I have an old motherboard I installed in a modern case. The board has no USB3.0 capability, so I have been using a USB2 to USB3 adapter. But I'd like to get an add-in card to provide a 19-pin header for the case's front USB3.0 ports. Unfortunately, the board has only PCI (legacy) slots, no PCIe. So, I started browsing the web for one.
To my surprise, they are few and far between. And they are 3 to 10 times as expensive as the PCIe to USB3.0 cards ranging from $60 to over $120! Why the difference in price and why the scarcity? Does it have to do with the fact that USB3.0 has a more native interface with PCI Express? Or simply a supply and demand thing?
Is there any other way to get USB3.0 including the 19-pin header from an old pre-usb3 system?
To my surprise, they are few and far between. And they are 3 to 10 times as expensive as the PCIe to USB3.0 cards ranging from $60 to over $120! Why the difference in price and why the scarcity? Does it have to do with the fact that USB3.0 has a more native interface with PCI Express? Or simply a supply and demand thing?
Is there any other way to get USB3.0 including the 19-pin header from an old pre-usb3 system?
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