Hypothetical question using USB headers!

[Chriscaruso]

I was thinking today, could it be possible to use flashdrives as storage options by using a USB 2.0 or 3.0 motherboard header adapter to female usb.

I know adapters like this are avaliable
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812423076&cm_re=usb_3%2c0_to_female-_-12-423-076-_-Product

could you use this with say a 3.0 128 Gb flashdrive as a storage option?

Obviously this is extremely janky and I would not recomend if it actually is possible but I just want to know out of pure curiousity.

 

[Jacob McIntosh]

You certainly could, I'd imagine (don't have the numbers, but I'd bet they're out there somewhere) a USB drive wouldn't have the life expectancy or the data transfer rates compared to an SSD (although it would be faster than an HDD). If you kept the USB drive inside your computer it should be totally fine, if it was outside you run the risk of someone walking by and yanking it out, depending on what you have saved on there/running on the computer it could be a bit annoying.

 

[audie-tron25]

You could, but I think that using PCI USB cards would be better since most people have more spare PCI slots than motherboard headers. Also, it would probably be cheaper to buy a 128GB SSD than a 128GB flashdrive.

 

[basroil]

Can you? sure. Not for boot drives, but fine for storage

 

[Chriscaruso]

You certainly could, I'd imagine (don't have the numbers, but I'd bet they're out there somewhere) a USB drive wouldn't have the life expectancy or the data transfer rates compared to an SSD (although it would be faster than an HDD). If you kept the USB drive inside your computer it should be totally fine, if it was outside you run the risk of someone walking by and yanking it out, depending on what you have saved on there/running on the computer it could be a bit annoying.

Thats what I assumed, haha I dont think this is a good idea just totally popped into my head when I was rerouting some cables.