More SATA inputs required.

Mighty Boosh · Nov 22, 2012

Hi all,

I want to add another four SATA inputs to my system as I need them to run a couple of new add ons. What would be the best way of doing this?

Many thanks, Chris

Frick · Nov 22, 2012

SATA controller card.

Mighty Boosh · Nov 30, 2012

Frick said:
SATA controller card.

Thanks for that, I went off and bought one on Ebay. Now I have another Q..................

This is the SATA card I bought,

But the PCI sockets on my mainboard are like this,

So my question is, can I use this card in one of these PCI sockets or have I f***ed up? :laugh:

Jstn7477 · Nov 30, 2012

Nope, you need a generic PCI SATA controller which is going to be slow. Cancel your order if your board doesn't have a PCIe x1 slot.

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Dec 1, 2012

Yep you screwed up. The card you just bought is for a pcie x1 slot. You board only has standard pci slots. The card will in no way shape or form work on your board.

jjnissanpatfan · Dec 1, 2012

If his not using the PCI-E slot now, i think it can work.

Frick · Dec 1, 2012

ThE_MaD_ShOt said:
Yep you screwed up. The card you just bought is for a pcie x1 slot. You board only has standard pci slots. The card will in no way shape or form work on your board.

Yep yep.

There are cheap PCI boards that'll work. They will be slow as the entire PCI bus is 133MB/s iirc. Add a bunch of drives and/or several controller cards and it will be horrible, but if you don't care about speed it'll work. I bought something like this for a project that didn't happen.

EDIT:

jjnissanpatfan said:
If his not using the PCI-E slot now, i think it can work.

What PCIe slot? There's only PCI and one AGP on that board.

Techtu · Dec 1, 2012

4x this

Either way gonna cost some money for something nowadays below average.

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