chickensoup Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) 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, 2019 by chickensoup Fix busted link Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 14 minutes ago, chickensoup said: LSI 9201-16i Good option, no flashing needed. Not sure about the Adaptecs, older LSI is raid, not recommended. Quote Link to comment
rxnelson Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I’m intrigued by the case. What is it? Quote Link to comment
chickensoup Posted July 22, 2019 Author Share Posted July 22, 2019 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 Quote Link to comment
rxnelson Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Thanks for the link. Looks like a ton of room in there. Quote Link to comment
icedragonslair Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 I ran into problems with crosstalk when I had my cables set that way.it was few years ago, stopped doing it Quote Link to comment
chickensoup Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 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. Quote Link to comment
icedragonslair Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 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. Quote Link to comment
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