How long a can a USB cable be before it starts to degrade performance?

[sethhhh]

I was planning to move my gaming PC to the other side of the room because it has noisy fans. So I was wondering if i can extend my mouse and keyboard with some USB extension cables, but will this cause lag? (I am a gamer so i care about timing and accuracy)

 

[getochkn]

Google can answer this, but I googled for you, 16 feet.

 

[mcnumpty23]

yes 5 metres

if you want to go longer than that you can use an active/repeater usb cable

though no idea if theres more lag or not

 

[aquielisunari]

I was planning to move my gaming PC to the other side of the room because it has noisy fans. So I was wondering if i can extend my mouse and keyboard with some USB extension cables, but will this cause lag? (I am a gamer so i care about timing and accuracy)

Just make sure it's an active USB entension cable like https://www.amazon.com/CableCreation-Active-Extension-Extender-Female/dp/B0179MXKU8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497134265&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=Active+USB+extender&psc=1 connected to a USB 3.0 connection on your motherboard's I/O panel.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2674169/usb-extenders-input-lag.html is but one opinion on latency.

I'll be needing an extension for the Vive when I buy it so I've been looking at these products for a while now.