Mihael Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 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! Quote Link to comment
testdasi Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 They don't exist. Quote Link to comment
Mihael Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 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 Quote Link to comment
Michael_P Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 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 Quote Link to comment
Mihael Posted March 2, 2020 Author Share Posted March 2, 2020 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! Quote Link to comment
methanoid Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 How well did it work then? Quote Link to comment
Mihael Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment
methanoid Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Thanks... I did some searching and found this 4 port PCIe 3.0 card, cheap too, https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001590302280.html Quote Link to comment
Mihael Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment
bigbangus Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 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? Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 1 hour ago, bigbangus said: Has anyone put a ASM1064 card on their unraid server and can comment on bandwidth limitation? See here: 1 Quote Link to comment
bigbangus Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment
methanoid Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 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 1 Quote Link to comment
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