USB C is a shape, and not intrinsically different performance wise.
A USB C port on a motherboard won't be faster or slower than other ports, just smaller.
Something like this can convert your existing ports: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZXFX7DN/
For performance, what matters is the technical specifications:
Thunderbolt 4 > USB 4 > Thunderbolt 3 > USB 3.2 > USB 3.1 > USB 2.0
Thunderbolt 3-4, and USB 4 requires a special header on the motherboard. Currently every ASUS B550 ATX board has these, but they don't support Ryzen 2000.
Gigabytes B550 Aorus Pro and Aorus Master have a header that works with Thunderbolt 3.
MSI doesn't support any of these, AsRock has a couple of boards that do.
The 212 Black Edition isn't bad, I just personally don't like the installation as before you even install the cooler, you have to ássemble and attach 17 pieces to motherboard. Overall it's about 25 pieces of mounting hardware.
If they oriented the heat pipes differently, it could just been just one piece. It works with an AMD strap, but fits sideways.
Many mATX boards can fit multiple cards with a big graphic's card. Here I installed a WiFi card (blue) over a 3090 (green) in a $70 mATX board (was just curious if it fit):
Surprising, but one of the best quality/value USB DACs available is the $9 Apple USB-C to 3.5 mm dongle
It works out of the box and without issue in Windows 10 and has really solid audio quality. Don't get me wrong, if you compare it side-by-side with a $100 DAC, you will notice a difference, but it is by far the best sub-$50 USB DAC I've listened to.
If your computer doesn't have a spare USB-C port to plug this into, grab a USB-C to USB-A adaptor and your total price is still under $20.