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Id look at Startech 4 Port SATA 6Gbps PCIe Controller Card (4P6G-PCIE-SATA-CARD), typically Startech's products in my experience just work.

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I want to buy a SATA expansion card, any recommendations? 

(6gb/s)

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1 minute ago, AndreiArgeanu said:

How many SATA ports do you need and what size of card do you need PCIE x1, x4, x16?

any size is fine, need about 2 more

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15 minutes ago, TechguyCin said:

any size is fine, need about 2 more

What is the use case for? Desktop? NAS? Server? 

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7 hours ago, LIGISTX said:

What is the use case for? Desktop? NAS? Server? 

NAS 

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Id look at Startech 4 Port SATA 6Gbps PCIe Controller Card (4P6G-PCIE-SATA-CARD), typically Startech's products in my experience just work.

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10 hours ago, TechguyCin said:

I want to buy a SATA expansion card, any recommendations? 

(6gb/s)

LSI 9207 or similar. Highly reliable server grade card.

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5 hours ago, MrMase said:

Id look at Startech 4 Port SATA 6Gbps PCIe Controller Card (4P6G-PCIE-SATA-CARD), typically Startech's products in my experience just work.

No. 
 

5 hours ago, TechguyCin said:

NAS 

For a NAS application, especially ZFS, get a real HBA. 
 

You can get Dell h310’s on eBay, pre-flashed to IT mode with sas to sata cables for 50 bucks. They are enterprise grade, and they work properly without any issue or alteration to the bare metal access of the drives:

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/194910024856?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Yn4wwighT_-&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=B1xTkXm_Qfe&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

What exactly is your NAS? OS. Total number of drives? Etc

Rig: i7 13700k - - Asus Z790-P Wifi - - RTX 4080 - - 4x16GB 6000MHz - - Samsung 990 Pro 2TB NVMe Boot + Main Programs - - Assorted SATA SSD's for Photo Work - - Corsair RM850x - - Sound BlasterX EA-5 - - Corsair XC8 JTC Edition - - Corsair GPU Full Cover GPU Block - - XT45 X-Flow 420 + UT60 280 rads - - EK XRES RGB PWM - - Fractal Define S2 - - Acer Predator X34 -- Logitech G502 - - Logitech G710+ - - Logitech Z5500 - - LTT Deskpad

 

Headphones/amp/dac: Schiit Lyr 3 - - Fostex TR-X00 - - Sennheiser HD 6xx

 

Homelab/ Media Server: Proxmox VE host - - 512 NVMe Samsung 980 RAID Z1 for VM's/Proxmox boot - - Xeon e5 2660 V4- - Supermicro X10SRF-i - - 128 GB ECC 2133 - - 10x4 TB WD Red RAID Z2 - - Corsair 750D - - Corsair RM650i - - Dell H310 6Gbps SAS HBA - - Intel RES2SC240 SAS Expander - - TreuNAS + many other VM’s

 

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8 hours ago, LIGISTX said:

No. 
 

For a NAS application, especially ZFS, get a real HBA. 
 

You can get Dell h310’s on eBay, pre-flashed to IT mode with sas to sata cables for 50 bucks. They are enterprise grade, and they work properly without any issue or alteration to the bare metal access of the drives:

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/194910024856?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Yn4wwighT_-&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=B1xTkXm_Qfe&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

What exactly is your NAS? OS. Total number of drives? Etc

Sorry for the late response, nas build, I might be expanding more in the future, 2 hdds are for parity and the ssd is for cache. ill be running unraid

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22 minutes ago, TechguyCin said:

Sorry for the late response, nas build, I might be expanding more in the future, 2 hdds are for parity and the ssd is for cache. ill be running unraid

Get a proper HBA, like what I linked. 

Rig: i7 13700k - - Asus Z790-P Wifi - - RTX 4080 - - 4x16GB 6000MHz - - Samsung 990 Pro 2TB NVMe Boot + Main Programs - - Assorted SATA SSD's for Photo Work - - Corsair RM850x - - Sound BlasterX EA-5 - - Corsair XC8 JTC Edition - - Corsair GPU Full Cover GPU Block - - XT45 X-Flow 420 + UT60 280 rads - - EK XRES RGB PWM - - Fractal Define S2 - - Acer Predator X34 -- Logitech G502 - - Logitech G710+ - - Logitech Z5500 - - LTT Deskpad

 

Headphones/amp/dac: Schiit Lyr 3 - - Fostex TR-X00 - - Sennheiser HD 6xx

 

Homelab/ Media Server: Proxmox VE host - - 512 NVMe Samsung 980 RAID Z1 for VM's/Proxmox boot - - Xeon e5 2660 V4- - Supermicro X10SRF-i - - 128 GB ECC 2133 - - 10x4 TB WD Red RAID Z2 - - Corsair 750D - - Corsair RM650i - - Dell H310 6Gbps SAS HBA - - Intel RES2SC240 SAS Expander - - TreuNAS + many other VM’s

 

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23 minutes ago, TechguyCin said:

Sorry for the late response, nas build, I might be expanding more in the future, 2 hdds are for parity and the ssd is for cache. ill be running unraid

Also, do you actually need SSD cache? What’s the use case of the NAS? A harddrive array can easily saturate gigabit LAN. 

Rig: i7 13700k - - Asus Z790-P Wifi - - RTX 4080 - - 4x16GB 6000MHz - - Samsung 990 Pro 2TB NVMe Boot + Main Programs - - Assorted SATA SSD's for Photo Work - - Corsair RM850x - - Sound BlasterX EA-5 - - Corsair XC8 JTC Edition - - Corsair GPU Full Cover GPU Block - - XT45 X-Flow 420 + UT60 280 rads - - EK XRES RGB PWM - - Fractal Define S2 - - Acer Predator X34 -- Logitech G502 - - Logitech G710+ - - Logitech Z5500 - - LTT Deskpad

 

Headphones/amp/dac: Schiit Lyr 3 - - Fostex TR-X00 - - Sennheiser HD 6xx

 

Homelab/ Media Server: Proxmox VE host - - 512 NVMe Samsung 980 RAID Z1 for VM's/Proxmox boot - - Xeon e5 2660 V4- - Supermicro X10SRF-i - - 128 GB ECC 2133 - - 10x4 TB WD Red RAID Z2 - - Corsair 750D - - Corsair RM650i - - Dell H310 6Gbps SAS HBA - - Intel RES2SC240 SAS Expander - - TreuNAS + many other VM’s

 

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