USB Port Optimization for best locations for devices

[bikeman25]

Hello All

Have a MSI Pro B650 VC Wifi Rev 1.0 motherboard

Ryzen 7 7700X

Radeon 7800XT OC 16GB

32GB Teamgroup DDR 5 5600mhz

Samsung 990 Pro 1TB Boot NVMe

Samsung 990 Pro 2TB Game NVMe

Lian Li Lancool Black ARGB 216 Case

Seasonic Focus GX 750 Watt Power supply

 

Wondering today what is best spot to plug in the following items on system for performance and not bottle neck anything if i can help it

Creative Pebble Pro USB C or A Speakers, ((Powered by External USB C to C PD Adapter) 

Logitech G513 USB Gaming Keyboard

Logitech G502X Wired Gaming Mouse

Cyberpower UPS USB Cable for UPS Power Management/System shutdown

External drives connected occasionally are as follows---WD My Book 8TB (primary backup drive)   Seagate 8TB in External USB 3.0 Enclosure,  Seagate Portable 1TB USB 3.0 drive,   WD My Passport (Blue) 2TB, and WD My Passport (Red) 2TB,    WD Elements 500GB USB 2.0 External (Oldest one, Christmas 2003)    

 

**Do have a 7 Port Powered  USB Hub as well, but when i use that--that leaves only the USB Flash spot for something to directly connect to system if needed.    Rear USB C 2x2 unused right now as moved the Creative speakers off it to USB A port next to it, with a USB C to A Cable, as figured speakers didn't near audio from USB C port and tie up the high speed port**

 

Front Ports trying to limit use of, so i don't have Front I/O port go bad again, already had it replaced once by Lian Li support all the way from Taiwan over night

((Do get extra nervous at times on things,  so i might just be extra nervous for nothing lol))

[+Eternal Tempest MVC]

I have a partial answer, when I used a multi-port usb hub I had degraded speed performance with 3 large external hard drives connected (all having their own power supply).

I managed to snag a nice (yet older) USB3 based wavelink docking station cheap / used that has x6 usb 3 ports and almost doubled the speed of the external hard drives transfer rate. This looks to be a slightly upgraded model -https://ebay.io/m/LZtjTy

[bikeman25]

Well i'll look into a docking station if needed and use that.    Normally i don't usually have all the drives connected at once,  usually once a month to sync the latest files, and then they go back in there storage area