March 8, 201115 yr Here it is for $100: Superbiiz Then enter this promo code for an extra 15% off: PADDY15 Comes out to just under $93 after shipping for me.
March 8, 201115 yr Thanks Raj! Just ordered one and now need to find a good place for getting cables. Any suggestions?
March 8, 201115 yr Author Depends on what kind of cables you need. I found a source for cheap cables used in Norco builds (miniSAS to miniSAS and reverse breakout), but haven't found a cheap source for the forward breakout cables needed for most other builds. Check my prototype builds thread for links.
March 8, 201115 yr I ordered mine from a place on eBay. They normally come in two length - 0.5 and 1.0 meters. I recommend the shorter ones as keeping SATA runs short is a good idea. But if in doubt, measure and order the longer ones if you need to.
March 9, 201115 yr I checked this out, but shipping to Canada was $55... Guess I will have to wait a few weeks for NCIX to get them in. Least then I can afford shipping. Thanks!
March 9, 201115 yr Depends on what kind of cables you need. I found a source for cheap cables used in Norco builds (miniSAS to miniSAS and reverse breakout), but haven't found a cheap source for the forward breakout cables needed for most other builds. Check my prototype builds thread for links. Good news. I emailed Monoprice about forward breakout, reverse breakout, and SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 cables and this is their response: I am happy to inform you that I am currently testing these items along with many other similar items, in order to provide the best quality at the lowest price. We should have these items available for purchase in the next two months. Please let me know if there is anything else I may assist you with, or if you have any other great suggestions. Thanks again! Regards, Rene Escamilla Product Category Specialist Monoprice, Inc. (www.monoprice.com) My email: SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 mini SAS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816133034&cm_re=sff-8087-_-16-133-034-_-Product 4xSATA to SFF-8087 Reverse Breakout http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816133033&cm_re=sff-8087-_-16-133-033-_-Product SFF-8087 to 4xSATA Forward Breakout http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816116098&cm_re=sff-8087-_-16-116-098-_-Product I couldn''t find some fairly common computer/server cables from your site. If you guys don''t sell these, I''d recommend that you guys consider looking into them. Many SATA/raid controller cards use these type of connections.
March 9, 201115 yr Where in Canada are you? Up here in north part of central Ontario.... Midland to be exact. About 3 hours north of Toronto...
March 9, 201115 yr Wonderful! Just ordered one - I have been waiting for a good deal on this one - thanks Rajahal!
March 10, 201115 yr I ordered mine from a place on eBay. They normally come in two length - 0.5 and 1.0 meters. I recommend the shorter ones as keeping SATA runs short is a good idea. But if in doubt, measure and order the longer ones if you need to. Can you link to the listing so I can see exactly what I need to get? Thanks.
March 10, 201115 yr Author Great news that monoprice will soon carry miniSAS cables! Sent from my DROID2 using Tapatalk
March 10, 201115 yr Search eBay for "8087 forward breakout". You'll see a bunch of listings for 3ware breakout cables, some 1M, some 0.5M. Pick the length you need (shorter better IMO but either should work fine). Remember you need two of these cables for 1 8 port controller. Be careful it is a forward breakout not a reverse breakout.
March 10, 201115 yr Ok, so Forward breakout is to go from one of these SASLP cards to a bunch of drives (or drive cage) and reverse is to go to the Norco headers on a Norco case?
March 10, 201115 yr Author Ok, so Forward breakout is to go from one of these SASLP cards to a bunch of drives (or drive cage) and reverse is to go to the Norco headers on a Norco case? Right. Forward breakout connect the SASLP directly to a hard drive (or 5-in-3 or similar). Reverse breakout cables are only useful in Norco cases to connect the backplanes to the motherboard ports. There's a third kind of cable, miniSAS to miniSAS, that connects the SASLP cards to the Norco's backplanes directly (no SATA involved).
March 10, 201115 yr Thanks for the heads up. Ordered one. $92.44 shipped. Now I just gotta hunt down the cables. I'm just about to use the 6th (and final) onboard SATA port on the motherboard, so I'll need to start using this card sometime soon. Hey, quick question. I've got a Biostar TA785G3 HD board with a PCI-E x16 and an x1. Does it matter at all in terms of the order in which I add controller cards and drives? If I add the SASLP (into the x16, obviously) and start populating the 8 drives over time, but then add a 2 port SATA controller into the x1 slot down the road, is there going to be anything I need to watch out for in terms of how it addresses which drive interface slots are connected to which drives, etc?
March 10, 201115 yr Thanks for the heads up. Ordered one. $92.44 shipped. Now I just gotta hunt down the cables. I'm just about to use the 6th (and final) onboard SATA port on the motherboard, so I'll need to start using this card sometime soon. Hey, quick question. I've got a Biostar TA785G3 HD board with a PCI-E x16 and an x1. Does it matter at all in terms of the order in which I add controller cards and drives? If I add the SASLP (into the x16, obviously) and start populating the 8 drives over time, but then add a 2 port SATA controller into the x1 slot down the road, is there going to be anything I need to watch out for in terms of how it addresses which drive interface slots are connected to which drives, etc? No
March 10, 201115 yr Thanks for the heads up. Ordered one. $92.44 shipped. Now I just gotta hunt down the cables. I'm just about to use the 6th (and final) onboard SATA port on the motherboard, so I'll need to start using this card sometime soon. Hey, quick question. I've got a Biostar TA785G3 HD board with a PCI-E x16 and an x1. Does it matter at all in terms of the order in which I add controller cards and drives? If I add the SASLP (into the x16, obviously) and start populating the 8 drives over time, but then add a 2 port SATA controller into the x1 slot down the road, is there going to be anything I need to watch out for in terms of how it addresses which drive interface slots are connected to which drives, etc? Any idea how the Biostar A760G M2+ compares to the Biostar TA785G3 HD? All these different motherboards are making my head spin. I think the TA785G3 HD is newer and takes DDR3.
March 10, 201115 yr That would be correct. The A760G is the older AM2+ socket and the TA785G3 HD is the newer AM3 socket. They seem to have mostly similar specs (with differences like the A760G only having 2 RAM slots, etc). FWIW, for the nearly 2 months I've been using the TA785G3 HD for my unRAID box (with a Sempron 140 CPU and 2GB of Corsair XMS3 RAM), I haven't had even the slightest of problem. It's been a rock solid board so far.
March 10, 201115 yr That would be correct. The A760G is the older AM2+ socket and the TA785G3 HD is the newer AM3 socket. They seem to have mostly similar specs (with differences like the A760G only having 2 RAM slots, etc). FWIW, for the nearly 2 months I've been using the TA785G3 HD for my unRAID box (with a Sempron 140 CPU and 2GB of Corsair XMS3 RAM), I haven't had even the slightest of problem. It's been a rock solid board so far. From what I've read the A760G M2+ does AM3 as well. If I could find the TA785G3 HD for around the same price I'd likely just go that route.
March 10, 201115 yr Author Both boards work well, and both support the Sempron 140 processor. The A760G M2+ is a bit cheaper, but also uses older DDR2 RAM. The TA785G3 HD uses newer DDR3 RAM. Both are fine choices for a server.
March 11, 201115 yr i got my MV8, do I need to set anything in the bios of MV8 card or it will work once I plug in the card? Thanks
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