May 14, 201610 yr I have an Asus P8H77 mobo with only a single PCIe x16 slot available for a sata controller. Are there any recommendations for a decent card that will support up to 4 drives? I've been looking at the SYBA SI-PEX40064 but the issues with the Marvell chipset in numerous posts has me concerned.
May 14, 201610 yr Maybe a little more pricey but I just got one of these and so far its great. SUPERMICRO AOC-SAS2LP-MV8 PCI-Express 2.0 x8 SATA / SAS 8-Port Controller Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101792&cm_re=SUPERMICRO_AOC-SAS2LP-MV8_PCI-Express_2.0_x8_SATA_%2f_SAS_8-Port_Controller_Card-_-16-101-792-_-Product
May 14, 201610 yr If you only need 4 ports the Adaptec 1430sa is still a good option, works well with unRAID and can be found cheap on ebay.
May 14, 201610 yr I would still go with a Dell H310 Perc or IBM M1015 even though they allows up to 8 drives. They can be purchased on ebay fairly cheaply and allow for future expansion.
May 14, 201610 yr Author So started digging through some old pc parts I found in my crawl space that I forgot about after I moved (gotta love suprises) and I have some type of SAS/Sata controller card. Its Dell but not sure what it is. Might be this. The chip says LSISAS1068 B0 and the model is UCP-51. Any idea if this card will work?
May 15, 201610 yr So started digging through some old pc parts I found in my crawl space that I forgot about after I moved (gotta love suprises) and I have some type of SAS/Sata controller card. Its Dell but not sure what it is. Might be this. The chip says LSISAS1068 B0 and the model is UCP-51. Any idea if this card will work? Not sure if it will work without flashing to IT mode, but note that since its a 1068, then the maximum size hard drive it will support will be 2TB
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