USB-3.0 Hubs

Most modern laptops have 3 USB ports and of these ports, only one supports USB 3.0 standard. Desktop PCs may have more ports, but most likely, they are all USB 2.0. Which is a pity because USB 3.0 has 10x more transfer speed than USB 2.0, offers more power and helps in saving energy by reducing power consumption when maximum load is not needed. Without a shadow of a doubt that you want to run all your data transfer devices through the USB-3 port as the transfer rates are exponentially higher than USB-2. Having set that point straight, and even if we put all these differences aside, the total number of available ports in any computer sometimes is not enough to cater for all our USB devices.

Let’s put this vision to the test. You want to charge a phone, use a USB keyboard and mouse, an external hard drive, a card reader, printer, scanner, and a webcam. All of which need to be connected at the same time. You’ll wonder, how? All you need is a USB hub to expand your system’s current limitations. USB-3 hubs are devices that will increase the total number of ports available on your computer through a single USB connection.