June 9, 20215 yr 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.
June 10, 20215 yr 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
June 10, 20215 yr 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.
June 10, 20215 yr Author 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?
June 10, 20215 yr 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
June 10, 20215 yr Author 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
June 10, 20215 yr 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.
June 14, 20215 yr Author 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.
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