[Needed] Z77 Board With Tons Of SATA

[TechXero]

Hey guys,

I currently own a Z7 based system with a 3770K CPU. I am a storage hog, so need a board with tons of SATA ports on it as I hate external storage, lost too many to count. I have been searching for days, only to find out that none of my favourite OEMs make such a board. ASUS has 10 to 12 at most, Gigabyte 10 etc...

 

 

As it turns out only AsRock seem to think of people like me. Only this board is hard to find and I do not want to build a whole new system just for a Board. Where can I find it ? Amazon n NewEgg do not have it in stock. Is this board any good ? Has anyone tried AsRock before ? I have no idea if this brand is any good since I have never used them. I only know of Intel, ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI and the likes.

 

Anyone know of another brand that makes boards with Storage in mind like AsRock ?3

 

- Amazon <-- Out Of Stock

- NewEgg <-- Out Of Stock

Thanks

[Enderman]

why do you need that many sata ports...

 

if youre building a storage server buy a PCIe storage controller with 24 or 36 ports or whatever you need

[AlwaysFSX]

why do you need that many sata ports...

 

if youre building a storage server buy a PCIe storage controller with 24 or 36 ports or whatever you need

Ding ding ding.. This.

[Imakuni]

why do you need that many sata ports...

 

if youre building a storage server buy a PCIe storage controller with 24 or 36 ports or whatever you need

Or get 6 / 10 TB hard drives...

[TechXero]

why do you need that many sata ports...

 

if youre building a storage server buy a PCIe storage controller with 24 or 36 ports or whatever you need

 

I cannot afford a thing like that, I ain't Linus ya know. I prefer Internal drives. Else I wouldn't have posted this. I currently have 13 drives I need to put in and have 8 SATAs on my current board. I just need 14 to 18 SATAs and I will be good for another couple of years. 

 

 

Or get 6 / 10 TB hard drives...

 

I might build something better in 3 years when I have saved enough. As for drives, I will get 2x6tb once I got board, for now I just need a board for my current config is all.

[Enderman]

Or get 6 / 10 TB hard drives...

well i mean MAYBE he needs 24 10TB drives?

240TB?

[TechXero]

well i mean MAYBE he needs 24 10TB drives?

240TB?

 

Guys, if I could afford that kind of build I wouldn't have posted here. Please keep in mind that all I got is $500 to my name... I work as a measly salesman... Barely make ends meat... So please stop suggesting outrageous configs. I just wish I was Linus to get what you suggesting... 

 

Be serious...

[Enderman]

I cannot afford a thing like that, I ain't Linus ya know. I prefer Internal drives. Else I wouldn't have posted this. I currently have 13 drives I need to put in and have 8 SATAs on my current board. I just need 14 to 18 SATAs and I will be good for another couple of years. 

 

 

I might build something better in 3 years when I have saved enough. As for drives, I will get 2x6tb once I got board, for now I just need a board for my current config is all.

A decent sata controller will cost as much as that motherboard

and PCIe storage controllers are for internal drives

I have no idea where you got the "external" part from when i said PCIe

PCIe is inside your PC, not outside

 

either way, you should just buy a few large capacity drives and put all your data on those

im pretty sure the drives youre using are tiny 1TB or less if you have that many of them

 

download crystaldiskinfo and you probably have a bunch of your drives at critical health levels anyway that can die at any time

get rid of those asap

move their data to a new larger drive

 

a few high capacity drives will only cost a few hundred dollars

as much as that motherboard

and you wont need a PCIe controller

you will have less drives, more capacity, and no risk of losing your stuff which you probably do right now if your drives are in bad health

[TechXero]

A decent sata controller will cost as much as that motherboard

and PCIe storage controllers are for internal drives

I have no idea where you got the "external" part from when i said PCIe

PCIe is inside your PC, not outside

 

either way, you should just buy a few large capacity drives and put all your data on those

im pretty sure the drives youre using are tiny 1TB or less if you have that many of them

 

download crystaldiskinfo and you probably have a bunch of your drives at critical health levels anyway that can die at any time

get rid of those asap

move their data to a new larger drive

 

a few high capacity drives will only cost a few hundred dollars

as much as that motherboard

and you wont need a PCIe controller

 

I get what you are saying, but my drives are in great shape, only one is dying. Also yes as you said 1tb or less. Only 2x4TB I have for movies n TV Shows, I just need 2x6TB and I will be good to go.. Not yet that crazy. What I got is good enough. and drives ain't cheap here. 4TB cost me $200/drive...

