Comment on Why do (desktop) PC have so few USB ports ?

• potustheplant@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Keyboard, mouse, usb extension to have a port on my desk, wireless charger, dac and an xbox wireless controller dongle. That’s 6 and I use the 7th port to charge my vr headset. So yeah, it’s not that hard to use 7 ports at once.

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  • Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You could save some ports by using Bluetooth keyboard, mouse and controller, maybe even a wireless microphone. Cables are whil

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    • Chriswild@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That way instead of having cables for data and power you can have cables for just power and pay more for the device.

      I don’t understand the appeal of Bluetooth mice and keyboards while at a desk.

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      • potustheplant@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Some people like them for the aesthetics. In my case, I have a custom made desk with a tray for the keyboard and mice so the cables are not even visible. Longevity wise they’re obviously inferior and have an expiration date basically. The performance is also worse unless you’re using a wireless dongle instead of bluetooth.

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    • potustheplant@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My keyboard has a 2.4ghz dongle, bluetooth and wired connectivity. I choose to use it wired because it has lower latency and I don’t have to worry about the battery dying. The mouse is wired and I chose the wired version because it costs half as much (razer deathadder v3) and I don’t really have any benefits if’d bought the wireless version (which also uses a dongle). A bluetooth mouse would have much higher latency and a lower polling rate. Same thing with the controller. Bluetooth is slower and not as reliable. Regarding the mic, yeah, no. It’s the mic I use for my camera as well and I’m not buying a dedicated wireless mic that would be more expensive and have a lower audio quality. Also, and this goes for everything, batteries can flat out die and they’re usually not user replaceable. Not to mention that you have to charge all of these battery powered things and that’s a pain in the butt.

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    • BURN@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Bluetooth latency makes that extremely unattractive

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    • sizzler@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Bluetooth for comms not controls

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      • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Even that sucks. Random interference, low battery, etc.

        Bluetooth audio is great when you’re driving in the car, or like at the gym.

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  • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Now imagine charging your phone or watch, or using a thumb drive

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  • CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Does your PC do full power to those chargers? Eg. full wattage from USB-C is 240W. Times 8 that would be 2000W.

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    • potustheplant@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Huh? Why would it? This is about having enough ports for your stuff. How much power they consume is completely irrelevant.

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      • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s not irrelevant. Why would you connect more things than your PSU can support?

        Why would you charge things from your PC?

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  • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My VR headset needs two more ports for the cameras as well.

    I ended up with a 4 port switch on my desk and a PCI-E card for more ports.

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