Need help find front panel with USB-C connecter.

[wade7575]

I was wondering if anyone knows of a Front Panel preferably that is 3.5 form factor has 2 or more USB-C connectors.

I have seen some front panels that has 1 USB-C connector and it connects directly to the motherboard,I want to be able to do USB-C to USB-C transfers with ssd enclosure's I have and get faster speeds.

 

[JLK03F150]

Here's one with 2 USB-C connectors. Claims 20GBps transfer rate.

Amazon.com

 

[dfonda]

I wish they still had 3.5 drive slots. Like our ancestors had.

I miss them for reasons like USB C and 3.2 ports. I also still burn BR disks to my Plex server. So my burner drive sits on the desktop.

Unfortunately that ship has sailed.

 

[EarthDog]

Does your mobo have a 20 gbps type-c header in the first place? I dont recall that being common at all on z390...not sure how it would get the bandwidth/connection otherwise (what mobo, exactly, do you have??).

You'll need a pcie-based adapter... but that won't be front panel.

 

[JLK03F150]

I wish they still had 3.5 drive slots. Like our ancestors had.

I miss them for reasons like USB C and 3.2 ports. I also still burn BR disks to my Plex server. So my burner drive sits on the desktop.

Unfortunately that ship has sailed.

I've been wanting new cases for my Gamer & Lightroom PCs for years. Every time I decide 'I'm going to do it!' I see a post like yours which reminds me why I still use the cases of our forefathers.
The Gamer is in a 2007 Rocketfish Lian Li case & the Lightroom PC is in a 2000 Antec case. Both are full towers.

 

[wade7575]

Here's one with 2 USB-C connectors. Claims 20GBps transfer rate.

Amazon.com

Thanks for that,I wish they showed the USB-C cable more where it attach's at the PCB,I hope it's not some y cable that split's because I doubt you could do C to C transfer's,I'd rather it use a chip that controllers the 2 C port's.

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Does your mobo have a 20 gbps type-c header in the first place? I dont recall that being common at all on z390...not sure how it would get the bandwidth/connection otherwise (what mobo, exactly, do you have??).

You'll need a pcie-based adapter... but that won't be front panel.

My X99 did but not my Z390 or at least I don't think,but my new system will.

 

[EarthDog]

or at least I don't

I guess it doesn't matter since you're getting new.....but listing your motherboard would've told us.

because I doubt you could do C to C transfer's,I'd rather it use a chip that controllers the 2 C port's.

Use the one on the front/rear panel (of your new system) and one from a card. Get a board with rear and front 20 Gbps or better, USB4/TB4 ports (40 Gbps). They are 'standard' on unreleased AMD, I believe.

 

[wade7575]

I was thinking of getting a Ryzen 9 9900X 12 core and an ASUS X870E when they release something,I'm not in a massive rush to building anything right away.

I'm wanting to build a new encoding pc because mine is pretty slow and at encoding,with the GTX960.

From what I have read Intel's Arc A770 is the fastest card out right now at encoding video,a few people have tried to tell me already go with an Nvidia card and I said no way 2500 Canadian plus for a graphic's card alone I don't think so,plus I have a few friends that have the A770 cards and love them for encoding and at the cost of 470.00 I'd rather go that route for a faster card to do what I want then spend 2500 plus 13% sales tax for something will do what I want and be slower at it.

If your wondering why I don't just put an Arc A770 card in my Z390 build well let's just say it all has to with the joys of computing,Intel's Hyper Encode which makes the Arc cards so blazing fast at encoding isn't in any 9th gen CPU's only 10th gen and above which really sucks.

If I was going to spend 2500 plus on just a gpu I'd rather build a new rig with a newer cpu and other stuff.

 

[EarthDog]

I was thinking of getting a Ryzen 9 9900X 12 core and an ASUS X870E when they release something,I'm not in a massive rush to building anything right away.

Well, since you're not in a hurry, you'd need to know if your current board has one to use it on... or......just buy it to sit and wait for your new system. Again, you could, theoretically, get it natively on the new boards (like I said above) and not even need one of these. So, I'd just wait, period.