSD, HDD, Memory card reader > Do you use all of them every day?
Headset + microphone > Why not combine/do you use both every day?
And I mean, you already have a hub, worst case if it’s full just get a second one or one with more slots…
Stamets@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Speakers - It’s both. They’re RGB.
Storage - Yep. Everyday. HDD is media, SSD is games, memory card reader for my microSD for lemmy posts.
Headset + microphone - Yes I do use them everyday and no they cannot be combined. The microphone is studio quality. The headset has good audio but no headset on this earth has microphone quality comparable to a stand alone recording microphone.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
…you keep your games on an external drive?
Stamets@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yes. And like I’ve said elsewhere, there is literally no problem with it.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
I mean it’s a bit more expensive, leads to some slightly slower initial load times, and causes some pop in on some games, but sure. There’s no problem with it. For whatever reason you’d do it for.
Thavron@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
You have games on an external SSD? That seems odd to me.
Stamets@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I don’t know why. Works perfectly fine
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Because there’s no reason not to want them on an internal drive but there’s good reasons not to want them on an external drive 🤷
Faster transfer speed and lower CPU usage are the main points but reliability too as you’re adding one more interface in the way.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Modmic + headphones plugged in a USB soundcard (sound blaster g3 in this case) is my go to, but I’m no singer so I don’t see the use for a studio quality microphone in my case…
As for the rest, if I was to use an SSD for games I would want it connected to the motherboard directly instead of through USB 🤔
Anyway, you do you 🤷
Stamets@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Nor am I
It’s an expansion for the games. I’ve also had zero problems with it being through USB.