USB 3 Header

Marakith · 6 Dec 2011 at 14:26

Hello,

I have just built a system using one of these beautiful cases: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-006-AD

...and the ASRock Extreme 3 Motherboard.

So far so good. However, the case has one of these USB cables and I can't find a corresponding connector on the motherboard:
http://i.imgur.com/egvkm.jpg

Being a bit of a perfectionist on this build, I didn't want 2 of the ports on top of the case being unusable, so I bought a USB card that I thought would do the trick, but it has a USB port facing internally, rather than a header.

Does anyone know how I can get the USB 3.0 cable connected to the system, perhaps through getting the internally-facing port to convert to a header?

Thanks!

gropingmantis · 6 Dec 2011 at 14:31

I have also been looking at trying to find a USB 3 to USB header for similar purposes but there don't seem to be any as that USB 3 header standard has only very recently been made a standard and so few cases use it. Sorry.

Marakith · 6 Dec 2011 at 14:44

Ah!

Just found this: http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=301&area=en
(I hope I'm not breaking any rules)

I'd say this card solves the problem, only thing I'd like on that card is for it to have rearward external USB ports as well.

jaf2212 · 6 Dec 2011 at 21:16

Marakith said:
Ah!

Just found this: http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=301&area=en
(I hope I'm not breaking any rules)

I'd say this card solves the problem, only thing I'd like on that card is for it to have rearward external USB ports as well.

Not seen one that has both header and port on the same card but that card will solve all issues with your case header

Hyburnate · 6 Dec 2011 at 21:21

You come here saying you've built a computer but no pics? :mad:

Yeah the card will fix it though/

Marakith · 7 Dec 2011 at 08:55

Hyburnate said:
You come here saying you've built a computer but no pics?

Yeah the card will fix it though/

Sorry! I'm blogging it at the moment - will put up pics shortly - just been so *******' busy at work!

reygjabla · 7 Dec 2011 at 09:38

No! Forget about work. We want it now.

Marakith · 15 Dec 2011 at 15:22

reygjabla said:
No! Forget about work. We want it now.

Finally got round to doing this! Here you go!

The components:

The Kuhler - this was a pain in the proverbials to fit, but this video helped:

The completed build - you can see the offending USB3 header cable in there!

The build from behind the motherboard plate:

The only bit I'm struggling with is what to do with all the extra cables from the PSU. I think at some point, I'll tuck the rest behind the Mobo plate.

Overall, this was a very straighforward build, helped immensely by the excellent Anidees AI6 case. The real pain was the cooler, but I'm getting really low temps off it and it's really quiet.