B450/X470/B550 USB-C

Johnny999 · August 10, 2020

Is there a motherboard (with either of these 3 chipsets (no X570 because of the loud chipset fans)) that has a front 10Gbps USB-C connector? I looked at a few MSI boards (B550 Tomahawk included) and it seems they are 5Gbps only. I have a 10Gbps USB-C connector on the front of the Pure Base 500DX.

Mateyyy · August 10, 2020

13 minutes ago, Johnny999 said:

and it seems they are 5Gbps only. I have a 10Gbps USB-C connector

Are you ever really going to notice that though?..

Under $200 (which is where you should draw the line for B550), only MSI afaik has internal Type-C headers on their boards.

Johnny999 · August 10, 2020

11 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

Are you ever really going to notice that though?..

Under $200 (which is where you should draw the line for B550), only MSI afaik has internal Type-C headers on their boards.

I had plans to buy a NVME M2 SSD and put it in a USB box to use as external storage.

Johnny999 · August 10, 2020

Or I could buy a USB hub (https://www.delock.de/produkte/G_64054/merkmale.html?setLanguage=en) which would be cheaper. Will probably do this (my motherboard, B450 Tomahawk MAX has a 10Gbps USB-C connector on the rear IO panel).

paddy-stone · August 10, 2020

27 minutes ago, Johnny999 said:

Or I could buy a USB hub (https://www.delock.de/produkte/G_64054/merkmale.html?setLanguage=en) which would be cheaper. Will probably do this (my motherboard, B450 Tomahawk MAX has a 10Gbps USB-C connector on the rear IO panel).

This^

I can only think of a few situations where you'd NEED a front USB type C port. IMO at the moment it's not worth the extra cost of the supporting mobo.