5M USB Extension + Keyboard, Mouse

craigxt22 · 15 Sep 2012 at 12:16

Hi,

Just rearranged my room and need to extend my mouse and keyboard USB cables.

My question is, will this effect gaming response times? I know in theory it will, but will I notice it realistic?

And, will this do the job?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-077-OK&groupid=1929&catid=543&subcat=

The first picture in the thumbnail is a bit miss leading as the connectors show no 'socket' end, where as the second one does.

Thanks

Tealc · 15 Sep 2012 at 13:04

USB signals are pretty fast so you won't notice the latency. The max time a transmission can take is 26ns and that's just 1/40 of a millisecond. Id imagine the majority of USB delays occur in the interfaces between CPU and ram and things rather than travelling down cables.

5M is About the maximum length you can use. USB repeaters can alleviate this timing issue if it does cause problems.

As for the product The M-M suggests its a male USB A to male USB A and not like it is in the second image.

sadbuttrue · 15 Sep 2012 at 13:21

Response time is not an issue, but loss of data might be depending on the cable quality. Personally I had no issues running a 500hz mouse and standard USB keyboard over 5m for fps gaming (Quake).

craigxt22 · 15 Sep 2012 at 14:15

Cool, thanks!