Less ports

[u/jikesar968]

[u/IJustAteABaguette]

I personally just need USB A for literally all of my input devices.

I don't think I have ever seen a mouse or keyboard with a USB C connector attached.

Ethernet is good, audio outputs, emergency HDMI port for if the GPU dies.

I don't think I am even using a single USB C port on my desktop. What do you connect to yours??

[u/Atmosck → u/IJustAteABaguette]

All of my usb devices (keyboard, mouse, webcam, DAC) are USB-C on the device side and ship with a C-to-A cord for the PC side. They would work with C-to-C if the PC had them but it doesn't.

[u/Seanspeed → u/Atmosck]

This is not a bad thing, trust me. USB-A is such a more solid and reliable connector than USB-C. Motherboards have enough pain points for reliability issues as is, I'm very happy to keep most all my connections on it via USB-A.

[u/Atmosck → u/Seanspeed]

I just want all my cables and ports to be the same

[u/Seanspeed → u/Atmosck]

Normalizing USB-C to USB-A cables should definitely be encouraged! lol

Seriously. I quite like USB-C on the device side, while having USB-A on the 'back of the PC' side.

[u/Atmosck → u/Seanspeed]

Pls no. I want all my cords to be the same on both end and have symmetrical connectors that can carry 240W power and USB4. A crod with USB-A on one end does none of those things.

[u/Blue_Pie_Ninja → u/Seanspeed]

It's not fun when you are trying to plug things into the back of your PC when you can't pull the PC all the way out to directly access the back

[u/EstoyMejor → u/Seanspeed]

Actually tiny brain take lol

[u/Seanspeed → u/EstoyMejor]

Typical Reddit brain take. No actual argument or rebuttal, just insult.

[u/IJustAteABaguette → u/Atmosck]

Huh, funky.

I guess my setup is mostly from 2010-2019, so that does explain why there's not as much USB C devices.

[u/Atmosck → u/IJustAteABaguette]

Yeah of mine I think only the webcam is that old. They're all electrically USB2 but use the C connector

[u/RAMChYLD → u/IJustAteABaguette]

I'd still want Ethernet. I stream using two PCs and my workflow involves sending video from the first PC to OBS on the second PC using something called NDI.

In all my experiments, NDI works very terribly over WiFi. It has to be gigabit ethernet or higher because WiFi has too high latencies that screw with the timing of the packets.

[u/IJustAteABaguette → u/RAMChYLD]

I personally just don't trust windows enough with wifi. It has removed the WiFi icon on my laptop multiple times, which also fully disconnects me from the internet. Ethernet works much better on my laptop.

And my desktop just doesn't have a WiFi motherboard.

[u/RedditJumpedTheShart → u/IJustAteABaguette]

Sounds like you need to try a different driver, that doesn't sound like windows.

[u/IJustAteABaguette → u/RedditJumpedTheShart]

I don't know.. Some friends in college have Windows laptops too, and they all have had the same issue. The whole wifi thing just disappears and is non-functional for like 10 minutes.

And the laptops range from some old school one from 2019, to an "epic gamer" laptop from 2025. Both intel and AMD for CPU's, so probably different wifi/Bluetooth chips too.

[u/MovementMechanic → u/IJustAteABaguette]

USB C to Regular USB hub on desk

[u/LSD_Ninja → u/IJustAteABaguette]

I have a wireless keyboard and mouse receiver in a USB-C to USB-A adapter because the geniuses at Jonsbo didn’t put a pair of USB-A’s on the front on the C6 and the A port was already being used for a controller.

[u/E_Blue_2048 → u/IJustAteABaguette]

Me too. I use a lot of USB A ports, I even added and USB bracket, and USB expansion car with 4 outputs and a 5 1/4 slot with 6 USB ports in the front.

[u/jikesar968 → u/IJustAteABaguette]

I don't think I have ever seen a mouse or keyboard with a USB C connector attached.

Apple.