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I currently have a USB-C 5Gbit port on my laptop. I am wondering how many peripherals I can connect to it before it starts slowing down. I plan to add a VGA 1920*1080 monitor and a low power drawing pad to my USB-C dongle. Can I add more, and can I charge my laptop and use the display at the same time? I have an acer swift 3. I know I have to buy a new usb-c charger if I wanted to charge, but is it possible?

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5 minutes ago, Batteries Included said:

I currently have a USB-C 5Gbit port on my laptop. I am wondering how many peripherals I can connect to it before it starts slowing down. I plan to add a VGA 1920*1080 monitor and a low power drawing pad to my USB-C dongle. Can I add more, and can I charge my laptop and use the display at the same time? I have an acer swift 3. I know I have to buy a new usb-c charger if I wanted to charge, but is it possible?

5Gbit is a lot. and charging takes none of that. It will be fine. You can add as much as you want (basically, but not like 7 4k monitors)

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Adding a monitor on a usb port might be more difficult that you expect if it doesn't support displayport.

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4 minutes ago, Batteries Included said:

I currently have a USB-C 5Gbit port on my laptop. I am wondering how many peripherals I can connect to it before it starts slowing down. I plan to add a VGA 1920*1080 monitor and a low power drawing pad to my USB-C dongle. Can I add more, and can I charge my laptop and use the display at the same time? I have an acer swift 3. I know I have to buy a new usb-c charger if I wanted to charge, but is it possible?

Unless you are plugging in a lot of heavy data things into it, like a lot of external hard drives, you should be good. 

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