SATA II "Raid" Cards...Does it HAVE to be used for RAID?

[Necrosaro420]

Or can it be used to just add 2 extra SATA II hard drives not in raid configuration, just used for normal storage? Like this one:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ol...&cp=1&id=1188561245880


Thanks!

 

[nickbits]

You don't have to use RAID.

 

[Necrosaro420]

Ahh great thanks. I just ordered 2 of the 1.5TB Seagates from Dell that they had on sale, but I just remembered im out of SATA II ports on the pc, so have to buy a cheap solution so ill be able to use them.

One more quick ?. Being they run on PCI-E, will it have any affect on my video cards performance which is a PCI-E card as well? Thanks!

 

[tynopik]

no it won't impact your video performance

on the other hand, do you have regular SATA ports available?

if so, just connect them to those, you won't notice a difference . . .

 

[Golgatha]

Originally posted by: Necrosaro420
Ahh great thanks. I just ordered 2 of the 1.5TB Seagates from Dell that they had on sale, but I just remembered im out of SATA II ports on the pc, so have to buy a cheap solution so ill be able to use them.

One more quick ?. Being they run on PCI-E, will it have any affect on my video cards performance which is a PCI-E card as well? Thanks!

PCIe has dedicated bandwidth to each channel, so there is absolutely no performance to be lost no matter how many devices you have in the system.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Originally posted by: Necrosaro420
Or can it be used to just add 2 extra SATA II hard drives not in raid configuration, just used for normal storage? Like this one:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ol...&cp=1&id=1188561245880


Thanks!

Interesting . . . that a 2-port SATA PCI-E card can be had at that price. It is likely not a "hardware" controller like the $300+ 4-port cards.