eknee1417 Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment
ashman70 Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 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 Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment
BobPhoenix Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment
eknee1417 Posted May 14, 2016 Author Share Posted May 14, 2016 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? Quote Link to comment
Squid Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 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 Quote Link to comment
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