yelnatsch517 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Anyone know of any SATA controller with 4 ports using PCI-E that's around $40 or less? I don't see how a 2 port controller could be $8 shipped and 4 port controller almost $100. Link to comment
SSD Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Much less demand and competition I suppose. There were some bargain price BR10i controllers available a while back. This is an 8 port card made for x8+ slot. Not fully supported but looking pretty good in 5.0 betas. But no bargains recently. Plus you need special cables which add to the cost. Link to comment
yelnatsch517 Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 I ask because there are many mini ITX/micro ATX boards out there in cases that hold more than 6 HDDs. Many of these boards have PCI-Ex16 slots that don't usually work with x1 cards, but might work with x4 cards. It's just a waste to use a SUPERMICRO AOC-SASLP-MV8 if the case can only hold 8 to 10 HDDs and the board itself can already support 4 to 6. A 4 port controller would actually be perfect to just fill up the case with no additional waste. Link to comment
Rajahal Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Many of these boards have PCI-Ex16 slots that don't usually work with x1 cards... Do you say that from experience? I've never run into a board that couldn't run a PCIe x1 card in the PCIe x16 slot save for those few that can only run graphics cards in the PCIe x16 slot (which are typically older boards). Link to comment
yelnatsch517 Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 Many of these boards have PCI-Ex16 slots that don't usually work with x1 cards... Do you say that from experience? I've never run into a board that couldn't run a PCIe x1 card in the PCIe x16 slot save for those few that can only run graphics cards in the PCIe x16 slot (which are typically older boards). Not experience, just been checking motherboard manuals of various motherboards. I guess those motherboards support video cards only in the slot when it says it doesn't support 1x. The manual doesn't explicitly state that it supports video cards, just that it doesn't support 1x. The Zotac board I just got last week says that in the manual, though I didn't actually test it. Link to comment
aaronwt Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Many of these boards have PCI-Ex16 slots that don't usually work with x1 cards... Do you say that from experience? I've never run into a board that couldn't run a PCIe x1 card in the PCIe x16 slot save for those few that can only run graphics cards in the PCIe x16 slot (which are typically older boards). Not experience, just been checking motherboard manuals of various motherboards. I guess those motherboards support video cards only in the slot when it says it doesn't support 1x. The manual doesn't explicitly state that it supports video cards, just that it doesn't support 1x. The Zotac board I just got last week says that in the manual, though I didn't actually test it. The ASUS M2N68-AM PLUS I got for my unRAID build says the same thing. But when I tryed my sil3132 port multiplier controller in the PCIe x16 slot it worked the same as the PCIe x1 slot. So I plan on putting another one in that slot along with a 3 in 2 cage and another multi bay external enclosure and increase my build to 19 drives. Instead of the 13 I initially planned. Link to comment
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