I'm looking for a PCIe 4.0 x1 Sata Card

[Mihael]

Hi

 

I have a ROG Strix X570-E Motherboard and all 8-Sata Ports are in use. My 3 x PCIe 4.0 x4 Slots are not available. There are two PCIe 4.0 x1  Slots which I can use.

Which card would you recommend, I would like to connect additional 2-4 Sata hard drives?

 

Thank you!

[testdasi]

They don't exist.

[Mihael]

22 hours ago, testdasi said:

They don't exist.

These cards would fit or did I misunderstand something?

 

https://www.amazon.de/Port-SATA-Controller-Express-Schnittstellenkarte/dp/B00BUC3N74

[Michael_P]

That doesn't fit your given criteria, as it's a PCIe 2.0 card.

 

2 port PCIe 3.0 x1 cards have been reported to work, such as https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Y92RDKH/ref=psdc_284718_t3_B07ST9CPND

 

5 port M.2 cards have also been reported to work, such as https://www.amazon.com/Internal-Non-Raid-Adapter-Desktop-Support/dp/B07T3RMFFT/ref=pd_sbs_147_3/140-7161017-3944644?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07T3RMFFT&pd_rd_r=84f3688b-e0bf-4c6f-9c4e-8c39590991fd&pd_rd_w=zNcnt&pd_rd_wg=8Z9Fk&pf_rd_p=7c0dad87-8a25-4c4f-9349-026039ea6cb3&pf_rd_r=RAV90H0GGEAF6CSFGNTS&psc=1&refRID=RAV90H0GGEAF6CSFGNTS

 

Stick with the JMicron chipsets and avoid Marvell for the best results

[Mihael]

17 hours ago, Michael_P said:

That doesn't fit your given criteria, as it's a PCIe 2.0 card.

 

2 port PCIe 3.0 x1 cards have been reported to work, such as https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Y92RDKH/ref=psdc_284718_t3_B07ST9CPND

 

5 port M.2 cards have also been reported to work, such as https://www.amazon.com/Internal-Non-Raid-Adapter-Desktop-Support/dp/B07T3RMFFT/ref=pd_sbs_147_3/140-7161017-3944644?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07T3RMFFT&pd_rd_r=84f3688b-e0bf-4c6f-9c4e-8c39590991fd&pd_rd_w=zNcnt&pd_rd_wg=8Z9Fk&pf_rd_p=7c0dad87-8a25-4c4f-9349-026039ea6cb3&pf_rd_r=RAV90H0GGEAF6CSFGNTS&psc=1&refRID=RAV90H0GGEAF6CSFGNTS

 

Stick with the JMicron chipsets and avoid Marvell for the best results

Thank you very much! Somehow I missed the 2.0 ...

 

I will try this one -> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Y92RDKH/ref=psdc_284718_t3_B07ST9CPND

 

Thanks!

[methanoid]

How well did it work then?

[Mihael]

1 hour ago, methanoid said:

How well did it work then?

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Y92RDKH/ref=psdc_284718_t3_B07ST9CPND

 

This one works stable. I'm happy with it.

[methanoid]

Thanks... I did some searching and found this 4 port PCIe 3.0 card, cheap too, https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001590302280.html

[Mihael]

It's cheap for a 4- port. The question is does it work properly?! Anyway, I don't have space in my case for two more HDDs. All 10 Slots are occupied. 

Thank you anyway.

[bigbangus]

So 1 year later and still no Gen 4 x1 card available.

 

I believe the best option out there is the ASM1064 chipset (https://www.asmedia.com.tw/products-list/8a2YQ99xzaUH2qg5/58dYQ8bxZ4UR9wG5)

It's Gen 3 x1 which theoretically allows for 1 GB/s total. They sell the card on amazon in variants of 4,6,8 ports for ~40$-60$ and I believe asmedia is compatible with Unraid.

 

Although SATA 3.0 is 6 Gb/s (750MB/s), if you're using this card for the Unraid array, each drive only reaches 60MB/s or so on average so maybe you can get away with putting 4 drives or more on 1 card using this chipset.

 

Has anyone put a ASM1064 card on their unraid server and can comment on bandwidth limitation?

Does anyone know if ASMedia plans to release a Gen4 x1 chipset in the future?

[JorgeB]

1 hour ago, bigbangus said:

Has anyone put a ASM1064 card on their unraid server and can comment on bandwidth limitation?

See here:

 

[bigbangus]

Amazing work. quoting your results from the ASM1064 using an SSD array:

Asmedia ASM1064 PCIe gen3 x1 (985MB/s) - e.g., SYBA SI-PEX40156 and other similar cards

2 x 450MB/s

3 x 300MB/s

4 x 225MB/s

 

Looks like you can easily get away with 4 drives on a ASM1064 PCI 3.0 x1 if they are all magnetic.

Edited September 7, 2021 by bigbangus

[methanoid]

On 9/7/2021 at 4:23 PM, bigbangus said:

Amazing work. quoting your results from the ASM1064 using an SSD array:

Asmedia ASM1064 PCIe gen3 x1 (985MB/s) - e.g., SYBA SI-PEX40156 and other similar cards

2 x 450MB/s

3 x 300MB/s

4 x 225MB/s

 

Looks like you can easily get away with 4 drives on a ASM1064 PCI 3.0 x1 if they are all magnetic.

 

6 ports @ 150MB/s would work fine.. not like many spinning drives actually consistently break 150MB/s