Need PCIe sata3 bracket

[tweakboy]

Ok I found a couple. Their around 20 dollars. I need a bracket PCIe slot; one but I need to make sure it can handle over 500mbps

or if the cards max is 100 or something.


I dont need a raid card as I am anti Raid . just small card with 2 sata 3.0 that will keep up with the M4. thx

 

[cmdrdredd]

People say using a pcie card is slower than just using your motherboard. I have never tried it though

 

[JohnnyChuttz]

I have this Sata 3 PCI card :

http://www.amazon.com/Crest-Port-SATA-PCI-Express-SY-PEX40039/dp/B005B0A6ZS

I can tell no difference between my 128 gb Crucial M4 connected to the Pci card and Sata2 port on my mono. Shouldn't have even wasted the time/money.

 

[Hellhammer]

You will need at least PCIe x4 card to go over 500MB/s as PCIe x1 is limited to 500MB/s. The $20 cards are pretty much always PCIe x1 - not sure what the cheapest x4 cards cost but a quick look shows that they are more expensive (over $100 for this).

I have some ASRock PCIe card with two SATA 6Gb/s ports. It provides over 400MB/s and I'm fine with that as it's just for providing extra SATA ports.

 

[tweakboy]

Good response guys, thanks hellhammer,,,


Ya Ive been looking and ASrock pcie card seems to be the best choice,, its around 50 dollars.

At this point Im asking, should I even bother with a cheap pcie card and its limitation,

Also btw Im PCIe 1.1 its not even 2.0 , soo I think I will connnect the new drive when I get it to the sata 2 port of mobo, then later in life when I upgrade I can enjoy sata 3 ... thx 🙂