I have a busy computer but can not hook up all of my internal devices because most of my internals are sata like 2 dvd writers, 2 hdds, a dual laptop drive reader/writer that takes two, and all my front case hookups like the external sata, HDMI and the usbs are 2 more. There are several but if I hade a board with 8 sata ports inside, I wouldn't worry about changing the ports as I need them or wering them out plugging and un plugging them.