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How can I get more than 6 drives in my HTPC?

 

I'm currently using a MSI Z77A-GD55 which has 6 SATA ports but I'm using them all. My case is a SilverStone Grandia GD08 which can hold 12 drives and I intend to make use of that. Can you guys recommend a motherboard for an i3 2130 that has more than 6 SATA ports or perhaps a PCI SATA expansion card?

 

What are my options here? I'm open to suggestions.

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The Asrock Z77 Extreme 11 has 14 ports but will probably cost a fair bit.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z77%20Extreme11/

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I can't find any LGA 1155 mobos with more than 6 SATA ports. I found a 2 port PCI-E to SATA adapter (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815158207), but any more than 2 would be a full on RAID controller. You could just get higher capacity HDDs instead.

EDIT: You could also buy the mobo Mape suggested.

 

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How can I get more than 6 drives in my HTPC?

 

I'm currently using a MSI Z77A-GD55 which has 6 SATA ports but I'm using them all. My case is a SilverStone Grandia GD08 which can hold 12 drives and I intend to make use of that. Can you guys recommend a motherboard for an i3 2130 that has more than 6 SATA ports or perhaps a PCI SATA expansion card?

 

What are my options here? I'm open to suggestions.

 

You would probably have better luck with buying a sata expansion card.

 

I found 2 with lots of good reviews-

 

4 ports, no raid support, pci express x1 slot required: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124064

 

4 ports, raid support, full size pci slot required: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124028

 
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