Anyone Know of a PCIe Gen 3.0 X1 Card That Has an Internal USB 3.0 Header

LAussieDeals on 22/04/2020 - 19:15
Last edited 22/04/2020 - 19:39

Anyone know of a PCIe Gen 3.0 x1 card that has an internal USB 3.0 19/20 pin header?

I have 4 front USB 3.0 type A ports and 1 USB-C port on my case but only have one motherboard header for the USB-C and one other header to get 2 of the 4 USB A ports running. Ideally I'd like those two remaining USB 3.0 type A ports running as close as possible to full speed (rather than converting them to USB 2.0 speeds or running them relatively slowly using a gen 2.0 card).

I have one spare PCIe Gen 3.0 x1 slot available after I add in my other cards.

I've seen quite a few x1 PCIe cards with internal headers but they're all only PCIe gen 2.0 (and therefore half the speed that is theoretically achievable compared to if they were PCIe gen 3.0 speed)

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  • Hybroid on 22/04/2020 - 19:18
    +1

    You're right, seems difficult to find a gen 3.0 card, closest is this: https://www.amazon.com.au/PCI-Ports-Header-Express-Dual/dp/B…

    Do you definitely not have a PCIe x4 slot available as there's a couple of those.

    • AussieDeals on 22/04/2020 - 19:30

      Thanks for that one but from the specs it say it requires a PCIe x4 slot to function (and it's got all those extra ports that probably drive up the cost).

      I'm in an odd position where only one x1 PCIe Gen 3.0 slot remains free on my board and I need to power 2 3.0 ports as close to their full speed as is possible

      Just one proper header on a PCIe gen 3.0 x1 card would be enough, as it would be enough to supply 2 ports at around 75% speed if both in use concurrently I think, or one port at full speed. It's pretty niche which is probably why I can't easily find a gen 3.0 card (while there are plenty of x1 PCIe 2.0 cards floating around)

    • AussieDeals on 22/04/2020 - 22:57

      Yeah that new link you have is similar to the ones I've been finding. Does not look like any Gen 3.0 x1 cards exist for internal USB 3 headers. So will probably make do with one of them (still better than converting the two extra USB 3 ports to USB 2.0 speed)

      My x4 slot will have a TB3 card installed

      I guess they're all limited to PCIe Gen 2.0 probably because the manufacturers designed them a while ago and targeted people who wanted to add USB 3 some of those older gen PCs that didn't have Gen 3.0 PCIe (so would be a waste including 3.0) and also had few/or no native USB 3.0 ports/headers (+ maybe cost savings going Gen 2.0). Instead of me just wanting to add extra front USB 3 to a newer system.

  • stratbargain on 22/04/2020 - 20:03
    +1

    https://www.amazon.com/Inateck-Express-Controller-Internal-C…

    Closest I can find but it uses the FL1100 which is PCI Express 2.1 so capped at 500MB/s bandwidth.

    What is it you're doing that you require such high speed on 4 X USB ports?

  • iforgotmysocks on 22/04/2020 - 21:29

    What is it you're doing that you require such high speed on 4 X USB ports?

    JV fan fiction.

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