Meridius

Hi all. I bought the startech 8 way SATA card and the cables that come with it are way to short which I am not happy about as they’re only half a meter. I am struggling to find an extension cable that extends the mini-sata cable. Is there any help on this https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B09FY9FBTN/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_8?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1&th=1 thanks

why do some have heatsinks while others don't with the same chipset?

did you get this working as i was looking at this card to ?

i am looking at the StarTech cards and a couple haev said these are a good branded card but what i noticed is these cards don't have a heatsink where's the cheaper unknown brand does, why is this? how can the StarTech card not need a heatsink like others also why does the 6-port need x4 pci but the 10 port only needs x2 pci ? i would have thought it would be the other way round or is this a chipset thing? https://www.amazon.de/dp/B09K4WKHKK?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&pldnSite=1&th=1 even the 10 ports has no heatsink to https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09KDLKYRN/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_4?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&th=1 thanks

Hi all new here. I have my own built server using a Asus (P9Z77-V Pro) motherboard which has 8 sata ports and are now all used up and would like to know the best way to go to add a extra 4 or 8 ports. I am just wanting each drive to run on its own not as a raid or anything like that just as extra drives as i use external drives as backups. https://www.asus.com/supportonly/p8z77v_pro/helpdesk_knowledge/ I was looking at these two 8 port StarTech.com 8 Port SATA PCIe Card - PCI Express 6Gbps SATA Expansion Adapter Card with 4 Host Controllers - SATA PCIe Controller Card - PCI-e x4 Gen 2 to SATA III - SATA HDD/SSD (8P6G-PCIE-SATA-CARD) : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories Pericom - PI7C9X2G608GP ASMedia - ASM1061 https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09FY9FBTN/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_1?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1 or 4 port StarTech.com SATA PCIe Card - 4 Port PCIe SATA Expansion Card - 6Gbps - Low/Full Profile - Stacked SATA Connectors - ASM1164 Non-Raid - PCI Express to SATA Converter (4P6G-PCIE-SATA-CARD) : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09KCH846V/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_7?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1 6 port StarTech.com SATA PCIe Card - 6 Port PCIe SATA Expansion Card - 6Gbps - Low/Full Profile - Stacked SATA Connectors - ASM1166 Non-Raid - PCI Express to SATA Converter (6P6G-PCIE-SATA-CARD) : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09JXXY1K6/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1 I would like something that just works and have no problems. would you recommend these cards or something else as i have read about the LSI version but herd these can get very hot inside a pc as there mainly build for server racks. oh, these must work well when pc is in sleep as i don't turn of the pc it just goes into standby thanks for any help