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1312978 2012-11-17 04:58:00 Hi all.

I'm after powered USB hub recommendations -around $50 and 4 -7 USB ports. Don't know if there's any advantage in going for USB 3.0 so I'm particularly interested in your views on this aspect.

Primarily for plugging in our plethora of phones and MP3 players but I'm interested if a hub would be suitable for my bluetooth headphones and perhaps other bluetooth devices.

Cheers!
Richardd150 (13927)
1312979 2012-11-17 07:37:00 Can't recommend anything specific but unless you have USB 3.0 on your PC already you won't get USB 3.0 by buying a USB 3.0 hub. Might be useful for future upgrades though.

It should work with anything if it's powered and not a piece of junk.

It's the cheap unpowered ones that often have issues.
Agent_24 (57)
1312980 2012-11-18 06:53:00 Thanks Agent_24 - much appreciated.
My PC has 2x 3.0 ports at the back so I'll splash out for a 3.0 hub.
Richardd150 (13927)
1312981 2012-11-18 09:25:00 Thanks Agent_24 - much appreciated.
My PC has 2x 3.0 ports at the back so I'll splash out for a 3.0 hub.

Note also of course that if you start using multiple bandwidth-heavy devices on the hub it will likely impact throughput speeds\performance.
Agent_24 (57)
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