On Mar 19, 2004, at 10:08 AM, Matt Perl wrote:
My stock G5 comes with two USB on back; one on front. Not surprisingly, I need more for my externals. I seem to have enough firewire access for now. Do you fine folk recommend a PCI card (about 50-70 bucks will get me either 3 USB or 2 USB and 2 firewire), or is there a recommended PCI card with only USB for less, or should one go with a powered USB hub (and if so, powered or non-powered)? That is the question.
Get a powered hub.
1) They're cheap. I got one on sale at Walgreens for $8.99 a while back. 2) They bring the ports up *front* where you can reach 'em! 3) Powered, so you don't overload the USB hub on the motherboard.
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