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Hello,

First, let me excuse this dumb question, but I am new to PC building.

My question relates to the USB ports on my case (kinda).So, for my first ever build I decided to go with the Define S, wich sports 2 USB 3.0 ports. The point confusing me, is choosing the internal usb porst on my mb. Does it also have to be usb 3.0 to work, or am I just totally paranoid?

Thanks in advance for anyone taking time to answer this probablly absolutly newbie question.

(PS:Excuse my English, I am german)

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Well, you can use an adaptor to go from internal USB 3.0 to USB 2.0 if your board doesn't have a 3.0 header. Without the adaptor, it will have to be plugged into the USB 3.0 header. 

 

The header will look like this 

usb 3.jpg

 

And the cable for your case's front USB 3.0 I/O will look like this. 

UCABL017200_02_L.jpg

 

The USB 2.0 header looks like this, so will physically not fit the 3.0 cable unless you use an adaptor:

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2 hours ago, Ult1m4th4ckz0r said:

How many USB 3.0 ports fit in a single mb usb 3.0 port?

1 cord so how ever many are wired to the cord. I think it is normally 2 USB 3.0 ports to one cord.

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3 hours ago, Ult1m4th4ckz0r said:

How many USB 3.0 ports fit in a single mb usb 3.0 port?

2, and 2 for each 2.0 header as well.

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