Official GIGABYTE Forum

Z97X Gaming 7 suitable for NZXT Media Card Reader?

Z97X Gaming 7 suitable for NZXT Media Card Reader?
« on: July 12, 2014, 08:29:17 pm »
Would the Z97X Gaming 7 support the NZXT Media Card Reader extra USB ports?



The NZXT Phantom 530 cse has 2 USB 3.0 on the front panel, which are connected to the USB header on the Z97X mobo already.

If I add this card reader, where would I plug in the USB cable we can see in that image?

Thanks.

autotech

  • 1553
  • 35
Re: Z97X Gaming 7 suitable for NZXT Media Card Reader?
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2014, 12:57:15 am »
You only have one usb3 plug in on that board so you get to choose which you want plugged into it.
GA-Z170X-UD5,Core i5-6600K,16 GIG,3200 ram ,2 X Corsair 240GB SATA III SSD, 500 gig HD,7 ult 64\, Rx-480 8gig\

Z97X-SOC GIGABYTE, I5 4670k, 16 gig 1600 ram, 240 gig sata3 SSD,1x 500HD/ R9 280x, corsair 650 RM PSU

GA-Z97X-Gaming G1,850 corsair,,DDR4 3200,240SSd,6950 video,850EVA

Re: Z97X Gaming 7 suitable for NZXT Media Card Reader?
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2014, 01:06:46 am »
Okay, thanks, I was hoping there was a solution to have both working, guess not.

Re: Z97X Gaming 7 suitable for NZXT Media Card Reader?
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2014, 06:32:01 pm »
I solved this one. I took the card reader out of my antec900 case and found that it fitted into my phantom case just fine. The bonus is that it has a single USB port plus card reader slots but in,only  uses a single internal USB slot on the mobio, result!
« Last Edit: July 13, 2014, 06:32:32 pm by alistairgd »