Question Question relating to USB headers on motherboard & USB ports on case ?

[nutshellml]

Morning all, with your help I recently build the below system and have a question regarding the USB headers on my MOBO along with the I/O Ports on my case. My motherboard has USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C and USB 3.2 Gen 1, and USB 2.0 headers. My case is lists the I/O Ports as USB 3.0 Gen 1 and USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C.

My question - Since I connected the I/O case cable to the USB Gen 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C Header and USB 3.2 Gen 1 header, does that make the I/O Ports on my case 3.2 or are the case ports limited as stated on the case manual for I/O ports. Hope that makes sense...

Build July 2023 $951 all in
ASUS Z790-P PRIME WiFi Intel LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard
Intel Core i7-13700K Raptor Lake 3.4GHz Sixteen-Core LGA 1700
G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5-6000 PC5-48000 CL36 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit F5-6000J3636F16GX2-RS5K
DeepCool AK620 CPU Air Cooler
Lian Li O11 Air Mini Tempered Glass ATX Mini Tower Computer Case
EVGA SuperNOVA 750 GT 750 Watt 80 Plus Gold ATX Fully Modular Power Supply
Samsung 990 PRO 1TB Samsung V NAND 3-bit MLC PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe M.2 Internal SSD
Windows 11 Pro

 

[helpstar]

in which exact header did you connect the front panel ?
Only U32G2_C4 is providing USB3.2 gen2, the others USB3.2 gen1

3.2gen 1 and 3.1gen 1 are the same
overtime the changes from left to right:

USB 3.0	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.2 Gen 1(x1)	5 Gbit/s
USB 3.1	-	USB 3.2 Gen 2(x1)	10 Gbit/s
USB 3.2	-	USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	20 Gbit/s
USB 4.0	-	-	40 Gbit/s

 

[nutshellml]

in which exact header did you connect the front panel ?
Only U32G2_C4 is providing USB3.2 gen2, the others USB3.2 gen1

3.2gen 1 and 3.1gen 1 are the same
overtime the changes from left to right:

USB 3.0	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.2 Gen 1(x1)	5 Gbit/s
USB 3.1	-	USB 3.2 Gen 2(x1)	10 Gbit/s
USB 3.2	-	USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	20 Gbit/s
USB 4.0	-	-	40 Gbit/s

The MOBO manual shows USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type C Front Panel connector US32G2_C4 next to the MOBO power supply connector, I have that connected.

Then per manual USB 3.2. Gen 1 header connected to the other panel connector.

 

[thestryker]

USB 3.2 gen 2 = USB 3.1
USB 3.2 gen 1 = USB 3.0

USB-IF just renamed everything to try to make it "easier to understand". So long as you have the respective ports hooked up as mentioned above you're getting full speed.

 

[nutshellml]

USB 3.2 gen 2 = USB 3.1
USB 3.2 gen 1 = USB 3.0

USB-IF just renamed everything to try to make it "easier to understand". So long as you have the respective ports hooked up as mentioned above you're getting full speed.

So are you saying the case and MOBO are same specs? USB naming is confusing...

 

[Misgar]

USB-C can support (amongst other things) 5Gbits/s, 10GBits/s and 20Gbits/s.

5 and 10Gbits/s are typical for the motherboard header that goes up to the front panel of a computer case.

Modern motherboards might have a 20Mbits/s USB-C port on the rear panel, but it's more common to find 5Mbits/s or 10Mbits/s.

If you don't have a really fast (more than 1,000MB/s) external USB-C drive, I wouldn't get too worried about the operating speed. Even 300MB/s seems quite speedy on my Crucial 2TB X6 drive.

Read the manual. If your mobo only supports 5Mbits/s, you're not going to magically get 10Mbits/s on your front panel, just because the label on the case says so.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB-C

 

[helpstar]

So are you saying the case and MOBO are same specs? USB naming is confusing...

the case just extends the USB-C header of the mobo to external USB_C ports.
I assume that this should be then the max. speed of 10Gbit/s the mobo can deliver.
The case might just not up to date, naming the port correctly now

 

[Misgar]

Acid test.

Buy a USB-C Kingston DataTraveler Max USB 3.2 Gen 2 rated at 1000/900MB/s read/write.

Plug it into the front panel of your computer. Run a few benchmarks to check the interface speed.

If the legend silk screened on the case is wrong, buy a Dymo labeller and create a new label.

Job done.

 

[nutshellml]

Acid test.

Buy a USB-C Kingston DataTraveler Max USB 3.2 Gen 2 rated at 1000/900MB/s read/write.

Plug it into the front panel of your computer. Run a few benchmarks to check the interface speed.

If the legend silk screened on the case is wrong, buy a Dymo labeller and create a new label.

Job done.

Good call

 

[nutshellml]

the case just extends the USB-C header of the mobo to external USB_C ports.
I assume that this should be then the max. speed of 10Gbit/s the mobo can deliver.
The case might just not up to date, naming the port correctly now

That's what I'm thinking, was asking this very question - maybe mislabel/outdated or wasn't sure if cabling or actual hardware (the port) itself has something to do with. Thanks!