Hello!
I just completed my second tower and I've run into a new dilemma. I went with an NZXT Phantom 530 enclosure and I'm absolutely thrilled with it so far. The only problem I'm having now is the lack of easily accessibly USB ports, I only have two in the front of the case.
I have a few questions that will help me decide if a USB hub is a viable option, or if I should suck it up and give my tower the old reacharound every time I need it.
1) Hubs I've used in the past never actually allow me full use of all the ports. For example a 4-port hub would only allow one or two actual ports to work. Is this because it was a cheap, unpowered hub?
2) Does the motherboard have an effect on how well a hub performs?
3) Can you give me a simple explanation of powered vs non-powered hubs? Is there any reason you would ever go with a non-powered?
4) I'm assuming the power draw of what is plugged into the hub may affect whether the other ports actually work or not.. Is this true?
5) In respect to USB 3.0 Hubs, is there any advantage in having 3.0 over 2.0 when you're plugging in a mouse/keyboard/headset?
I've done my fair share of googling, but I may be simply looking in the wrong places! If I've missed a great Tom's guide that covers all of this just link me and I'm happy to look into it myself.
I'm not sure if computer specs are applicable or not, but here they are just in case.
-Asus P8Z77 Mobo
-Raidmax Vampire 950+ PSU
-i5-2500k overclocked to 4.3GhZ
-Can supply anything else if needed!
Thanks guys!
I just completed my second tower and I've run into a new dilemma. I went with an NZXT Phantom 530 enclosure and I'm absolutely thrilled with it so far. The only problem I'm having now is the lack of easily accessibly USB ports, I only have two in the front of the case.
I have a few questions that will help me decide if a USB hub is a viable option, or if I should suck it up and give my tower the old reacharound every time I need it.
1) Hubs I've used in the past never actually allow me full use of all the ports. For example a 4-port hub would only allow one or two actual ports to work. Is this because it was a cheap, unpowered hub?
2) Does the motherboard have an effect on how well a hub performs?
3) Can you give me a simple explanation of powered vs non-powered hubs? Is there any reason you would ever go with a non-powered?
4) I'm assuming the power draw of what is plugged into the hub may affect whether the other ports actually work or not.. Is this true?
5) In respect to USB 3.0 Hubs, is there any advantage in having 3.0 over 2.0 when you're plugging in a mouse/keyboard/headset?
I've done my fair share of googling, but I may be simply looking in the wrong places! If I've missed a great Tom's guide that covers all of this just link me and I'm happy to look into it myself.
I'm not sure if computer specs are applicable or not, but here they are just in case.
-Asus P8Z77 Mobo
-Raidmax Vampire 950+ PSU
-i5-2500k overclocked to 4.3GhZ
-Can supply anything else if needed!
Thanks guys!