Am I going to regret buying this?

[Counter-Strike Player]

Seeing as my ATCS 840 case has no USB 3.0 connectors (but still a floppy 3.5" drive slot :lol:) and my Sabertooth z87 will be coming tomorrow (build-log anyone?), I was shopping around for USB 3.0 drive bay adapters and found this, pic:

 

 

The main thing I'm worried about is a lack of a ground connection. I've had an antec case before that would literally reboot the entire system (not a joke) if you didn't ground yourself first and touched one of the usb ports if you plugged-in a usb drive or something, discharging some static electricity into the port, which is bad. I found that buying generic brands are either the best thing in the world, or the worst...never in between.

[brownninja97]

yes

[Jade]

If you need to ask, yeah, probably.

[cox1000]

Seeing as my ATCS 840 case has no USB 3.0 connectors (but still a floppy 3.5" drive slot :lol:) and my Sabertooth z87 will be coming tomorrow (build-log anyone?), I was shopping around for USB 3.0 drive bay adapters and found this, pic:

 

61hixqczinL._SX522_.jpg

 

The main thing I'm worried about is a lack of a ground connection. I've had an antec case before that would literally reboot the entire system (not a joke) if you didn't ground yourself first and touched one of the usb ports if you plugged-in a usb drive or something, discharging some static electricity into the port, which is bad. I found that buying generic brands are either the best thing in the world, or the worst...never in between.

If you need USB3 ports, there is no harm in trying. If not then save your money.

[paprikman]

Just 2 ports? Get something for pci slot, or just with more usb 3.0 ports.

[bob345]

they will be grounded through the connector. You should not have to worry about issues with that.

[Counter-Strike Player]

Just 2 ports? Get something for pci slot, or just with more usb 3.0 ports.

 

There's native USB 3.0 ports on the back of the mobo, but I can't tell you how nice it is to have ports in the front, especially on my 27kg case. The pci-e cards go for ~20$ anyway so I thought $10 is a nice convenience charge  

[Counter-Strike Player]

they will be grounded through the connector. You should not have to worry about issues with that.

 

I really hope so, it's weird thinking about a motherboard connector dissipating an esd to a ground connection somewhere else on the mobo.

[bob345]

I really hope so, it's weird thinking about a motherboard connector dissipating an esd to a ground connection somewhere else on the mobo.

Any esd will likely be dissipated in the case before it reaches the motherboard. If you want to be 100% certain that there will be no grounding issues, you can sand off a bit of paint on the case and usb bay where it attaches to the case. Most electronics also have spark gaps built into them to prevent esd damage, so its not as much a hazard as you might think with new parts. Its only when directly handling parts like the cpu and ram where esd can cause real damage as those individual parts usually dont have built in protection.

[Counter-Strike Player]

Any esd will likely be dissipated in the case before it reaches the motherboard. If you want to be 100% certain that there will be no grounding issues, you can sand off a bit of paint on the case and usb bay where it attaches to the case. Most electronics also have spark gaps built into them to prevent esd damage, so its not as much a hazard as you might think with new parts. Its only when directly handling parts like the cpu and ram where esd can cause real damage as those individual parts usually dont have built in protection.

 

The internal bay is unpainted. Here's an example of what I'd like to see on the inside of the of this usb bay, a grounding wire and screw for you to attach to an available metalic screw hole somewhere around the case bay: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/329887-28-front-panel-replaced-ground-wire-- that guy replaced his entire front panel and found somewhere good to screw in the ground screw.

[bob345]

The internal bay is unpainted. Here's an example of what I'd like to see in the inside of the of this usb bay, a grounding wire and screw for you to attach to an available metalic screw hole somewhere around the case bay: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/329887-28-front-panel-replaced-ground-wire-- that guy replaced his entire front panel and found somewhere good to screw in the ground screw.

In your instance, the usb bay uses a metal frame vs the plastic one shown in the link. In essence, the metal case will be doing the same thing as that wire if the plastic  one.

[VettleBolt]

Seeing as my ATCS 840 case has no USB 3.0 connectors (but still a floppy 3.5" drive slot :lol:) and my Sabertooth z87 will be coming tomorrow (build-log anyone?), I was shopping around for USB 3.0 drive bay adapters and found this, pic:

 

61hixqczinL._SX522_.jpg

 

The main thing I'm worried about is a lack of a ground connection. I've had an antec case before that would literally reboot the entire system (not a joke) if you didn't ground yourself first and touched one of the usb ports if you plugged-in a usb drive or something, discharging some static electricity into the port, which is bad. I found that buying generic brands are either the best thing in the world, or the worst...never in between.

For $10, it's not that much money, you won't be digging into your pockets if you buy it, ( I hope you won't D:)

i say go fo it

[Counter-Strike Player]

For $10, it's not that much money, you won't be digging into your pockets if you buy it, ( I hope you won't D:)

i say go fo it

 

It should be here tomorrow, along with the rest of my build...

...including the g3258. Can't wait to push that baby past 1.4v. Linus convinced me to buy it because of this video (Warning: scari )