Any usable H67 mainboards around?

beginner99

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Am I the only one that thinks these new boards have to few SATA ports?

Example:

1 for OS drive
2 for a raid 0 array (video editing)
1 optical drive
1 eSata

So I only have 1 spare port left (bluray writer, additonal hdd/raid,...).

Anyone knows a H67 with additional sata ports?

Or one that has a pcie x4 slot (for and add-on card with SATA and usb 3.0 since all H67 boards I saw don't seem to have USB 3.0) and firewire?
 

beginner99

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That's a feature of the chipset. Here's A Gigabyte board with USB 3.0., Firewire, a PCI-E x4 slot and SATA 3. It does NOT have the new UEFI BIOS like Asus however.

http://lanoc.org/review/hardware/motherboards/4640-gigabyte-h67a-ud3h

this one only has the sata ports as mentioned above. (actually one less because it's fixed as back panel eSata).

Found an Asus board that would fit on their products page. Just looked at all known suppliers and their offerings:

ASUS P8H67-M Evo

Has marvel controller with eSata + firewire + a x4 PCIe slot for possible expansion card for more sata ports.