LINKUP - USB-C Front Panel Adapter - Converts Motherboard 3.0/3.1 IDC20 19-Pin Header to Type-C (A-Key) - Designed for All USB-C Devices - Solid Construction for Durability and Longevity

got a type c you need to plug in and only have a 3.1 header? here you go, it's plug and play. feels nice to have all my FPIO connected even if it's not always in use

With this adapter setup and a 6.6 ft Active TB4 USB4 cable, Crystal Disk Mark NVMe benchmark resulted in only about 40 MB/s sequential read. That is USB 2.0 performance.I plugged the same drive into a Red 1GB/s USB A port and got 996 MB/s.I plugged the same drive into a 1GB/s USB C port and got 996 MB/sI plugged the same drive into a Blue USB 3.0 port and got 442 MB/s.LinkUp contacted me and provided me with a 4 ft USB4 cable to test with and that cable was able to benchmark my drive at 442 MB/s.Long story short: this adapter probably doesn't work well with 6.6 ft long Active TB4 USB4 cables for some reason.Anyway 5 stars to LinkUp for great customer service.I still think a USB 3.0 header plug with rear panel with 2 USB 3.0 ports is better than this adapter since you get 2 USB 3.0 ports BOTH capable of roughly 500 MB/s versus only 1 USB C port at 500 MB/s.USB A to C cables are cheaper and easier than this adapter install and you get 2 ports instead of 1. Just my opinion.

I didn't have provision on my mobo for usc-c, This was a direct swap, easy as pie, works great and solved my issue!

Just got done a new PC build, My new case came with USB-C connections on the front panel, but uses the newfangled "A" type connector instead of the motherboard pins. Not wanting to have to use the wallwart that came with my phone to charge, or use Bluetooth for file transfers, i found this LINKUP adapter.Connection is easy enough, you plug it into the cable from the front of the case, then plug the whole assembly into the USB 3 header on the motherboard. For some reason, there's a lot of front to back wiggle room, which is slightly concerning, especially with the horror stories that keep showing up on the reviews. I ended up attaching the USB front panel connector rather firmly to the case to brace it to, hopefully, take some of the strain off the adapter, and the motherboard header.Plugging in my phone, a Pixel 4a, connects fine and charges, but only slowly. I had thought that the advertised power delivery would have been more... potent, considering the fact that this adapter is more complex than some of the competitor adapters out there.Don't get me wrong, it works fine for my needs, and there's no way I'm gonna risk it messing up my motherboard by removing it. So, If you need to hook up a USB 3.0 front panel to a motherboard missing the new style header, and want one that comes out at a right angle to your motherboard, and don't mind not having fast charging, this adapter is one to consider.

I decided on the Asus Strix 570-i and the SSUDP Meshlicious case. I really wanted to get both the usb 3 and usb-c ports working but the 570 only has one usb-3.1 header and one usb 2.0 header. I knew that each usb header had support for two ports and I really didn’t want force either to have to be usb 2 only. I didn’t understand why a usb-c converters only expose one of two ports, but I did learn that it’s common for some of these to use one USB port for one orientation and another USB port for the other instead of implementing the circuitry to detect orientation and switch pins (using only one port). The marketing explicitly mentions how this has a chip unlike others and I hoped that this chip would be the needed circuitry others I read lacked. I can report after using a cheaply made usb 3 header splitter and plugging my usb 3 plug (attached to a SINGLE usb 3 port) and my usb-c plug into the adaptor and the adaptor into the other side of splitter it worked without issue regardless of orientation.The only issue I noted was that the triangle noting which way to plug in the usb-c plug seemed to be backwards? The triangles on the plug and the adaptor were on opposite sides.

Does it work? Probably, but I wouldn’t know.My motherboard, the ASRock X570 Gaming 4S, has two compatible slots to insert this adapter. Since one is already in use, I inserted the adapter into the other port, where it clicked into place. Shortly after, I realized that my new adapter was facing straight into the frame of the case, so I prepared to switch the plugs.The problem? The cheap plastic is near-impossible to remove from the motherboard slot. After cutting up my fingers with all the pulling I did, I finally managed to remove... the top half of the adapter. The bottom is still stuck in the slot. Pliers have only served to destroy the cheap plastic on the edges of the bottom.I don’t see how I’m going to remove my now-broken adapter unless I take the slot out with it. It’s that terrible. My motherboard now has only one working USB 3.2 slot.If you buy this, GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. Otherwise, prepare to immediately regret the purchase.

It works. Little more to be said. It's nothing more than an adapter and does NOT solve the shortcomings of the typical MSI motherboard, which I would never purchase again. The speed of the the interface remains as with a standard non-type C interface, rather it is a band aid.