Reddit mentions of NZXT Aperture M Internal 5.25-Inch Mesh Card Reader with 2x USB 3.0 (AA-APMU3-B1)

This is my list of priorities:

• Graphics card length: enough length horizontally from the PCI/e brackets to suit the size of your graphics card choice. This is the absolute top priority because if it doesn't fit, you're screwed.
  
  
• Hard Drive Cage Orientation: this ties in with graphics card length in some instances, removing certain cages allows for longer cards to be installed into the case, this makes modular cages a plus. The drive mounting method inside the cages is also important, having removable trays that you mount the drives to and simply slide in are also a positive, even better if the trays mount drives tool-less-ly. The orientation of the cages having the rear of the drives facing towards the motherboard tray also help with cable management and general cleanliness.
  
  
• Cable management: holes and space behind the motherboard to tidy your cables out of sight.
  
  
• Fans: it should be standard that the case have two intake fans and one exhaust, this is a bare minimum to maintain positive pressure. If the case includes three fans and they are in a different orientation, check if they can be re-arranged. If the case has less than three included fans then I do not consider it a good case.
  
  
• Power Supply Unit Orientation: Preferably to have the power supply fan facing down in a standard case so that it draws air into the unit from under the case and exhausts the air out the rear of the power supply. This completely isolates the power supplies airflow from the rest of the case. This is extremely useful when a graphics card comes into play so that the two components are not competing for airflow and so the PSU gets ambient air as an intake.
  
  
• Tool-less Drive and/or PCI/e Mounting: a fairly straight forward feature to prioritise that makes building in any case extremely simple and hassle free. A good case should only require screws to hold the motherboard and the power supply in place, even better cases use thumbscrews for these applications so you could even do an entire build without using a screwdriver at all.
  
  
• Front Panel: this section is entirely situational, not everyone will want the same front panel connectors, or even any connectors at all. If you are using USB3.0 Devices and you have easier access to the front of your PC rather than the back it makes sense to look for front panel USB 3.0 headers, but I wouldn't go paying more than $30 extra for it. Always keep in mind that there is always going to be an all-in-one card reader with USB 3.0 that can do that and more, this NZXT one for example.
  
  
• Fan Dust Filters: fairly basic stuff, gotta have filters on each intake, by rule of thumb the intakes are on the front and floor of the case.
  
  
• Side Panel Fixtures: this is a fairly broad section, usually consisting of thumbscrews or completely tool-less side panel attachment, side panel windows or additional fan mounts. I expressly say fan mounts last as side panel mounts are generally unnecessary and rarely used. Being able to remove the side panel without using a screwdriver however is a very useful feature indeed.
  
  
• Fan Controller: Fairly straight forward, it either has one or it doesn't and this is not an essential feature.
  
  
• Aesthetics and Dimensions: this is all completely situational and personal requirements or taste. The aesthetic aspect of the case is rather important if you're not worrying about pricing, you and you alone is who has to look at the case and tolerate how it looks. Dimensions again is completely based on what you're aiming at in the full scope of your build.
  
  No idea how to end this super comment, so:
  
  THE END

NZXT Aperture M Internal 5.25-Inch Mesh Card Reader with 2x USB 3.0 (AA-APMU3-B1) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008KEPWMY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_oARAzb1KGHM9P


I had this card reader in my last rig. I'd still use it but I don't have another 5.25 bay in my case. It always worked great and added 2 more USB 3 ports to the front

you could also purchase a 5.25 inch bay extension that has 3.0! NZXT makes a really sexy one.

This one

USB is fine, but if you really want to take up an expansion bay you can get something like this

Okay I got a first draft together!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type|Item|Price

----|:----|:----
CPU | Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor | $376.99 @ SuperBiiz
CPU Cooler | Noctua NH-U12S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler | $59.96 @ Amazon
Motherboard | Asus X99-A ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard | $238.99 @ SuperBiiz
Memory | Kingston HyperX Fury Black 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory | $289.99 @ Amazon
Storage | Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive | $86.75 @ OutletPC
Storage | Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive | $181.95 @ SuperBiiz
Storage | Western Digital BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | $196.99 @ Amazon
Video Card | EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card | $347.89 @ OutletPC
Case | Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case | $59.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply | EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply | $89.99 @ Newegg
Optical Drive | Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer | $19.89 @ OutletPC
Other| NZXT Aperture M Internal 5.25-Inch Card Reader| $37.00 @ Amazon
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $2006.38
| Mail-in rebates | -$20.00
| Total | $1986.38
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-01 20:57 EST-0500 |

Just squeezes into your budget but it has a lot of stuff going on!

