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Is there already an answer video from Karl available? And if not, where will it be uploaded?

I also use Software-RAID, so I don't need any hardware RAID controller functionality, just plain SATA controllers. Your explanation sounds reasonable, which means the 9215 chipset should be good for me. I try to find out one without RAID controller functionality.

Yes, the drives are not fast enough to use the full potential of the controllers. So you think it makes no sense because the adapter cables + controller are more expensive than a SATA controller? Hm. But as I pointed out not every SATA controller seems to be compatible with Linux. Or maybe it's an other issue. The 88SE9230 chipset seems not to work well. So I have to look for an other one. I found theses: InLine 76617G 8 Port (one commenter mentions an issue with standby, so maybe not this one) MZHOU PCIe SATA Karte 6 Port (Marvell 88SE9215) DeLock PCI Express Karte, 10x SATA 6 Gb/s intern Of course there are much more out there. Do you have some further suggestions?

Hi folks, I've got an Ubuntu machine here with 12 HDDs and 1 SSD for the system itself. In the future there will be added more disks, maybe up to 14 HDDs. Because one of my current SATA-controller fails after standby I want to replace it with something better and more reliable. Ubuntu recognizes it as "Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE9230 PCIe SATA 6Gb/s Controller (rev 11)". The other controller is a "Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Device 9215 (rev 11)" which runs fine. Now I am curious if there is any advantage between a 8x SATA controller card or any SAS controller card with a adapter cable from SAS to 4x SATA or similar. As I understand SAS is fully compatible to SATA and you simply buy a cable from SAS SFF-8087 > 4 x SATA or whatever physical plug is on that controller card. Am I right with that? It seems that SAS controller cards a way cheaper than SATA controller cards and so I could save some money too. But are they compatible to Linux, is there something I have to look for? Thank you!

After some further googling I think I should save some money for the mainboard and buy a Gigabyte B450 Aorus M (75 €) instead with only 6 SATA ports. Then I will look for a good SATA controller or similar in addition to that.

Thank you guys! I think I will go with an AMD Ryzen 5 2400G (130 €), because it has VESA 11 and an ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 (160 €) mainboard. With 4 Cores and 8 Threads I should be future proof and the mainboard has 8 SATA ports which is also nice. And then some G.Skill Aegis DIMM Kit 16GB (DDR4-3000, CL16-18-18-38) (55 €) for good measure because my current system already starts to swap with 8 GB of RAM. I guess it's because I am not good at closing tabs. ? Is this too much overkill or is it worth the price if I do not want to upgrade in the next 4 years?

Hi there, I am looking for a new mainboard and CPU for my media server and backup station which is also connected to my 4K TV. The system is running Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS and I use it to view movies and videos from Youtube, Amazon or directly from the harddisk. I also make backups to the Backup RAID from my Thinkpad. At the moment there is a Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU G1840 @ 2.80GHz installed on a ASRock B86M Pro3 mainboard. Also two Marvell SATA controllers and 12 harddisks and 1 SSD for linux itself. Since my old Philips TV suddenly damaged the HDMI output of the mainboard and all it's own HDMI inputs I bought a new Samsung TV with 4K resolution. Now the system is too bad to drive the TV, I only get 4K @ 30 FPS through the DVI output. ? Now I want to replace mainboard and CPU by something that's future proof but not too heavy on the price side. Would be nice to find a mainboard with enough SATA ports, so I can remove one of the Marvell SATA controllers that also makes problems after standby. Also I want to be able to smoothly stream 4K videos from Youtube or an other source. But I don't want a graphics card in there. Graphics should be on board, at least for now. Maybe I will add a graphics card somewhen later. Do you have any advise or hints for me? There are so many mainboards and CPUs out there, I don't even now where to start. Maybe also relevant: That stuff should be able to buy in and ship to Germany. Thank you in advance!

Yes, works now. Just ordered a pair.

Unfortunately the discount code does still not work in Germany. I hope it gets fixed before the deadline.

I was just trying to follow the forum rules. I can also just list everything in keywords if you prefer to see it here.

Did I do something wrong?

