Re: [Slightly OT] Cheap 4-port PCI-E SATA card?

[John Robinson <john.robinson@anonymous.org.uk>]

On 02/01/2011 22:31, Roman Mamedov wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:11:19 +0000
> John Robinson<john.robinson@anonymous.org.uk>  wrote:
>
>> Please could someone suggest a cheap PCI-E SATA card with 4 internal ports?
>
> "Marvell 88SE6445 Raid 0,1,5,10 and JBOD", $60 at eBay: http://ur1.ca/2qa3t

In the UK the best I've found is the Highpoint 2640x1 at £92 ex delivery 
and taxes, which at current exchange rates is $142. I'm slightly 
reluctant to buy a no-brand item direct from China.

> "LSI SAS3041E-R 4-Port SAS/SATA Host Bus Adapter", $73 at DX:
> http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.51317

£113 or $174 is the best I can find in the UK. I wonder if they ship 
internationally... their $73 is £48...

> Or if you meant 'cheap' as in $20-30 cheap, then there's no such (4-Port PCI-E)
> thing, but you can easily get not one, but two 2-Port PCI-E x1 boards for that
> price. If you go that route, make sure you get the JMB363 chip, unlike SiI3132
> it has not been spotted having any data corruption issues AFAIK.

Well, there are 4-port PCI cards in the £17-25 cheap range, so I had 
hoped there would be 4-port PCI-E cards in the £35-50 range, which is 
the ballpark for basic cheap motherboards with 4-6 SATA ports on them, 
but it's not generally true.

Anyway thanks for the help, I shall chase up DX and think on...

Cheers,

John.
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