Hello, I am not sure if I am welcomed here at all, this being a appereantly a specific product platform or but here I am because this community sounds about right...
I have been posting on all the main computer forums now and I have been informed way more than I was before...
So, to make it short;
I have an ASUS Maximus XIII Hero card (Z590 chipset), working with an Intel 11900K.
The MOBO provides 6x 6GB/s SATA ports, I have 12 SATA drives (2x SSD - 10x HDD).
So I need a SATA card that I won't be needing to RAID anything with.
All that in mind, with what I think I've learned, any PCIe 2.0 x8 card would be sufficient enough to run 6x SATA drives.
So, wouldn't it be smarter, if I get a PCIe 3.0 x4 card and save some lanes?
My main concern is safety, reliability and at least 8GB HDD capacity support. So, I don't care if I have to get a SATA/HBA card or just simply a SATA card, as long as it's not too expensive...
Thank you