Now imagine charging your phone or watch, or using a thumb drive
Comment on Why do (desktop) PC have so few USB ports ?
potustheplant@feddit.nl 7 months agoKeyboard, 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.
AA5B@lemmy.world 7 months ago
CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 7 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.
potustheplant@feddit.nl 7 months ago
Huh? Why would it? This is about having enough ports for your stuff. How much power they consume is completely irrelevant.
fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 7 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?
potustheplant@feddit.nl 7 months ago
Yes, it is. Are you familiar with any usb spec? The ports in your pc simply cannot even deliver 240W. Also, rying to use pretty much any cable to deliver that kind of power would melt it.
To add to that, there’s a data throughput limit (important for a VR headset, external drives, etc) . There’s also the latency aspect. I would not like to connect my controller dongle, dac, mouse or kb to a hub for example because that adds unnecesary latency. There are several reasons for using a dedicated port for each device and power has nothing to do with it.
Why would you charge things from your PC?
Are you really this dense? Why would I not? It’s not only convenient but it’s also because I don’t have that many outlets available after plugging in 2 studio monitors, 2 displays, a laptop for work and my personal PC.
Really, it’s pretty unvelivable that you’d defend putting in the minimum amount of ports possible considering current chipset capabilities and the sheer size of the required ATX rear panel size. In case you’re unfamiliar, here’s the ATX spec. Not to mention that motherboards are getting more and more expensive and there’s no excuse for increasing cost and reducing functionality.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 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.
Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You could save some ports by using Bluetooth keyboard, mouse and controller, maybe even a wireless microphone. Cables are whil
Chriswild@lemmy.world 7 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.
potustheplant@feddit.nl 7 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.
Chriswild@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I just see three cables on my desk for keyboard, mouse, and headphones and I prefer it like that.
Aesthetics are illogical and often times social conformity rather than personal desire. Like those stupid coiled USB C cables for keyboards that do nothing.
potustheplant@feddit.nl 7 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.
BURN@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Bluetooth latency makes that extremely unattractive
sizzler@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Bluetooth for comms not controls
CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 7 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.