What are extra usb port cables called

ih8modem · 25 Mar 2008 at 18:08

Right so I have 4 usb headers on my motherboard, but only 2 are being used. I am also short on USB ports for my long list of accessories. I am not keen on using a USB hub, I would rather use the extra headers I have spare.

So the simple solution is to get somne of the pci-slot usb ports to usb heaer block thingies. So what the heck are those things known as ?

I've tried usb to pci slot header thingy on google as well as OCUK but nothing comes back

So just to be sure ... I want that PCI slot bracket that usually has up to 4 USB connectors on it, with 1 to 4 cables leading away from the bracket, the cables ending in USB header blocks that I can plug onto my motherboard's spare usb headers.

Any ideas?

Thanks
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helmutcheese · 25 Mar 2008 at 18:18

Why not buy a USB2 Hub ?

Example :

Skeeter · 25 Mar 2008 at 19:01

So you want to put USB ports into your PCI slot.....

Buy a PCI USB card? Ive got one, stick it in a PCI port, and hey presto, 5 more USB ports!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CC-001-OK

No need to worry about USB header blocks, they are USB ports through the PCI slot.

GhostlyPea · 25 Mar 2008 at 19:02

Try searching for a "USB bracket"

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Mr. Brightside · 25 Mar 2008 at 19:04

ih8modem said:
I am not keen on using a USB hub, I would rather use the extra headers I have spare.

I think that might be why.

Pea0n's suggestion of 'USB bracket' seems to show plenty of results.

ih8modem · 25 Mar 2008 at 19:51

Pea0n said:
Try searching for a "USB bracket"

- Pea0n

You sir, are the master. I bow to your wisdom. (I have found exactly what I wanted now

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Skeeter · 25 Mar 2008 at 20:11

but why not use a PCI card if your just going to put USB ports in a PCI slot?

davethe11 · 25 Mar 2008 at 20:14

Skeeter said:
but why not use a PCI card if your just going to put USB ports in a PCI slot?

they take up less room in your case than a pci card, I would prefer to use the mobo headers too

GhostlyPea · 25 Mar 2008 at 20:23

ih8modem said:
You sir, are the master. I bow to your wisdom.
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HAHA! Wouldn't go that far! Glad you found what you were after

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ih8modem · 25 Mar 2008 at 20:57

davethe11 said:
they take up less room in your case than a pci card, I would prefer to use the mobo headers too

Exactly. Also why have something drawing extra resources/power etc, disrupting airflow (although they cards are noy huge, they still take space and disrupt a certain amount of airflow).

The usb ports on the mobo are there, enabled. Final argument - the USB bracket is cheaper too

(£1-47 for a 4 port version).

Skeeter · 25 Mar 2008 at 22:58

My USB PCI card cost 99p from the bay, its also low profile so I dont see how a 2cm wide piece of plastic can interfeer with airflow anymore than some wires, and it sits at the very bottem of my case, roughly 5mm above the top of my psu where no airflow is directed or needed, and the USB headers on my mobo are used for the front panel....

your arguments against a PCI card are slim to say the least, but it is nothing more than 2 ways of achiveing the same thing, so each to their own.

ih8modem · 26 Mar 2008 at 07:47

Skeeter said:
My USB PCI card cost 99p from the bay, its also low profile so I dont see how a 2cm wide piece of plastic can interfeer with airflow anymore than some wires, and it sits at the very bottem of my case, roughly 5mm above the top of my psu where no airflow is directed or needed, and the USB headers on my mobo are used for the front panel....

your arguments against a PCI card are slim to say the least, but it is nothing more than 2 ways of achiveing the same thing, so each to their own.

Indeed as you say each to their own.

As a counter though, on price alone - I paid £1-47 incl shipping for the bracket. The cheapest pci card (low profile) I could find was £0-39 (on the bay) but to be shipped from Hong Kong at £4-99. There are some UK sellers at around 99p too, but once again the shipping ranges from £3-99 to £6-99.