cm0002@piefed.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 days agoASRock's new motherboard comes bristling with 25 USB ports for connectivity aficionados — AMD X870 LiveMixer WiFi hits the market at $229www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down10
arrow-up187arrow-down1external-linkASRock's new motherboard comes bristling with 25 USB ports for connectivity aficionados — AMD X870 LiveMixer WiFi hits the market at $229www.tomshardware.comcm0002@piefed.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareThePantser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·5 days ago13 USB A and only 3 C ports? Could have done with 3 less A and made 6 more C.
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·5 days agoThat’s because two of the C ports are 40Gbps USB4. I bet there’s a PCI-E lane limitation they’re hitting.
minus-squareFrezik@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoThey’re also kinda expensive connectors on their own. We probably never will go 100% USB-C.
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoI’m guessing they’re all just behind an internal hub. https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/chipsets/am5.html The x870e chipset only provides 2 20gbit ports (type c only) 12 10gbit and 2 5gbit ports. No idea how the USB 4 ports fit into the equation, but I think the 2 are mandatory.
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoYes, I really wondered what the advantage of putting all these ports on the mobo instead of just using external powered hubs.
13 USB A and only 3 C ports? Could have done with 3 less A and made 6 more C.
That’s because two of the C ports are 40Gbps USB4. I bet there’s a PCI-E lane limitation they’re hitting.
They’re also kinda expensive connectors on their own. We probably never will go 100% USB-C.
I’m guessing they’re all just behind an internal hub.
https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/chipsets/am5.html
The x870e chipset only provides 2 20gbit ports (type c only) 12 10gbit and 2 5gbit ports. No idea how the USB 4 ports fit into the equation, but I think the 2 are mandatory.
Yes, I really wondered what the advantage of putting all these ports on the mobo instead of just using external powered hubs.