Provantage has quite a few AOC-SASLP-MV8's in stock

[RoninTech]

For $102 US:

 

http://www.provantage.com/supermicro-aoc-saslp-mv8~7SUP918N.htm

 

They also have the forward breakout cables for card to drive setups for $16 US:

 

http://www.provantage.com/3ware-cbl-sff8087ocf-05m~73WAR02N.htm

 

Can't wait for them to show up

[JustinAiken]

So... say I was to get a Norco case, and I wanted to hook 8 drives up to one of these... how many breakout cables would I need?

[RoninTech]

So... say I was to get a Norco case, and I wanted to hook 8 drives up to one of these... how many breakout cables would I need?

 

The cable above is for going directly to 4 SATA drives.  So you'd need 2 of the other type to go to your Norco case's connectors.

[Grizz1968]

I got NCIX to match this price and its Canadian.

 

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/193020/3Ware/CBL_SFF8087OCF_05M/

[greybeard]

Looks like SuperBiiz has them too. $112 - $15 for discount code SUNSHINE15 = $97. Free shipping. But you can only get one at that price, if the coupon code even works.

 

http://www.ewiz.com/query.php?categry=0&s=saslp-mv8

[JustinAiken]

So... say I was to get a Norco case, and I wanted to hook 8 drives up to one of these... how many breakout cables would I need?

 

The cable above is for going directly to 4 SATA drives.  So you'd need 2 of the other type to go to your Norco case's connectors.

 

Two of these ones?

 

http://www.provantage.com/3ware-cbl-sff8087ocr-05m~73WAR03H.htm

 

EDIT - Seems like those are the ones... ordered off of ebiz; Got the card and the two breakout cables for $120 shipped... possibly $3 something back in bing cashback too

[RoninTech]

Just a note that the card is performing very well in the video card slot of my Asus MB.  I switched the drives around so the full ones (so mostly just reading) are hanging off this card and the emptier ones (need more writing to) are off the 6 ports on the MB.