stev067 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Looks like these pop up on eBay pretty regularly at the price range of $60-100, but there aren't any right now. Just figured I'd check here in case anyone is looking to unload one. I'm replacing one of my LSI 9211-8i cards with this, to free up a PCI-e slot, and I should've gone this route in the first place instead of 2x of the 9211 cards. Quote Link to comment
tjb_altf4 Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 You can save the pcie slot using the molex only variant (RES2CV240) on ebay. Seller offered to me at US$75, so would likely accept this price if you asked. https://www.ebay.com/itm/182419599540 1 Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 59 minutes ago, tjb_altf4 said: You can save the pcie slot using the molex only variant Pretty sure either model can be molex only, the PCIe is only used for power. 2 Quote Link to comment
stev067 Posted June 10, 2021 Author Share Posted June 10, 2021 1 hour ago, tjb_altf4 said: You can save the pcie slot using the molex only variant (RES2CV240) on ebay. Seller offered to me at US$75, so would likely accept this price if you asked. https://www.ebay.com/itm/182419599540 Thanks didn't realize this variant was molex only. The other does allow molex and has the ports oriented parallel to the board, but I will keep this as an option. Just curious, do people usually mount this somehow, or sorta leave it sitting around in the case? Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 18 minutes ago, stev067 said: Just curious, do people usually mount this somehow, or sorta leave it sitting around in the case? Yes 😁 https://forums.unraid.net/topic/74460-external-sas-storage-101-query-not-guide/?do=findComment&comment=686248 1 Quote Link to comment
stev067 Posted June 10, 2021 Author Share Posted June 10, 2021 13 hours ago, tjb_altf4 said: You can save the pcie slot using the molex only variant (RES2CV240) on ebay. Seller offered to me at US$75, so would likely accept this price if you asked. https://www.ebay.com/itm/182419599540 I ended up going with this. He did accept my offer of $75. I feel bad for anyone who is paying the listed buyout of $180. Are these genuine Intel cards? I was wondering about this as well as the x550-T1 cards I bought also. https://www.ebay.com/itm/143294790100?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2648 1 Quote Link to comment
tjb_altf4 Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 9 hours ago, stev067 said: I ended up going with this. He did accept my offer of $75. I feel bad for anyone who is paying the listed buyout of $180. Are these genuine Intel cards? I was wondering about this as well as the x550-T1 cards I bought also. https://www.ebay.com/itm/143294790100?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2648 I had got one earlier too, good feedback and many units sold over a few years, so should be ok. Quote Link to comment
stev067 Posted June 14, 2021 Author Share Posted June 14, 2021 On 6/10/2021 at 7:50 PM, tjb_altf4 said: I had got one earlier too, good feedback and many units sold over a few years, so should be ok. I was able to swap this in yesterday, and all my drives were recognized. I'll have to look into testing drive RW speeds in Unraid. I don't see any Intel markings on it, so who knows if it's authentic or grey market or just a knock off, but it works. Thanks for the tip. Now just waiting on a standoff kit so I can mount it. 1 Quote Link to comment
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