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I am thinking about buying a good Sata III PCIe card to run a 256GB Samsung 840 pro on since I have two laptops and another old XP machine that would greatly benefit from one of the Sata II SSD's I currently have on this PC in Raid 0.
I originally set up this PC with 2-Sata II SSD's in raid 0 on the Intel Sata II ports because it was the best performance option with the available SSD's at the time and because the 1st generation Marvell Sata III ports on this board only use 1-PCIe lane (shared between 2-ports) which caps the combined speed at around 400 MB/s or just a little better regardless of the theoretical 5G speed.
I have 2 of my 3-16x PCIe slots filled with my video cards running @ 16X16. If I fill all three slots they will run @ 16X8X8 bringing my 2nd card down to X8 and leaving me an available X16 slot @ X8.
I don't mind the 4% (if that) loss on the 2nd card but, I don't want to get a PCIe x1 Sata III controller card since that would leave me no better off than I already am with a slight loss in video to boot.
So I'm looking for a PCIe x8 or x4 Sata III controller card that does not have to have raid. The problem is I haven't found any that don't cost as much as a new motherboard with a good Sata III controller already onboard and I'm not ready for a new build just yet.
The reason (I think) that all these PCIe x8 or x4 cards cost so much is because they have decent raid built into them as well which is nice but not that important to me as long as I can get full Sata III speeds.
So does anyone know of any decent PCIe x8 or x4 Sata III controller cards that can use a 256GB Samsung 840 pro @ maximum potential and don't cost to much? Again raid is nice but not necessary, however I don't want a card that will interfere with the Intel onboard raid controller.
I am thinking about buying a good Sata III PCIe card to run a 256GB Samsung 840 pro on since I have two laptops and another old XP machine that would greatly benefit from one of the Sata II SSD's I currently have on this PC in Raid 0.
I originally set up this PC with 2-Sata II SSD's in raid 0 on the Intel Sata II ports because it was the best performance option with the available SSD's at the time and because the 1st generation Marvell Sata III ports on this board only use 1-PCIe lane (shared between 2-ports) which caps the combined speed at around 400 MB/s or just a little better regardless of the theoretical 5G speed.
I have 2 of my 3-16x PCIe slots filled with my video cards running @ 16X16. If I fill all three slots they will run @ 16X8X8 bringing my 2nd card down to X8 and leaving me an available X16 slot @ X8.
I don't mind the 4% (if that) loss on the 2nd card but, I don't want to get a PCIe x1 Sata III controller card since that would leave me no better off than I already am with a slight loss in video to boot.
So I'm looking for a PCIe x8 or x4 Sata III controller card that does not have to have raid. The problem is I haven't found any that don't cost as much as a new motherboard with a good Sata III controller already onboard and I'm not ready for a new build just yet.
The reason (I think) that all these PCIe x8 or x4 cards cost so much is because they have decent raid built into them as well which is nice but not that important to me as long as I can get full Sata III speeds.
So does anyone know of any decent PCIe x8 or x4 Sata III controller cards that can use a 256GB Samsung 840 pro @ maximum potential and don't cost to much? Again raid is nice but not necessary, however I don't want a card that will interfere with the Intel onboard raid controller.
