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    Internal USB 3.0 Connectors?

    So I decided to build my PC today (first time). 9 hours later I'm still not finished but getting there. Figuring out where all the internal case cables go has been a pain. Now that I'm left with two cables that I've no idea where to put them I thought I'd ask here.

    The cables look like standard USB cables that you would normally plug into the PC on the outside. But these seem to be connected from the I/O/ panel on the outside into the PC and I can't find where they plug in. My motherboard has a USB 3.0 header but the slot is too different for these cables to fit.

    I have a BitFenix Survivor case.

    After some Googling I am thinking I might need something like this:
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005DVKD6...SIN=B005DVKD62

    Am I right? And if so why did my case not come with one? The cables seem useless without it.

    Other than that I'm about ready to plug in the power cables and pray it works.

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    Re: Internal USB 3.0 Connectors?

    Some early USB3 implementations had the cables designed such that you run them out the back of the case and into the external ports - though I thought that had long since been abolished.

    The adapter you linked to should work fine

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    Re: Internal USB 3.0 Connectors?

    Interesting. I suppose I could thread them out the back but I may as well get an adapter.

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    Re: Internal USB 3.0 Connectors?

    You have a USB pass through, most early cases were released without internal USB 3 headers, so you have to pass them through the back of the case to another USB slot, or alternatively, you could get that adapter, but it seems kinda, big.

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