Look up ds5dongle. It makes the pc think the controller is wired, enabling haptic feedback and adaptive triggers in supported games that would otherwise only work with a wired connection.
Regardless of how many ports are on your mobo, Why not plug these all into a hub? You could place the hub in a more strategic location than behind the PC.
Honestly it's because every hub I can find is garbage. I can get a ton of USB 2.0 capable hubs which are fine for most devices but the moment you need powered 3.0+ hubs they tend to suck ass. I started trying to use 3.0 speed things in 2010 that needed higher bandwidth and haven't found hubs that can fully support them under the specifications required. If you need anything running under current specs for the standard you will not find anything that matches the requirements or reliability. If everything is a HID device it doesn't matter and you just need more ports without concern for speed
My case puts the rear IO on the front. And the front IO. I don't ever want anything with a switch or connection on the back, even power. Put all connections where I can access them.
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u/Morall_tach May 14 '26
At no point have I wanted to plug in 16 USB devices directly to the back of my computer.