I have a system built around an ASUS P79 Pro motherboard. Full specs in my sig below.
The board includes 6 Intel-based SATA ports and 2 Marvell-based SATA ports. All my Intel-based SATA ports are in use, but I need to add 2 or 3 more hard drives or eSATA ports to my system. I have heard so many bad things about Marvell SATA controllers that I'm willing to spend some reasonable money to get a third-party adapter for more ports.
Question is: which adapter? I don't need onboard hardware RAID at this moment. I'm OK to buy used off eBay, but I would like to get a board from a vendor who does a great job of driver support.
Thanks in advance.
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The board includes 6 Intel-based SATA ports and 2 Marvell-based SATA ports. All my Intel-based SATA ports are in use, but I need to add 2 or 3 more hard drives or eSATA ports to my system. I have heard so many bad things about Marvell SATA controllers that I'm willing to spend some reasonable money to get a third-party adapter for more ports.
Question is: which adapter? I don't need onboard hardware RAID at this moment. I'm OK to buy used off eBay, but I would like to get a board from a vendor who does a great job of driver support.
Thanks in advance.
x509