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Well considering i have a few SAS drives logic would state i need a SAS controller

 

Wow, pretty amazed you have SAS drives. These things are really expensive. haha. But yeah, I would look for a used SAS 6Gb/s HBA on ebay. There's not really a cheaper option. The Dell ones are good enough. New HBAs cost $200-300ish (At least the LSI ones do).

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Just for some HDDs not SSDs, cheapest one available? or top 2 cheapest?

 

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We are going to need a little more info if we are going to help you, like what will be your use and how many available and is second hand an option etc etc.

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You don't need RAID right? You might look on ebay. I managed to get a used 2 port 6Gb/s SAS Dell HBA controller for $50.

Okay thanks, used is an option and no i dont need RAID

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Sure you need SAS?

Well considering i have a few SAS drives logic would state i need a SAS controller

Laptop: Thinkpad W520 i7 2720QM 24GB RAM 1920x1080 2x SSDs Main Rig: 4790k 12GB Hyperx Beast Zotac 980ti AMP! Fractal Define S (window) RM850 Noctua NH-D15 EVGA Z97 FTW with 3 1080P 144hz monitors from Asus Secondary: i5 6600K, R9 390 STRIX, 16GB DDR4, Acer Predator 144Hz 1440P

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Well considering i have a few SAS drives logic would state i need a SAS controller

 

Wow, pretty amazed you have SAS drives. These things are really expensive. haha. But yeah, I would look for a used SAS 6Gb/s HBA on ebay. There's not really a cheaper option. The Dell ones are good enough. New HBAs cost $200-300ish (At least the LSI ones do).

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Wow, pretty amazed you have SAS drives. These things are really expensive. haha. But yeah, I would look for a used SAS 6Gb/s HBA on ebay. There's not really a cheaper option. The Dell ones are good enough. New HBAs cost $200-300ish (At least the LSI ones do).

Thanks i will give that a try!

 

I got them from a friend who got some servers from a data center.

Laptop: Thinkpad W520 i7 2720QM 24GB RAM 1920x1080 2x SSDs Main Rig: 4790k 12GB Hyperx Beast Zotac 980ti AMP! Fractal Define S (window) RM850 Noctua NH-D15 EVGA Z97 FTW with 3 1080P 144hz monitors from Asus Secondary: i5 6600K, R9 390 STRIX, 16GB DDR4, Acer Predator 144Hz 1440P

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