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Oculus is getting pre-ordered straight away on Wednesday afternoon
I need help with bringing my system up to spec!
I have to get myself three USB 3.0 ports on my P6TD Deluxe (X58) mobo (spare PCIe 2.0 x4 & 2x16's).
I also have the H440 case with two built in USB 3.0 (20-pin header) which I'de like to enable if possible.
I have spent over four hours researching the best possible card. I read that most x1 PCIe cards are compromised when it comes to transfere speed. With this in mind the only ones I could find were in the StarTech range, the PEXUSB3S42V and PEXUSB3S44V, with 2 and 4 dedicated USB controllers, respectively. However, these cards do not have an internal USB 3 header and are relatively expensive.
Anyone had to make a similar upgrade or can provide some advice please?

I have to get myself three USB 3.0 ports on my P6TD Deluxe (X58) mobo (spare PCIe 2.0 x4 & 2x16's).
I also have the H440 case with two built in USB 3.0 (20-pin header) which I'de like to enable if possible.
I have spent over four hours researching the best possible card. I read that most x1 PCIe cards are compromised when it comes to transfere speed. With this in mind the only ones I could find were in the StarTech range, the PEXUSB3S42V and PEXUSB3S44V, with 2 and 4 dedicated USB controllers, respectively. However, these cards do not have an internal USB 3 header and are relatively expensive.
Anyone had to make a similar upgrade or can provide some advice please?
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