With HOTAS, I'm Out of USB ports and have a mini-itx mobo, how are external USB hubs for gaming and what should I connect to it

dgrdinh

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With HOTAS, I'm Out of USB ports and have a mini-itx mobo, how are external USB hubs for gaming and what should I connect to it

So I stupidly built a rift setup without enough USB. My Oculus setup with two sensors, and Hotas/Stick/Pedals and I am short at least one USB. I can't fit an internal because I have mini-itx and it has no extra pci-e. So am I forced to go external? Is a USB Hub bad for gaming? What should I connect to it? Do the oculus sensors require more bandwidth than a usb hub can support? What if I plug mouse/keyboard/stick/hotas to a single hub is that a better approach?

Thanks.
 

Siobhan

Siobhan
dgrdinh said:
So I stupidly built a rift setup without enough USB. My Oculus setup with two sensors, and Hotas/Stick/Pedals and I am short at least one USB. I can't fit an internal because I have mini-itx and it has no extra pci-e. So am I forced to go external? Is a USB Hub bad for gaming? What should I connect to it? Do the oculus sensors require more bandwidth than a usb hub can support? What if I plug mouse/keyboard/stick/hotas to a single hub is that a better approach?

Thanks.
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I use an external USB hub taped under the arm my chair. It connects my HOTAS, ed tracker and USB headset.
Sometimes it glitches on machine startup, but it's fine for the game.
 

Shadowdancer

Shadowdancer
I have powered Exsys USB hubs, nice robust metal cases with mounting holes, have them screwed under the desk.

Most devices will be fine on a hub, just get a powered unit if you want to use it for more than two or three low-power units.
 

Para Handy

Para Handy
Oculus doesn't like external hubs - maybe just the chipset but try to keep you oculus sensors from your mobo. I use direct motherboard USB3 connections for my 2 Oculus sensors and the HMD.

I use an Anker 7 port USB3 hub (it also has 3 fast-charge usb power sockets) and it runs just fine - I have CHPro throttle, Fighterstick and Pedals as well as track IR and 2 Thrustmaster Cougar MFDs connected - so one spare and Elite (and everything else bar the Oculus) works with it with no issues.
 

dgrdinh

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MalcYorks said:
Oculus doesn't like external hubs - maybe just the chipset but try to keep you oculus sensors from your mobo. I use direct motherboard USB3 connections for my 2 Oculus sensors and the HMD.

I use an Anker 7 port USB3 hub (it also has 3 fast-charge usb power sockets) and it runs just fine - I have CHPro throttle, Fighterstick and Pedals as well as track IR and 2 Thrustmaster Cougar MFDs connected - so one spare and Elite (and everything else bar the Oculus) works with it with no issues.
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Thanks all!
 

GeneralIdea1964

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I have enough USB ports, but I have hotas plugged into USB2 .
Don't have problems with it,so I'd plug you controllers into hub and keep direct USB3 connections for VR kit.
 

avow555

avow555
dgrdinh said:
So I stupidly built a rift setup without enough USB. My Oculus setup with two sensors, and Hotas/Stick/Pedals and I am short at least one USB. I can't fit an internal because I have mini-itx and it has no extra pci-e. So am I forced to go external? Is a USB Hub bad for gaming? What should I connect to it? Do the oculus sensors require more bandwidth than a usb hub can support? What if I plug mouse/keyboard/stick/hotas to a single hub is that a better approach?

Thanks.
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Been considering a mini itx setup for using at my girlfriends, could you post your spec please ��
 

Full_Ninja

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You should be fine if you plug the hotas into the HUB and the rift stuff directly to the computer. Also can't you just use 1 camera for Elite? If yes then wouldn't you have enough USB ports?
 

DerDzvero

DerDzvero
I use a small external usb hub for the hotas, pedals and head tracker. Used the same setup on 2 PCs under Win 7 and Win10- no problems at all.
Before I had also usb headset connected to it - no issues.
 

The Lawful

The Lawful
FWIW, I have an external 10 port USB 2.0 hub that comes along with its own power supply and use that for low bandwidth stuff (keyboard, mouse, hotas, wlan (yes), dongles, usb sticks) and got no problems with that. Some hardware, though, requires a direct connection, including my audio interface(s), external HDD, the Oculus and for some reason, the bulky XBox One wireless adapter that ships along with it. Oculus needs 3 USB ports (one for the HMD which has to be 3.0 plus one for each Constellation sensor which may run with USB 2.0, but issue bad tracking quality warnings if I plug them into such a port). General rule of thumb: all stuff with high throughput, low latency or USB 3 power requirements directly to the PC, all other stuff can go elsewhere, if in doubt or something doesn't work, PC is better.

HTH,
[noob]
 

-VR- Max Factor

-VR- Max Factor
I use a powered USB 2 hub for my Hotas, a powered USB 3 hub for my Oculus Rift headset, and the Motherboard for the Camera/sensor unit. Seems to work okay at the moment.
 

OfftheRails

OfftheRails
I plug my HOTAS into a Speed Link Snappy unpowered hub, plug that into an eight-foot extension lead I got from the indoor market, and plug that into the top ports on my case.

No issues. USB is fine for gaming, the 90s are long gone.
 

Judz

J
Rift plugged into the motherboard along with 1 of the sensors, the other sensor is plugged into a TP-Link 7 port USB3 powered external jobbie. Zero issues so far.
 
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