Hello,
One of my systems has an old Gigabyte Motherboard GA-P67X-UD3-B3
I would like to add two or more SATA 3 or eSATA3 ports.
I only have a one lane PCIe slot available to me.
There are a variety of controller boards on the market for PCIe 1X.
The ones I seem to find most commonly either...
Thanks.
Hellstoaster, I looked at Vantec's site and found the folowing...
NST-400MX-S3R it holds two drives, but has only one set of connectors.
Similarly NST-620S3R-BK and NST-640SU3-BK & NST-640S3R-BK both for 4 drives.
I am not sure if my Acronis Backup program could handle a jbod...
Thank you. I'll take a look at the multi-drive units.
Also, I just found this StarTech S3510BMU33ET
It uses ASRock ASM1053-6G bridge chip and has UASP for USB 3.0
Reviews on Amazon are mixed.
Anyone have any experience with the controller chip ?
I am planning on putting a Seagate ST2000NM0055 into the enclosure. I have had good service from Seagate's server quality drives over the years. No failures ever. I usually outgrow the space or speed. I actually still have a SCSI-3 drive from them that still works, albeit rather slowly running...
Hi Everybody,
I prefer fans too, but I cannot find an eSATA + USB 3.x enclosure that has any.
The IcyDock Blizzard has them, but it has been discontinued.
Both of the enclosures listed above are convection.
Interestingly, one website did a comparison of IcyDock Blizzard and IcyDock Bento and...
Can anyone offer any comments on either:
OWC Mercury Elite Pro OWCME3QHKIT0GB
JMicron JMB355 (eSATA/Firewire)
JMicron JMS562 (USB)
or
Icydock ICYBento MB559U3S-1S
Controller Unknown
I am trying to choose an eSATA and USB 3.0 External Storage Enclosure.
TIA