I just bought a new PC, based on Lenovo Legion gaming desktop. It comes with 2 USB port in the front, 4 regular USB port in the back + 1 USB-C port. That’s a total of 7 USB slots.

It’s been like 2 decades that every possible hardware device comes with an USB interface. Keyboard, mouse, joystick, hard-drive, memory stick, headset, webcam, spot/photo camera, and many others.

Of course it’s my fault, I should have thought about USB connectors when shopping for a new PC and check before buying. but seriously, 7 USB slots is so few compared to all the device I have using USB

  • glimse@lemmy.world
    3·
    9 months ago

    Answer: the vast majority of people don’t use 7 USB devices at a time. You are an outlier and should have purchased accordingly

    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
      1·
      9 months ago

      Also, it’s generally cheap and easy to install a PC IE board for the back of your pc, if you really need it, and you’ll have another 6 or 7.

      • potustheplant@feddit.nl
        0·
        9 months ago

        Keyboard, mouse, usb extension to have a port on my desk, wireless charger, dac, xbox wireless controller dongle and a usb microphone. That’s 7 and I’d use an 8th port to charge my vr headset. So yeah, it’s not that hard to use 7 ports at once.

  • redcalcium@lemmy.institute
    1·
    9 months ago

    Those modern high speed USB controllers are not free. They used up available PCIe lanes. The more you add the less PCIe lanes available in the motherboard.

    If you have a lot of low speed USB peripherals, just buy some large USB 2.0 hubs so you can reserve the high speed ports for high speed applications such as external disks.

  • volvoxvsmarla @lemm.ee
    0·
    9 months ago

    I don’t know if this is a gaming PC or high end etc, but for me 7 USB slots is a lot. I usually need 2, in most extreme situations I would need 4 I think. So maybe the PC is just designed for an average person who is not too tech savvy? I have to think really hard about what I would do with 7 slots.

    • Ziggurat@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      0·
      9 months ago

      I have to think really hard about what I would do with 7 slots.

      This is roughly what is plugged to my PC

      • Keyboard,

      • Mouse

      • Headset

      • Joystick

      • Rudder pedals for flight sim (OK that one is a bit specific)

      • Audio interface (OK another one a bit specific)

      • Webcam (which isn’t even always on)

      • USB 2 wire to load/connect some devices

      • USB C loose wire to load/connect some device

      • USB stick/hard drive on a case by case basis

        • Coreidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
          01·
          9 months ago

          Why use an audio interface when he can just use USB? Some people don’t give a fuck. Stop being such a snob ffs

      • massivefailure@lemm.ee
        02·
        9 months ago

        USB-C is a shitshow, period. Whoever invented that garbage needs to be fired. Out of a cannon. Into the sun.

        Depending on just the cable I plug in (all else exactly the same, same PC, same port, same electrical plug, etc), I get fast speed (from PC) and charging (from a power outlet) on device 1 and slow speed and charging on device 2, and another cable gets me exactly the opposite. And others, slow speed and fast charging or vice versa.

        What the fuck.

        This is not the behavior of a fucking “standard”. Meanwhile, microUSB just fucking worked regardless of which of the tons of cables I used, all exactly the same.

        USB-C needs to fucking die. Oh, but boohoo, people had to figure out which direction to plug in a microUSB cable. Cry me a fucking river, nobody cares, that’s not a real problem.

        • SparrowRanjitScaur@lemmy.world
          1·
          9 months ago

          I like USB-C. The connector is significantly better than micro USB. It forms a tighter connection and can be plugged in in either direction. It allows for significantly faster charging and significantly higher data rates than micro USB. But it is a jack of all trades with a fairly loose standard, so manufacturers can implement what attributes they see fit. Overall, I think it’s a big improvement.

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.social
    0·
    9 months ago

    That’s why I built my own PC, get it the way I want it.

    Though even I rarely used more than 8 at a time.

    1. mouse and keyboard
    2. wifi antenna
    3. printer cable
    4. webcam (only sometimes)

    the CD reader takes two, one for power and one for data, but that’s only used rarely

    if I’m playing games with my kids that’s four controllers at most, and I don’t leave those plugged in