[Enderman]

I get what you are saying, but my drives are in great shape, only one is dying. Also yes as you said 1tb or less. Only 2x4TB I have for movies n TV Shows, I just need 2x6TB and I will be good to go.. Not yet that crazy. What I got is good enough. and drives ain't cheap here. 4TB cost me $200/drive...

ok then

with your $500 buy two more 4TB drives

then move all the stuff from the small drives onto those two

if you were using 1TB drives, you just reduced your sata port use from 8 to 2 while keeping the same capacity

if your drives are even smaller than 1TB then youre going to save even more sata ports

 

youre not going to save any money by buying a motherboard with 20 sata ports then buying 8 1TB drives

might as well buy two 4TB drives for the same price and save the cost of a the motherboard

[TechXero]

ok then

with your $500 buy two more 4TB drives

then move all the stuff from the small drives onto those two

if you were using 1TB drives, you just reduced your sata port use from 8 to 2 while keeping the same capacity

if your drives are even smaller than 1TB then youre going to save even more sata ports

youre not going to save any money by buying a motherboard with 20 sata ports then buying 8 1TB drives

might as well buy two 4TB drives for the same price and save the cost of a the motherboard

Yep I know. Your suggestion is best one yet. Since that way I will also keep my Windows 10 activated. Buying a new board will make me buy another license for Windows.

The reason I wanted the board is that I didn't want to lose any drives, just gain. I currently use one drive/item. Like Documents are on a separate drive, games on another, movies on another, TV Shows on another etc

Still what you suggested is best solution for me..

Hmm... This requires more thinking [emoji5]

[Agent181]

Yep I know. Your suggestion is best one yet. Since that way I will also keep my Windows 10 activated. Buying a new board will make me buy another license for Windows.

The reason I wanted the board is that I didn't want to lose any drives, just gain. Still what you suggested is best solution for me..

Hmm... This requires more thinking [emoji5]

there are non raid sata to pcie connnectors like this one you can use http://www.amazon.com/IO-Crest-Controller-Non-Raid-SI-PEX40064/dp/B00AZ9T3OU/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1441001160&sr=1-3&keywords=SATA+6Gbps+2-Port+PCIe

 

 

more here http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dcomputers&field-keywords=SATA+6Gbps+2-Port+PCIe

 

then just start adding more until you use what you need.

 

Make sure you have enough pcie lanes and are not using it by another source.

[TechXero]

there are non raid sata to pcie connnectors like this one you can use http://www.amazon.com/IO-Crest-Controller-Non-Raid-SI-PEX40064/dp/B00AZ9T3OU/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1441001160&sr=1-3&keywords=SATA+6Gbps+2-Port+PCIe

more here http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dcomputers&field-keywords=SATA+6Gbps+2-Port+PCIe

then just start adding more until you use what you need.

Make sure you have enough pcie lanes and are not using it by another source.

That's exactly my issue. Using up almost all PCie lanes no space for more..

[Agent181]

That's exactly my issue. Using up almost all PCie lanes no space for more..

sata to usb? http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-SATA-Drive-Adapter-Cable/dp/B00HJZJI84/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1441001377&sr=1-1&keywords=sata+to+usb&pebp=1441001385999&perid=11CFV7QQ1H70G0NVP2G5

 

or docks with sata to usb?  http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-External-Duplicator-Function-EC-HDD2/dp/B00IKC14OG/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1441001415&sr=8-4&keywords=sata+to+usb+dock

[TechXero]

sata to usb? http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-SATA-Drive-Adapter-Cable/dp/B00HJZJI84/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1441001377&sr=1-1&keywords=sata+to+usb&pebp=1441001385999&perid=11CFV7QQ1H70G0NVP2G5

or docks with sata to usb? http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-External-Duplicator-Function-EC-HDD2/dp/B00IKC14OG/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1441001415&sr=8-4&keywords=sata+to+usb+dock

External = No go for me. Had my fair share of issues... Lost too many..