Hi guys, it's my first post in this forum. I registered solely to find help and suggestions for new hardware. So at first some facts according to the "Please read before posting" thread: Budget & Location: I am sitting in Germany and my budget is not limited in a certain way. The amount of money I want to spend on new hardware depends on its long-lige cycle. Aim: It should be a machine completely compatible to Linux, especially Ubuntu. I am working with Linux since over 10 years now and I don't wanna migrate to Windows or other weird things. So there will definitely be just one operating system on it. Maybe a second Linux partition for some tests. I want to be able to work smoothly with Bitwig, Blender, Gimp, Olive, Inkscape, compiling bigger applications, and of course I want to be able to open hundreds of Tabs in Firefox and such lighter things. It would also be nice to be able to play some games now and then, mostly through Steam I guess, and more things like Dota 2 instead of Tomb Raider raytraced in 4k. ? Monitors: At the moment I am working with my Thinkpad W530 and a dockingstation connected to three monitors. Together with the built-in monitor I often use all of them. It's very nice when working with multiple terminals, IDEs, browser and writing documentation at the same time. So I want to be able to drive 4 monitors on at least 1080p. I guess 1080p is still enough for me for the next few years although I have good eyes. Peripherals: I already have a keyboard, a mouse, an external soundcard, a webcam, an USB MIDI keyboard. Also there is no need to buy a licence for the operating system as you already know. Why? I want to have a good desktop system with good upgradability. My Thinkpad still works great so far but the graphics card, an Nvidia Quadro K2000M is very much outdated now and I really could need more power for Blender and video rendering. Also I have tearing issues and visible frame drops on playing back youtube videos even when the system is idle. The CPU is an i7-3820QM running at 2.70 GHz, and currently there is only 16 GB RAM equipped which sometimes limits my workflow, e.g. when compiling FPGA designs or rendering 3D szenes. What did I already choose? I really like the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X. It has quite a lot of L3 cache and 8/16 cores/threads which is nice, also for playing around with virtualization. Also If I understand correctly it could be replaced with a Ryzen 9 or what the future gives us because they have the same socket. I don't think I will need more in the next few years but its always good to know that I can upgrade somehow. For the RAM I was thinking about some G.Skill DIMM 16 GB DDR4-3000 Kit consisting of two modules with 8 GB each. But I also want to be able to upgrade to 4x8GB in the future. Then it would be a good thing to put a NVME SSD directly into the mainboard. I don't know which size I should buy, maybe 512 GB or even just 256 GB is enough for Ubuntu itself. Then I want to put a bigger 2,5'' SSD with 1 TB in there for the home directory. In my Thinkpad I did nearly the same. It has 1 small 30 GB SSD which was built-int from the beginning, and then it has a 512 GB SSD and a 1 TB HDD for the home directory. I don't want any kind of water cooling. Instead I want it to have big quiet fans and a dust filter. The case itself should be unremarkable. I don't want any RGB or see-through in there. It should be functional and quiet and also simple and just black. I did not choose a case for now but I am sure I will find something good here. I also did not think about the PSU but I can choose the right one by myself at the end I guess. Where do I need help? I need help finding the right mainboard. There are so many out there that I lose track of them. Of course it should have at least 4 memory slots and a at least one M.2 NVME slot. Then it would be good to have at least 4 SATA ports although I don't know if 3 Gbit/s is enough or if I need 6 Gbit/s. The mainboard should also have at least a 1 GBit/s network interface but that should be the default nowadays. I don't need any wireless functionality here but I don't care if it is included as well. Then I also want to be able to put a graphics card in there, or maybe two in a few years, you never know. And there should be still enough expandability for some other PCIe cards like a second network adapter, more SATA ports, a capture card, a sound card, ... I don't know what happens in the future. I don't think that all of these things will be inserted into the system, so don't put too much weight on this. Also I need help finding the right graphics card. As you already know I want to be able to drive four 1080p monitors at the same time. At the moment I don't know if any of them can go over 60 Hz but I don't think so. So the requirements are not that high. In the future I sure want to upgrade the monitors and maybe also buy a better VESA mount for my desk. I don't know if a single 4k monitor will feel the same as four 1080p ones. Then a good amount of CUDA cores would be nice for rendering in Blender although I don't do that very often, but it could become more if the system can handle it better than my Thinkpad does now. I don't need any of those RTX card I guess and on the other side there are the GTX 1660, 1650, 1050 and their TI versions as well and I don't know which one could be the best proportion of money and value. Price limit? It really depends on how long the system will make me happy with the chosen hardware. For example my Thinkpad is now at least 5 years old. I had one failure this year because I dumped half of a litre water on it. In the end I was able to dry the things but one memory that didn't want to live any longer. The laptop costed me 2000 € that time and I upgraded it later with a new SSD and HDD and I increased the RAM from 8 GB to 24 GB. So if the new system will run at least 5 years and is upgradable in many places I hope 1500 € will be enough or hopefully too much. Did I something forget? I don't hope so. Your help is really appreciated. I know you guys know a lot about the right things to choose here. Thank you in advance.