Question What is the best and easy sata controller to ad 8 extra ssd's to my pc?

[Calin Cristian]

Hello! I am running on an ASUS z10pe-8ws mb with 48 core installed and all sata ports are busy with sata drives. What disk controller do you recommend so I can plug extra 8 individual drives?( not necessary for RAID usage) I found this as cheap option but I am open to other sugestions( Delock PCI Express Card > 10 x internal SATA 6 Gb/s) Thank you!

 

[Lutfij]

If you don't need RAID support, yeah the DELOCK card you've found is a good option. There are other options(sans RAID) but they will be lacking anywhere between 2 to 6 SATA ports.

 

[popatim]

Specification
• Connectors:
10 x SATA 6 Gb/s 7 pin plug
1 x PCI Express x2, V2.0

Yes this might* work just fine if you want to slow your SSD's down to a max of 500MB/s TOTAL bandwidth.
* I say might because I don't speak German but reviews do not seem good.

I would look for an IBM M1015 that has been flashed to IT mode or look into flashing it yourself. It has 8 Sata3 ports and connects to the motherboard using pcie x8 v2 (~2000MB/s max)

 

[FireWire2]

you can use this card https://www.amazon.com/Ports-AHCI-6Gbps-Profile-Adapter/dp/B0744YC3KF/
It uses native SATA III driver in Windows, Mac, and Linux, and multiple cards can be install

 

[Calin Cristian]

Thank you very much! I am appreciating your help! I will try booth cards and see what works best.