July 19, 20196 yr Hey yall, Looking for advice & suggestions on 16 channel controller cards and if they'll need any special flash, etc. FYI I'm probably going to change motherboards so I can add a GPU for pass-through. My Hyper-V server is using a Gigabyte Z77X-D3H which has more PCI-E lanes. Current setup however, using all SATA ports - photo below, I'll probably need longer breakout cables than what would be included anyway. - Gigabyte H67MA-USB3 (6 SATA onboard) - 2 x Adaptec 1430SA (4-Port SATA2) The ones which look to be suitable candidates so far are: - Adaptec ASR-71605 $56.99 USD = $80.95 AUD + shipping - - Another ASR-71605 which includes breakout cables $95.98 USD = $136.33 AUD + shipping - LSI 9201-16i $128.68 USD = $182.77 AUD + shipping There are cheaper options if I stick with SATA2 - LSI MegaRAID MR SAS 84016E $55.00 USD = $78.12 AUD + shipping - HP ATTO H30F There are heaps of these without cables for < $50 AUD I'm located in Brisbane, Australia so anything domestic would be preferable. Shipping stuff over from the US is pretty expensive right now, our dollaridoo sucks. Thanks. Edited July 19, 20196 yr by chickensoup Fix busted link
July 19, 20196 yr 14 minutes ago, chickensoup said: LSI 9201-16i Good option, no flashing needed. Not sure about the Adaptecs, older LSI is raid, not recommended.
July 22, 20196 yr Author Lian-Li PC-201A, Silver version of the 201B and was discontinued a long time ago. I managed to stumble across one second hand for $50. Looks like this Internal looks like this
July 26, 20196 yr I ran into problems with crosstalk when I had my cables set that way.it was few years ago, stopped doing it
July 27, 20196 yr Author On 7/26/2019 at 12:45 PM, icedragonslair said: I ran into problems with crosstalk when I had my cables set that way.it was few years ago, stopped doing it What sort of symptoms? I've had SATA cables tied like this for years and never had a problem. Just want to know what I should look out for I guess.
July 28, 20196 yr drives dropping mainly On 7/27/2019 at 9:19 AM, chickensoup said: What sort of symptoms? I've had SATA cables tied like this for years and never had a problem. Just want to know what I should look out for I guess.
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