Jay.Co Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 How have you gone about setting your 600T case USB 3.0 Fitting? Been looking for a PCI Ex USB 3.0 card with one internal USB 3.0 socket like iv seen on some USB 2.0 PCi Ex cards for sale now... is this the only way or is there anything else on the market.. Any idea's you all please :sunglasse Thanks up front :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kit0515 Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 actually quite interested in this too... edit: just searched around, the standard for internal usb 3 headers and connectors have just been released not long ago, just expect to wait another few months before manufacturers start to push those pci-e cards out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 18, 2010 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 18, 2010 Currently the USB3.0 on the 600T case is essentially a pass through cable which would come out the back of your case and plug directly into the motherboard. Unfortunately there was no official design for a motherboard header for USB3.0 when we designed the case. I suspect a more elegant design may be implemented in the future, but at this point I think that most case manufacturers are supporting USB3.0 in the same way, at least from what I have seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay.Co Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 That's a bit tacky... cable out the back of your case just to get the case 3.0 working. cutting a hole in the back to pass it though is no option unless it passes over the mother board and out the water cooling exits which just sack cable management. Thinking the USB 3.0 was only added for sales purpose and as it come's it's USELESS... The 600t case has been very well thought out until it come's to the above and just to throw in a USB 3.0 just because it's the in thing is besides me :[pouts: Maybe something to add to any overview regarding the case and USB 3.0... as if id knew it was just what it is then...who know's I did try asking about as couldn't find anything online to be told that the case's USB 3.0 has a mother board connection and he's has said case been the reason for asking this member... Anyway it's the first time iv seen a case with an accessory's that cannot connect to nothing :sigh!: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kit0515 Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 official usb 3 internal header specS!!!! http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/usb_30_internal_connector_cable_spec_released Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay.Co Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 official usb 3 internal header specS!!!! http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/usb_30_internal_connector_cable_spec_released Thanks for that buddy... Lets see what come's about but surely just add an internal port on the PCi ex 3.0 card that are already out be a option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlawlessSoul Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/2-Port-Lycom-UB-115-USB-30-%28NEC%29-1-Internal-plus-1-External-Low-Profile-PCIe-Host-Adapter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay.Co Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/2-Port-Lycom-UB-115-USB-30-%28NEC%29-1-Internal-plus-1-External-Low-Profile-PCIe-Host-Adapter Oh great find there buddy thank you for taking the time to find it :cool: :biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kit0515 Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/2-Port-Lycom-UB-115-USB-30-%28NEC%29-1-Internal-plus-1-External-Low-Profile-PCIe-Host-Adapter thats good idea, but you will get some speed limitations from the fact that its a pci-e x1 lane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlawlessSoul Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 thats good idea, but you will get some speed limitations from the fact that its a pci-e x1 lane Two ports per lane anyway, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkgriffin Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Actually I like the current solution that Corsair used with the 600T. My mother board doesn't support USB 3.0 so I have the EVGA add-in card. The cable routes very cleanly for me through the bottom PCI bracket and into the add-in card. You can barely even notice it in my build unless you look at the back of the case an who really cares about that. It allows me to use my WD My Passport USB 3.0 drive on the front panel which is way better than the rear panel. Yes, one day I might wish it was internal when more motherboards support it but there might be an adapter by then. For now... the current Corsair solution is perfect for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay.Co Posted October 20, 2010 Author Share Posted October 20, 2010 thats good idea, but you will get some speed limitations from the fact that its a pci-e x1 lane From what i can make out the Pci card linked above is also powered via a sata power connection... don't see them making a USB 3.0 card that doesn't support the 3.0 speeds... Ill add to this thread when my card arrives Thursday ;): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kit0515 Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 From what i can make out the Pci card linked above is also powered via a sata power connection... don't see them making a USB 3.0 card that doesn't support the 3.0 speeds... Ill add to this thread when my card arrives Thursday ;): it will do fine with 1 usb 3.0 port, but with 2 of them running together it will reach the PCI-e x1 speed limit (250mb/s for v1, 500mb v2, 1gb/s for v3). A single usb 3.0 has a theoretical speed limit of 5gbit/s (roughly 625mb/s) so even if you dont reach the limit but you use 2 usb 3.0 external drives or usb drive, u will see a bottleneck. Especially since most common motherboards right now has the PCI-E v2.x revision, the chances are there will be bottleneck. Basically the company making that is dumb and should have went with a PCI-e x4 card instead and 2 more external usb 3.0 ports =P. BUT, it will still be faster then usb 2.0, so it all good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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