Current thinking on LSI card vs on-board SATA ports?


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Hey all,  So I'm in the good position of having to make a simple choice with no $ associated.  I have a spare LSI 8 port card (PCIE3.0) and a motherboard with 8 SATA ports on board.

 

I know years ago it was best practice to move from motherboard ports as they were often low quality controllers.  I'm wondering if things have moved on?  The C246 chipset I'm using is a workstation chipset, so I'd imagine that the storage subsystem is high quality....and I'm wondering if it is as simple as this:

 

If you want a cleaner install, use the LSI for nice cable runs (less cables over all)

If you want to expand later, use the on-board controller so you leave one 8x slot free

 

Are there other considerations that I'm missing?

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