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Yakyb

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Hi guys having recently noticed (or been told) that the 21610sa is in fact pci x (god knows how i didnt notice) i would like to find a reasonable, cheap sata controller

im not interested in Raid just basic ports

i currently use two of these Link and they serve me fine however i could really do with finding an 8 port controller

i have been searching high and low for one but they all appear to be £200 + and far exceed what i need them to do.

i have a spare 16x PCIe port and a spare PCI port(if i remove one of my current controllers)
any help would be greatly appreciated


also according to WIKI PCI X is in fact compatible with PCI but i guess the bandwidth would be aweful for the above device
 
Bandwidth isn't the issue. The controller you have IIRC doesn't physically fit in the 32bit slots, while most 64bit controllers fit, this one doesn't have the notch cutout to allow this.

Another option you have is to just buy a board with PCI-X.
 
link is dead (above). I'd like to see what you're talking about. I am kind of in need of a PCI-X controller. ;)
 
thanks ockie for your reply i dont actually own a 21610sa i was just thinking about getting one (thanks to you i didn't :) )

i was merely asking if there where any other simple 8 (or more) port sata controllers that were either pci or pcie, as the ones i can find all do (and cost) way in excess of what i need

sabregen

the PCIX controller i was looking at is the Adaptec 21610sa

the controllers i currently use are SATALink 3114A based and do the job fine they just dont leave me with enough ports:(
 
Yakyb said:
Supermicro

is there any reason why this would not work in a normal PCI slot (even tho it mentions PCIx)
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That card is compatibile with 32 bit slots also. So you should have no problems. I use a bunch of these on regular pci slots and they work great.
 
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