Case Question - USB

[Cooler666]

do most cases come with a pci card for USB?
because i don't have enough ports on my motherboard (3 usb ports) and i was wondering when i buy a case it will come with more ;) .

thanks

[Mike K]

I got a case from NewEgg that comes with 2 usb in the front. Although u need a usb header to use them. No cases I ever seen come with a pci card 4 usb. BTW, what mobo do u have? bacause most have 2.

[Cooler666]

i've got - Abit TH7II-RAID, its one of the new ones for Intel pentium 4

the case i'm gonna buy has 2 usb ports in the front too http://www.aopen.nl/products/housing/h600a.htm
how much do these USB headers cost?

[Mike K]

usb headers are pins on the mobo itself. they look like jumper pins and the pins u plug the power/restart switches in. I looked up ur mobo but the reviews didnt say nething about that. u could always buy a usb pci expansion card. The usb 2.0 is about $50-$70 for 5 more ports and Usb 1.1 is around $20 for 4 or 5 ports

[ken257]

Even though I wasn't out of USB ports I got tired of crawling on the floor under my desk to hook stuff up. I found a USB hub at Comp USA that goes in one of your 3 1/2" drive slots and has 4 ports. You also hook a power cable up to it (small floppy molex) to support power hungry devices. It has worked out very nice for me.

[rogerdugans]

I modded a small 4 port hub to fit in a 5 1/4 bay a year or so ago for the same reason. Front usb is much nicer!

BTW: many mobos are coming with two USB ports built in and two or more headers for even more. My MSI KT266 (non-A:( ) has 5 usb ports and a usb networking port built in.

Haven't seen a case with a card, but I hear some of the mpx boards USB 2.0 is messed up and they are including usb pci cards with them.