Perfect, I'm 100% doing this now. Thanks for the heads up. How long is your USB cable? Which brand and length did you get and which hub did you buy?
For me the noise isn't too bad, it's more for the heat. It gets over 32 degrees in my room on a hot summers day.
Just a relatively cheap hub and cables from amazon. About £25 for hub and about £20 for cables although I have an extra couple metres on the end of the USB. Just a standard 3.0 extension.
The fibre optic dp and hdmi were quite expensive around £70 for the DP and £49.99 for the hdmi if memory serves but well worth it.
What I have is/ all from amazon.
Atzebe 10m dp1.4 was £75 but unavailable now. Still other brands.
Atzebe 10m hdmi 2.0 :- £51.99
GIKERSY 7port 3.0 powered hub :- £25
CSL 5m usb 3.0 cable with active repeater :-£17.85
I also have extensions for my sound card. Audio cables and mic/headphone cables. All work perfectly.
And yes does make a difference to ambient temp. Pc tends to heat up a bit with the door closed but still within acceptable levels for me. GPU maxes about 55c even on the last 30c hot spell with door closed. Still fine imo for me though.