Need advice on upgrading PC

maayub15

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wow... cool stuff... was thinking of changing the chassis if i'm unable to add front panel usb 3.0 ports.... will definitely consider...thanks muddle!
 

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Yes pci usb3 card exists Newegg.ca - Koutech 2-Port SuperSpeed USB 3.0 PCI Card Model IO-PU230

Take note it will probably clog the bus bandwidth when using high speed devices simultaneously.

Oh, another thing mr shadow, here is a pcie card for additional front panel headers

Amazon.com : Anker® Uspeed PCI-E to USB 3.0 2 Port Express Card, with 1 USB 3.0 20-pin Connector and 5V 4 Pin Male Power Connector : Computer Usb Port Cards : Computers & Accessories

There are numerous others in amazon if only you willing to search.

Dun wanna say this but, you know the difference between front panel and rear i/o? That one is rear i/o. Front panel is where your power button, etc are at...

And what is the point of showing a OOS PCI-to-USB3.0 card?
 

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The PCI interface won't bottleneck the USB 3.0 meh, especially those with 2 ports? Just curious because conventional PCI is like 133MB/s and USB 3.0 is 5Gbps~625MB/s.
 

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The PCI interface won't bottleneck the USB 3.0 meh, especially those with 2 ports? Just curious because conventional PCI is like 133MB/s and USB 3.0 is 5Gbps~625MB/s.

It will bottleneck.. iirc, pci-e can keep up with it unless usb4.0 comes out.
 

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It will bottleneck.. iirc, pci-e can keep up with it unless usb4.0 comes out.
PCIe can still scale with more lanes dedicated to the controller. Moreover, most current PCIe USB 3.0 cards only utilise x1 lane of PCIe 2.0.
 
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