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

  • Stamets
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    110 months ago

    Yes. And like I’ve said elsewhere, there is literally no problem with it.

    • @[email protected]
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      110 months ago

      I mean it’s a bit more expensive, leads to some slightly slower initial load times, and causes some pop in on some games, but sure. There’s no problem with it. For whatever reason you’d do it for.

      • Stamets
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        110 months ago

        I needed the extra space regardless so the price wasn’t a factor to be specific to this, slightly lower must refer to like 1-2 seconds because it takes a max of 3-4 to load any game and I have no idea what pop in is but I haven’t noticed any problems in performance.

        • @[email protected]
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          210 months ago

          I mean you should have had several open slots to install an internal drive if you needed more space, but pop in is where as you’re moving through a world, things like trees or rocks or creatures etc don’t appear from as far away as they should. It get pretty noticeable on games like No Man’s Sky and Subnautica if the game isn’t installed on a fast hard drive that can quickly send its data. Even the fastest drive they make won’t totally eliminate the problem on NMS. Just lessens it.