USB Expansion Comparison

[Jishaku]

Where are the differences between a powered hub, an unpowered hub and an pci expansion card?

I presume, that the unpowered hub is the worst with limited speed and charging capabilities as well as added latency.

The powered hub should not have a problem with charging but still have limited speed.

And the expansion card should pretty much be like a normal usb port.

 

Am I correct?

How much input lag would a powered Hub add for a Controller?

 

[DXMember]

you are correct

not much lag, just try it out if it drives you crazy use a normal port

[Network cat 6a]

But with a usb card in your pc thats another pci gone just get a anker usb 3.0 

 

simple 

[DXMember]

also... you have desktop and all your 8+ USB ports are used up?

[Network cat 6a]

I just have dell opitplex 740 with a and 2400xt and A amd aflon 

 

i have too anker usb hub powered by a uk plug simple I don't mine about speed so yer

 

[manikyath]

a hub adds "lag" but any decent hub shouldnt be to the point even a very sensitive human can notice it.

 

unpowered hubs are usually for low power stuff like keyboard, mouse, etc. powered hubs are for when either the signal needs to reach far (you lose those 5 volts quickly) or when you have high energy draw equipment (phones, RGB backlit keyboards)

 

usb expansion cards basicly do the exact same thing as the usb ports on your mobo: they take pci bandwidth, and turn it into usb ports.

[Network cat 6a]

He cand just get a powered usb hub and there is tiny bit of lag

[Jishaku]

I have a DAC, 3 Xbox Gamepads, Keyboard, Mouse, 2nd mini DAC for Mic, an Oculus coming and need a few free ports for usb sticks etc

[Network cat 6a]

Ok well it is expensive but amusing speeds 

 

 

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