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They do make adapters that have a ribbon for tight fitting installs

glydur
Wondering if anyone's built a Z270 FTW K in a Fractal Design R5 case?  The case has a rim around the motherboard and the side facing USB 3.0 headers don't have enough room to plug in the USB 3.0 cable to the front panel. Just looking for advice on how to resolve this (perhaps an adapter?) as I don't want to have two dead USB 3.0 ports on the front of my new PC. 
 
Thanks for any advice. 

 
Edit I had the wrong adapter.  To use this, you'd  have to clip one pin as the USB uses 19 and one is blocked.
 
 
 

bcavnaugh
Would you not need to remove the current ones that are on the MB, de-soldering that is.
 

Ah...blast...there's ones that plug into the existing at 90 degree so you can plug the case connector in vertically.

Glad you solved it - found one.
 
This is the kind I was thinking of
 

 
 

Something else that is in the ballpark
https://www.aliexpress.com/promotion/promotion_cable-header-promotion.html
 
If this was not USB-3 there are also ribbon cable press on headers .
 

glydur
Thanks Cordorb and all. These suggestions will all be helpful going forward. 

I am thinking of using the R5 also.  Did you get a fix, and if so could you link the part.  Let us know how it worked.  Thanks.

I just wanted to follow up and let you all know that I found a solution.  I had to wait a few days for it to come into stock but the shipping cost and time to deliver was much better than the first part I ordered. It took about 5 days to arrive vs. 2.5 weeks for the first part. 
 
 
The forum keeps making my pasted link disappear for some reason. To get it to show up I removed the https header:   modmymods.com/usb-3-0-20-pin-internal-header-adapter-cable-low-profile-connector-cab024.html
 
I connected the ribbon cable to USB 3.0 header 3/4 rather than  1/2 simply because the power supply was in the way and I didn't want to have to remove it. It works fine though and I shouldn't need the other header. 
 
Thanks again for all your advice. 

drwhitley... I'm using a Noctua DH-15 air cooler with the two 140mm fans that came in the box. It has consistently high ratings as an air cooler and I didn't want to bother with liquid cooling.  It's very big though. Fits in the Fractal Design R5 case just fine but if you use it be careful not to use high profile memory DIMMS. I used Corsair LPX models which I believe are 32mm high or thereabouts.  They fit just fine under the radiator fins. 
 
Noctua has a lower profile model (NH-D15S)  that has offset radiator fins to allow higher DIMMS but it only has one fan and I felt the extra fan was worth the size. It is a huge cooler though. made it hard to plug in the CPU power connector so if you have the option and can plug that in before you mount the motherboard your life would be simpler. I couldn't because I was still using my power supply in my old machine at the time.

glydur
drwhitley... I'm using a Noctua DH-15 air cooler with the two 140mm fans that came in the box. It has consistently high ratings as an air cooler and I didn't want to bother with liquid cooling.  It's very big though. Fits in the Fractal Design R5 case just fine but if you use it be careful not to use high profile memory DIMMS. I used Corsair LPX models which I believe are 32mm high or thereabouts.  They fit just fine under the radiator fins. 
 
Noctua has a lower profile model (NH-D15S)  that has offset radiator fins to allow higher DIMMS but it only has one fan and I felt the extra fan was worth the size. It is a huge cooler though. made it hard to plug in the CPU power connector so if you have the option and can plug that in before you mount the motherboard your life would be simpler. I couldn't because I was still using my power supply in my old machine at the time.

Thanks for your quick reply.  I originally ordered the Cryorig R1 Ultimate and it would not clear the MB heat sink.  I have since ordered the Cryorig H7 (prior to your reply) as it seems (by product spec's) to clear all obstacles and should provide for a modest over-clock and good esthetic appeal (black and white build).  If it does not work as expected I will definitely go for the Noctua. As for the case and 3.0 USB clearance problems; I cut out a 1x3 inch hole in my case and use a grommet of the same size (again, prior to your reply as I am impatient). I do not like EVGA using the horizontal connectors for their 3.0 USB, supplemental PCI, and fan headers at the bottom of their MBoard.  I was hoping to use BIOS to control fans, but because of connection orientation I will be using case fan control for all but CPU fan cooler.  I hope EVGA or case manufacturers take notice and make adjustments in their products in the future, otherwise I may choose other MB manufacturers even though EVGA has great product support.
 
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EVGA Z270 FTW K Mobo
EVGA GTX 1070 ICX
EVGA G3 750 PSU
Fractal Design R5 case
Cryorig H7
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Samsung 960 Pro M.2 512GB drive
Samsung 850 Pro 2.5" 512GB drive
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