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Hi, the motherboard I plan on buying is going to have 4 less SATA ports than I need. I want to expand this. What PCI port is needed for this task?
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SATA Expansion Card
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Do you mean PCIe slot?
What motherboard do you have? No signature (create one, you have been here for 8 years), no listed specs in the thread. What card are you planning on getting? Difficult to help with zero information given...
EDIT: As for a add-in card... https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...8&cm_re=pcie_sata_card-_-16-124-064-_-Product
if you need four ports...that will fit in a PCIe x1 slot or greater.
What motherboard do you have? No signature (create one, you have been here for 8 years), no listed specs in the thread. What card are you planning on getting? Difficult to help with zero information given...
EDIT: As for a add-in card... https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...8&cm_re=pcie_sata_card-_-16-124-064-_-Product
if you need four ports...that will fit in a PCIe x1 slot or greater.
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Well, assuming my guesses were right.......................
You can place that card I suggested in either the bottom PCIe slot (full-length) or the bottom x1 slot (should leave room for a GPU to breathe). On the D3H, same thing, bottom full-length slot or the x1 slot above it assuming it gives your GPU room to breathe.
Do you have a SATA card in mind already? I really feel like we need to hoover information out when it should be listed..
Don't forget to create a signature when you have your hardware.
You can place that card I suggested in either the bottom PCIe slot (full-length) or the bottom x1 slot (should leave room for a GPU to breathe). On the D3H, same thing, bottom full-length slot or the x1 slot above it assuming it gives your GPU room to breathe.
Do you have a SATA card in mind already? I really feel like we need to hoover information out when it should be listed..
Don't forget to create a signature when you have your hardware.
It's PCIe (PCI Express). PCI is a legacy port these days.
In your case, you will want to install whatever device you have chosen on the full-length PCIe slot. PCIe x1 slot has 1 GB/s bandwidth which if beating on multiple drives at the same time, can choke the x1 slot.
EDIT: Yes, the x1 size card listed fits in x16 (full-length) slots.
In your case, you will want to install whatever device you have chosen on the full-length PCIe slot. PCIe x1 slot has 1 GB/s bandwidth which if beating on multiple drives at the same time, can choke the x1 slot.
EDIT: Yes, the x1 size card listed fits in x16 (full-length) slots.
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Hmm, I have a feeling I should be fine. I think I'll just put my Linux RAID 0 or 1 (whichever is stripe) and my DVD and Blu ray drives onto the expansion card, should be fine, I'm still using SATA 7200RPM HDDs, so I don't think I'll be approaching the 1GB/s limit with these components.
