So I screwed up, but is there a way to fix it?

[niesume]

So I recently (like literally yesterday) finished building my computer and I ran into a problem: the two 2TB hard drives I bought to go with my PC are actually server hard drives with the SAS interface. I can use my computer for now (seeing as my M.2 500GB SSD is there), but I would really like to get my extra 4TB for my extensive sound libraries for my composing (EWQL was supposed to be almost exclusively on one drive)

 

So to cut to the point, what can I do? I can't (and don't really want to) send the hard drives back. They were the first component I bought, and because I bought some of my components on Newegg "Flass Sales" when I had the funds, it is long past the RMA period. What I would prefer is a way to simply connect the drives to my computer, if if I do lose a little bis of speed. I've been lookin at these cables from Newegg to fix my woes, but I just wanted to check to see if they would work.

 

Full computer breakdown, if it helps:

GIGABYTE AORUS GA-AX370-Gaming K7 (rev. 1.0) AM4 AMD X370 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 DirectX 12 GV-N1060XTREME-6GD 6GB 192-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 ATX Video Card

AMD RYZEN 5 1600 6-Core 3.2 GHz (3.6 GHz Turbo) Socket AM4 65W YD1600BBAEBOX Desktop Processor

LG 12X Blu-Ray Disc Drive M-DISC Support Model UH12NS40 - OEM

Corsair Certified RMx Series RM650x 650W 80 Plus Gold Full Modular Power Supply (CP-9020091-NA/RF)

2x  CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000)

Samsung 850 EVO M.2 2280 500 GB SSD

[GrayTech]

I think a PCIe based SAS scontroller card could work.

[Bananasplit_00]

get a PCIe based SAS controller card

[niesume]

How much is that going to cost/ are there any good ones that you guys would suggest?

[GrayTech]

1 minute ago, FireDragonWars said:

How much is that going to cost/ are there any good ones that you guys would suggest?

I don't know. I haven't really checked out any SAS controller cards. But they can be expensive I think.

[niesume]

Oh goodness, looking at the stuff, it might just be better to bite the bit and buy two new hard drives

 

 

 

sad

[niesume]

34 minutes ago, GrayTech said:

I don't know. I haven't really checked out any SAS controller cards. But they can be expensive I think.

I went and tracked down the marketplace sellers site, and the have an extended 90 day return policy. I'm going to try to return it through there and just buy some new HDDs. If they wont let me return them, I'll just keep them for a rainy day or for when I feel like maybe making a server someday. ' > '