I began with the 5820k 28-lane Core i7 Processor. It will be awesome for video editing in premiere pro and handling multicore/threaded workloads. The motherboard and cooler go along well and they are backed up by 64GB of ddr4 also ready to go for your video editing. Next comes the storage: You've got a samsung 950 pro for your boot drive and application storage, when fully optimized you should be able to boot from power off to windows desktop in under 5 seconds. You've got 250GB 850 pro evo ssd as a scratch disk/temporary storage backed up by 4tb of mechanical storage from WD. Then, the video card which can be configured for GPU accelerated tasks in premiere pro and should be able to play all your favorite games at 1080p at 60 fps. All of that will fit into the 200R by corsair powered by the evga 750w fully modular power supply. You've got an optical drive for burning/watching DVD's and last but not least, a built in card reader from NZXT (make sure to click on that link to see it, I couldnt find it on PC Part Picker) for all your card reading needs.

This was just a pretty quick rough draft but let me know what you think! I can help make any revisions if you're interested!

This will easily max out FFXIV :p

I also included a NZXT Aperture that comes with SD card readers and usb 3.0. from Amazon.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type|Item|Price

----|:----|:----
CPU | Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor | $112.99 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard | $51.89 @ OutletPC
Memory | G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory | $29.99 @ Newegg
Storage | A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive | $56.99 @ NCIX US
Storage | Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | $45.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card | Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card | $99.99 @ Amazon
Case | Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case | $29.99 @ NCIX US
Power Supply | SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply | $63.99 @ SuperBiiz
Operating System | Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) | $89.99 @ NCIX US
Other| NZXT Aperture M Internal 5.25-Inch Mesh Card Reader with 2x USB 3.0 | $36.29
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total | $618.00
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-18 12:37 EDT-0400 |



And if you want to play most current AAA games, go with this.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type|Item|Price

----|:----|:----
CPU | Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor | $196.99 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard | $51.89 @ OutletPC
Memory | G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory | $29.99 @ Newegg
Storage | A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive | $56.99 @ NCIX US
Storage | Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | $45.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card | XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card | $190.80 @ Newegg
Case | Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case | $29.99 @ NCIX US
Power Supply | EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply | $69.99 @ Amazon
Operating System | Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) | $89.99 @ NCIX US
Other| NZXT Aperture M Internal 5.25-Inch Mesh Card Reader with 2x USB 3.0 | $36.29
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total | $798.81
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-18 12:38 EDT-0400 |

Get a PCI USB 3.0 card with internal 20 pin header. Something like this and for the front 5.25 bay, get something like this. Connect the 2 up and remember to give power to the PCI USB 3 card and you should be good to go.

I already answered this for you.

I am looking to add a lot of USB 3.0 ports to 5.25" bay but have not had luck finding something I like. This is about as close as I can find, does anyone know something with more then 2 usb 3.0 ports?

I got a this card reader as a gift for Christmas. The problem is, my mobo only has 1 usb3.0 header. Is there a way I can hook this up too?

I also got 4 new fans for my case. My mobo also only has 3 system fans spots. How can I plug the fourth in?

I have an MSI Gaming Z170A GAMING M5 mobo inside a Corsair 500R case and I'm interested in installing an NZXT Aperture M Card Reader. My mobo only has 1 internal USB 3.1 connector, but the manual indicates that it "supports additional 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports". What do I need to do to expand that USB 3.1 header so I can connect the card reader?

This is the reason I wanted one...not op though.

I would switch the ram and hdd for these

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-bls8g3d1609ds1s00

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm003

card reader

http://www.amazon.com/NZXT-Aperture-Internal-5-25-Inch-8c-aper000-w0b/dp/B008KEPWMY

I am considering the Gigabyte GA-Z170 mobo. The case I'm considering, the Enermax ECA-3253 has front (ok, top) mounted USB ports.

I'm a noob, so this is a stupid question, I'm sure, but will I be able to connect these ports and an internal memory card reader such as this one to the mobo?