Card for 4x SATA - no RAID

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Recommendations for adding at least 4 internal SATA (3Gbps) ports?
I would like to add some drives to an existing system.
Future use with WHS a plus, but not a necessity.

I have 1/4/8 lane slots available.
 
I believe the HIghPoint cards are more reasonable in price and come with cables.
 
GeorgeHR said:
I believe the HIghPoint cards are more reasonable in price and come with cables.
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Currently they are not cheaper at newegg (that I can find) but I guess you can find some elsewhere.

There is also the SuperMicro AOC card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101358

This is supposed to work on a special port that comes in some supermicro boards. Luckily this is really a PCIe port but the board is backwards (on the opposite side) so the bracket will not work in a PCIe slot without modification.
 
drescherjm said:
Currently they are not cheaper at newegg (that I can find) but I guess you can find some elsewhere.

There is also the SuperMicro AOC card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101358

This is supposed to work on a special port that comes in some supermicro boards. Luckily this is really a PCIe port but the board is backwards (on the opposite side) so the bracket will not work in a PCIe slot without modification.
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That one is actually a regular card and not one of Supermicro's proprietary UIO cards.
 
drescherjm said:
Currently they are not cheaper at newegg (that I can find) but I guess you can find some elsewhere.

There is also the SuperMicro AOC card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101358

This is supposed to work on a special port that comes in some supermicro boards. Luckily this is really a PCIe port but the board is backwards (on the opposite side) so the bracket will not work in a PCIe slot without modification.
Click to expand...

I don't know where this info came from :confused::confused:
This is regular PCIe x4 card and it works perfectly without any modifications. It comes with both low and regular bracket. I don't see why somebody would pay $150 when this card exatcly the same.........
 
rmd3003 said:
I don't know where this info came from :confused::confused:
This is regular PCIe x4 card and it works perfectly without any modifications. It comes with both low and regular bracket. I don't see why somebody would pay $150 when this card exatcly the same.........
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Almost every other Supermicro card is proprietary like they mentioned.
 
I don't know where this info came from
This is regular PCIe x4 card and it works perfectly without any modifications.
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My mistake I thought it was the UIO version. Which I have seen for around the same price.

I don't see why somebody would pay $150 when this card exatcly the same..
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The other one (intel card) has a PCIe x 8 but that should not come into play with normal hard drives. I am not sure if both or either of these are PCIe 2.X or 1.X
 
GeorgeHR said:
I believe the HIghPoint cards are more reasonable in price and come with cables.
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Highpoint is awful imo, and even if it comes with cables, the hardware won't last long, even if it is just used as a basic controller.

OP, try going for that LSI, they have very good driver support and the hardware is about the same as 3Ware.
 
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