[Imakuni]

That's exactly my issue. Using up almost all PCie lanes no space for more..

Hm. Here's the deal: go for the suggestion of getting 4TB drives.

 

"But I want to keep my old ones!".

 

Just use them as backups, and store them on a different location, to prevent physical disaster. Once a month, swap out some of the current drives and pop in the backups to be updated.

[TechXero]

Hm. Here's the deal: go for the suggestion of getting 4TB drives.

"But I want to keep my old ones!".

Just use them as backups, and store them on a different location, to prevent physical disaster. Once a month, swap out some of the current drives and pop in the backups to be updated.

That's exactly what am doing now. Have 6 drives in my drawer swapping when needed. Not what I need. Trying to get away from that.

[Agent181]

External = No go for me. Had my fair share of issues... Lost too many..

that's all I know about maybe some other guys can help you then good luck

[Enderman]

Yep I know. Your suggestion is best one yet. Since that way I will also keep my Windows 10 activated. Buying a new board will make me buy another license for Windows.

The reason I wanted the board is that I didn't want to lose any drives, just gain. I currently use one drive/item. Like Documents are on a separate drive, games on another, movies on another, TV Shows on another etc

Still what you suggested is best solution for me..

Hmm... This requires more thinking [emoji5]

if you want individual drives, buy some 4TB ones and partition them

that way it will look like you have a bunch of drives while still only using one sata port

and you can make as many partitions of whatever size you want

[Imakuni]

That's exactly what am doing now. Have 6 drives in my drawer swapping when needed. Not what I need. Trying to get away from that.

OKay... I'll have to bring in the ghetto solution. Here's what you"ll need to buy:

1. First, get a bunch of external adapters, Sata to USB.
2. Then, you buy a USB 3.0 header like this one. You don't actually need the 3.5 bay, you'll just use the internal circuit + cable.

Hook your HDs to the external adapters, hook the adapters to the bay, connect it to the mobo, and tuck it all within your case. THERE. BE HAPPY NOW.

[TechXero]

if you want individual drives, buy some 4TB ones and partition them

that way it will look like you have a bunch of drives while still only using one sata port

and you can make as many partitions of whatever size you want

Could be done. Not a bad idea. Like I said needs more thinking... Thanks.

[Swndlr]

I cannot afford a thing like that, I ain't Linus ya know. I prefer Internal drives. Else I wouldn't have posted this. I currently have 13 drives I need to put in and have 8 SATAs on my current board. I just need 14 to 18 SATAs and I will be good for another couple of years. 

 

 

I might build something better in 3 years when I have saved enough. As for drives, I will get 2x6tb once I got board, for now I just need a board for my current config is all.

Then just get some new higher capacity drives and you wont need as many?

[shirokado]

Could be done. Not a bad idea. Like I said needs more thinking... Thanks.

What is there to think about? You have 500 dollars and a stupid drive configuration while pirating too many movies and tv shows. Either buy a pcie Sara controller or Buy 2 more 4TB drives and then partition it to your needs.

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Desktop-3-5-Inch-Internal-STBD6000100/dp/B00JBJ34WC

There, 160 dollars per drive, with 500 you can buy 3 of them.

[TechXero]

What is there to think about? You have 500 dollars and a stupid drive configuration while pirating too many movies and tv shows. Either buy a pcie Sara controller or Buy 2 more 4TB drives and then partition it to your needs.

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Desktop-3-5-Inch-Internal-STBD6000100/dp/B00JBJ34WC

There, 160 dollars per drive, with 500 you can buy 3 of them.

Pirating? No man I rip my own BDs and backup my Steam library. Who said anything about piracy?

And can't order online I don't like nor got a bank account. Cash for life!

[shirokado]

Pirating? No man I rip my own BDs and backup my Steam library. Who said anything about piracy?

And can't order online I don't like nor got a bank account. Cash for life!

.....what. Are you sure you're a salaryman? I can't think of any business that pays in cash....and what kind of adult doesn't own a credit card? It sounds like you're a teen or a kid.