Add in card Vs On board SATA

[Tw00sh]

Does anyone know if there are any reviews comparring an Add-in SATA card vs onboard SATA? Is there going to be any speed differences?

Thanks

 

[David]

AFAIK some onboard devices, rather than using their own processing power and memory (like on an addon card) will use the host CPU and RAM. You may find that a seperate card performs slightly better, but I would imagine the difference would be negligible.

 

[Tw00sh]

I am wondering if they are both limited to the PCI bus speeds?

 

[David]

I am wondering if they are both limited to the PCI bus speeds?

Yes, they will still operate via the PCI bus as far as I am aware.