USB 3.0 hub

[madman1876]

I've never really liked hubs because usb 2 was slow enough but with the increased bandwidth in usb 3 is it finally worth getting one like for instance if i had a 4 port hub, would usb 3 be able to supply each port with enough bandwidth if the devices I intend to use are USB 2.0?

[Geekazoid]

I've never really liked hubs because usb 2 was slow enough but with the increased bandwidth in usb 3 is it finally worth getting one like for instance if i had a 4 port hub, would usb 3 be able to supply each port with enough bandwidth if the devices I intend to use are USB 2.0?

Just a quick question, why would one buy a USB 3.0 hub to use USB 2.0 devices in eh? :unsure:

[madman1876]

Just a quick question, why would one buy a USB 3.0 hub to use USB 2.0 devices in eh? :unsure:

 

The spec sheet says that usb3 has 10 times the bandwidth of usb 2 and usb 2 didnt have that much bandwidth so splitting it not always a good option but since they are all backwards compatible if the hub has more bandwidth to split among each port then in theory it should be much better.

[Geekazoid]

The spec sheet says that usb3 has 10 times the bandwidth of usb 2 and usb 2 didnt have that much bandwidth so splitting it not always a good option but since they are all backwards compatible if the hub has more bandwidth to split among each port then in theory it should be much better.

I see. Nice logic!

Well it might just work like that. It does make sense. All you can do is try at least and see. The added benefit of having a USB 3.0 hub is that you can buy USB 3.0 devices later on if you wanted to.

[elkenrod]

I've never really liked hubs because usb 2 was slow enough but with the increased bandwidth in usb 3 is it finally worth getting one like for instance if i had a 4 port hub, would usb 3 be able to supply each port with enough bandwidth if the devices I intend to use are USB 2.0?

 

In my experience the issue isn't bandwidth, but power delivery.  An example would be trying to power two xbox controllers and two external hdds on an unpowered usb 3.0 hub.