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June 6th, 2007, 10:53 PM
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|  SAS hard drive controller
I was able to get a couple of 76GB 15,000 RPM SAS drives and want to use them in my system.
Unfortunately I don't have any SAS ports on my motherboard (Evga 680i SLI motherboard).
Just wondering what controllers I could buy (that aren't to expensive) that I could use in my system.
Was thinking about $300 max for a controller.
But I am sure it would be worth the price.. those hard drives must FLY!
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June 7th, 2007, 04:35 PM
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Not if you plug that controller into a standard PCI slot. PCIE 4x at least for decent performance.
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June 7th, 2007, 07:25 PM
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I realize that and I don't think there are even PCI cards for SAS.
I have a free PCI-e 16x slot for a card.
Just not sure what card I should get. I only really need two SAS ports on it.
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June 7th, 2007, 07:40 PM
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Controller chips from the usual suspects (Adaptec and LSI) have four or eight ports, so I doubt you'll find a card with less than four. | |
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