[SOLVED] Trying to find a standard PCI raid card

[bradam2001]

Asus H97-m Plus PCi Raid Card
I have the Asus H97M-Plus motherboard. Looking to add a PCI card for 8 drives, but all I see is PICe cards. This board only has 2 PCI and 2 video slots. The board comes with raid built in but it won't be enough. Not trying to spend a lot of money,

 

[bignastyid]

Are you using both the boards pci-e slots? They can be used for more than video cards.

 

[TheNightTerror]

This is not worth it, as the maximum throughput for PCI is 133 MB/s.

 

[TheNightTerror]

Here’s a raid card : https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Port-Controller-Adapter-PCISATA4R1/dp/B0001Y7PU8

 

[TheNightTerror]

Also, do you mean this as the motherboard? https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/B75MPLUS/

 

[bradam2001]

Are you using both the boards pci-e slots? They can be used for more than video cards.

No, not using any slots they are empty

 

[bignastyid]

No, not using any slots they are empty

Then you should get a PCI-e raid card. The 16x slots in the system will accept 8x, 4x, 2x, and 1x cards. What drives do you have or are planning to use?

 

[bradam2001]

Then you should get a PCI-e raid card. The 16x slots in the system will accept 8x, 4x, 2x, and 1x cards. What drives do you have or are planning to use?

I am not sure yet. I have a lot of 3.5 1tb drives and 2.5 1tb drives . What to use them also for extra storage. Was looking at a 6 or 8tb nas drives and install the hot swap

 

[bignastyid]

SAS or Sata? What Raid levels do you want?

 

[SamirD]

Get an sas pcie controller--they can not only use sata drives but can also use faster and more reliable enterprise sas drives. And these controllers can be quite cheap too.