mobo Looking for mobo with as much sata ports as possible

[Justasking]

So I want to make use of my sata hdds and I want them to be in one unit so that I don't have to power more pcs if I want to access my data. I am searching for a mobo with at least 6 sata ports, like 2 PCI ports for raid controllers, fully buffered RAM(possibly ddr2, cuz' that's cheap here(I live in Romania)), and it would be great if it would not have a proprietary form factor. Thanks in advance!

Edited November 4, 2019 by Justasking

[Meganter]

Don't you want something more recent ? Do you have a CPU in mind ?

[Justasking]

20 minutes ago, Plouffe said:

Don't you want something more recent ? Do you have a CPU in mind ?

I have a few lga 775 CPUs that I could use, but they are pretty cheap around here so it's not a big deal

Edited November 4, 2019 by Justasking

[Meganter]

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#s=13&sort=price&page=1&J=6,10

 

LGA 775 with 6 sata ports

 

Most recent motherboard will have 6 SATA ports too.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Athlon 200GE 3.2 GHz Dual-Core Processor	€55.00 @ Amazon France
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	€86.39 @ Amazon France
Memory	G.Skill NT Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory	€38.98 @ Alternate
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€180.37
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-04 14:29 CET+0100

 

[Justasking]

2 minutes ago, Plouffe said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#s=13&sort=price&page=1&J=6,10

 

LGA 775 with 6 sata ports

 

Most recent motherboard will have 6 SATA ports too.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Athlon 200GE 3.2 GHz Dual-Core Processor	€55.00 @ Amazon France
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	€86.39 @ Amazon France
Memory	G.Skill NT Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory	€38.98 @ Alternate
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€180.37
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-04 14:29 CET+0100

 

I would like something pretty cheap, it doesnt necessarily need to be lga 775 , it must have at least 1PCI slot for a sata raid card, so that I can use more than 6 of my drives(I've got at least 10 that I would like to use)

[Meganter]

1 minute ago, Justasking said:

I would like something pretty cheap, it doesnt necessarily need to be lga 775 , it must have at least 1PCI slot for a sata raid card, so that I can use more than 6 of my drives(I've got at least 10 that I would like to use)

This motherboard have it all  and is more recent with one of the cheapest CPU with integrated graphics. Otherwise you could try a NAS but it's expensive.

[Justasking]

17 minutes ago, Plouffe said:

This motherboard have it all  and is more recent with one of the cheapest CPU with integrated graphics. Otherwise you could try a NAS but it's expensive.

you mean the msi? it doesn't have a PCI slot, the hard part is the PCI slot for the raid card and the memory because I want at least 16 GBs but I dont want to break the bank(4GB DDR2 modules cost a lot here if you can even find one(for example: V7 4GB DDR2 800MHz V764004GBD costs 85$ which would take total costs to 340$) and it wouldn't even be that good) but fully buffered dimms like these Samsung 2Rx4 PC2-5300F-555-11-E0 cost from 7$ to max. 20$ which makes it a really good choice in my opinion compared to those

Edited November 4, 2019 by Justasking

[Meganter]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/XCzZxr/gigabyte-motherboard-gaep45ud3r

 

This one for example ?

 

PCI-E x16 Slots

1

PCI-E x8 Slots

0

PCI-E x4 Slots

0

PCI-E x1 Slots

3

PCI Slots

3

SATA 3 Gb/s

6

[Justasking]

Just now, Plouffe said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/XCzZxr/gigabyte-motherboard-gaep45ud3r

 

This one for example ?

 

PCI-E x16 Slots

1

PCI-E x8 Slots

0

PCI-E x4 Slots

0

PCI-E x1 Slots

3

PCI Slots

3

SATA 3 Gb/s

6

I've looked at a very similar one here, but the problem again is with the memory... to get the full 16 GBs I would have to spend 340$ and I don't have that much money

[Meganter]

6 minutes ago, Justasking said:

I've looked at a very similar one here, but the problem again is with the memory... to get the full 16 GBs I would have to spend 340$ and I don't have that much money

It's the price of the motherboard ? What's your budget ?

[Justasking]

1 minute ago, Plouffe said:

It's the price of the motherboard ? 

no, just the memory would cost 340$ (4x4 GB DDR2 667MHz,non-ecc, unbuffered)

[Meganter]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Athlon 200GE 3.2 GHz Dual-Core Processor	€55.00 @ Amazon France
Motherboard	Asus PRIME X370-A ATX AM4 Motherboard	€89.80 @ TopAchat
Memory	Crucial 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2133 Memory	€52.39 @ Amazon France
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€197.19
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-04 15:30 CET+0100

 

What about that ? 6 SATA, 2 PCI and recent. It's around 950RON

[Kilrah]

What drives do you have? If you have various capacities RAID is going to do you no good.

[Justasking]

17 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

What drives do you have? If you have various capacities RAID is going to do you no good.

I have a few that have different capacities but I wont put those in the raid, I have 4 of the same capacities and thats the total ammount that the raid card can handle, so I wont have any problems with that

[Justasking]

36 minutes ago, Plouffe said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Athlon 200GE 3.2 GHz Dual-Core Processor	€55.00 @ Amazon France
Motherboard	Asus PRIME X370-A ATX AM4 Motherboard	€89.80 @ TopAchat
Memory	Crucial 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2133 Memory	€52.39 @ Amazon France
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€197.19
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-04 15:30 CET+0100

 

What about that ? 6 SATA, 2 PCI and recent. It's around 950RON

umm.. thats PCI express, not PCI.In case you thought I meant PCIe here is a link for the raid controller I should be using: https://www.axagon.eu/en/produkty/pcis-50

[Meganter]

1 minute ago, Justasking said:

umm.. thats PCI express, not PCI.In case you thought I meant PCIe here is a link for the raid controller I should be using: https://www.axagon.eu/en/produkty/pcis-50

There is 2 of them in the X370 Prime-A

[Justasking]

1 minute ago, Plouffe said:

There is 2 of them in the X370 Prime-A

oh wow Im so sorry I didn't think such a new board would have them( I have an asus X370-Prime and it doesnt have any)

[Meganter]

1 minute ago, Justasking said:

oh wow Im so sorry I didn't think such a new board would have them( I have an asus X370-Prime and it doesnt have any)

I could find only 4 am4 motherboard with those though, the price is correct with 16gb + the CPU  

[Justasking]

Just now, Plouffe said:

I could find only 4 am4 motherboard with those though, the price is correct with 16gb + the CPU  

https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/product/z3rG3C/gigabyte-motherboard-ga970ads3p what do you thonk about this board? they say its not bad, and I found boards here ranging from 40€ to 60€ even with cpus included(one had an fx6350) + 16gb of ram would be again around 40-50€ and that would be perfect for me

[Meganter]

Just now, Justasking said:

https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/product/z3rG3C/gigabyte-motherboard-ga970ads3p what do you thonk about this board? they say its not bad, and I found boards here ranging from 40€ to 60€ even with cpus included(one had an fx6350) + 16gb of ram would be again around 40-50€ and that would be perfect for me

It looks good, be careful though because it's DDR3 ram

[Justasking]

1 minute ago, Plouffe said:

It looks good, be careful though because it's DDR3 ram

I know, but thats pretty cheap around here if you get used ones. Thanks for the help tho