Quote from: Game_of_Coins on December 20, 2017, 03:52:26 PM

Quote from: dem0nlord on December 20, 2017, 03:29:18 PM

Quote from: Christmaskkid on December 20, 2017, 02:21:12 PM

http://m.usbgear.com/10pchgrhubmini.html
Best one I found for a fair price. And supports the right amount of power per port
Not sure why you compare a PC to a usb hub, sure you could get a cheap PC for the price of a usb hub, but you are still left with about 2-3 USB ports and if you plan on running 3 miners on a PC you most likely wont be able to fit them side-by-side or have enough power to keep three running on a cheap PC.

How many are going to actually fit? 6?
I've been using a $40 Anker hub that ran 2 sticks at 954mhz flawlessly, but is limited to 900mhz with 3 on it. Expecting a second one today to get my other 3 sticks going. OK, not as clean as one unit, but significant cost difference, plus I've not seen anyone say how many sticks they can run on that hub you linked to and at what speed. If the ports are actually limited to 2.1A that may not be enough to crank the speed up.

According to German Amazon site, Anker 60w 3.0 hub can provide max 0.9A per port and as my research goes on I am pretty sure there are no hubs providing more then 1A pro port except those industrial ones costing $100+...

Dam so many responses I dont think my phone can handle it haha, well..in response to game_of_coins yeah there should be much inside of a usb hub, witch also makes me wonder why they are so expensive, but then again it could contain some ICs that help distribute power and amps to specific ports that need it when used, I dont use a RPI, I would only have the hub connected to my MACBook and plugged into either a power strip or the wall..as for cooling I would utilize a 14 fan that constantly blows air on the hub/miners, it doesnt bother me for sleeping because I enjoy the ambient sound of a fan on. Not talking about a computer fan that sound alike a jet plane but a house fan, and maybe Ill include some smaller usb ones too. Yes you are also right on the hub availability, most cheap ones only put out 900mha even ones I saw for 60-70usd are about 1a max, unless someone can find one that is more per port at a good value..and just a quick shoutout to all the Mac users out there who are running high Sierra with new driver..if you could message me that would be great, because I have some questions on how to troubleshoot some issues Im having..like miner stops hashing during mac sleep, pools are still not deleting after removal and save, and possibly attempting to mine other script coins..thanks
and just so the creator of this thread doesnt get mad we went super off topic on usb hubs maybe start a new thread or continue an existing one haha..