SATA II PCI controller card

**k_ozz** · 04-25-11, 10:53 PM

All my SATA ports are used up currently.

I am looking at getting a SATA II PCI ad in card, what are your thoughts on their performance. Is it worth it to get one to have more SATA ports or do their performance not warrant it.

Thanks,

K

**K007** · 04-25-11, 11:42 PM

y not buy a s3 controller?

**k_ozz** · 04-26-11, 12:04 AM

s3? If it is PCIx then its a no go, I am using one PCIx for my sound card, and the other it blocked by my video card leaving one PCI slot.

harl · 04-26-11, 02:56 AM

PCI (133MB/s) will limit even SATA I (150MB/s)
but it should be enough for mechanical disks

**k_ozz** · 04-26-11, 10:25 AM

Thats what I was thinking...

Do you think a blu-ray burner would suffer being connected to it insetead of the onboard SATA?

frenchy2k1 · 04-26-11, 11:41 AM

no.
No optical drive can come even close to saturate the PCI bus.
HDDs are now coming close (good SATA2+ drives can sustain 100+MB/s) and SSD are way beyond (200+MB/s).

04-25-11, 10:53 PM	#1
k_ozz Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: WA Posts: 303	SATA II PCI controller card All my SATA ports are used up currently. I am looking at getting a SATA II PCI ad in card, what are your thoughts on their performance. Is it worth it to get one to have more SATA ports or do their performance not warrant it. Thanks, K __________________ ANTEC P-183, ANTEC CP-850, ASUS M4N98TD EVO, AMD Phenom II X3 740 Black (UNLOCKED), 4x 2048mb DDR3 1333, ASUS GTX460 TOP 768mb x 2 SLI ------------------------------------------------------------------ PSN: Pudge1997

04-25-11, 11:42 PM	#2
K007 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Australia, Sydney Posts: 9,405	Re: SATA II PCI controller card y not buy a s3 controller?

04-26-11, 12:04 AM	#3
k_ozz Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: WA Posts: 303	Re: SATA II PCI controller card s3? If it is PCIx then its a no go, I am using one PCIx for my sound card, and the other it blocked by my video card leaving one PCI slot. __________________ ANTEC P-183, ANTEC CP-850, ASUS M4N98TD EVO, AMD Phenom II X3 740 Black (UNLOCKED), 4x 2048mb DDR3 1333, ASUS GTX460 TOP 768mb x 2 SLI ------------------------------------------------------------------ PSN: Pudge1997

04-26-11, 02:56 AM	#4
harl Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 248	Re: SATA II PCI controller card PCI (133MB/s) will limit even SATA I (150MB/s) but it should be enough for mechanical disks

04-26-11, 10:25 AM	#5
k_ozz Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: WA Posts: 303	Re: SATA II PCI controller card Thats what I was thinking... Do you think a blu-ray burner would suffer being connected to it insetead of the onboard SATA? __________________ ANTEC P-183, ANTEC CP-850, ASUS M4N98TD EVO, AMD Phenom II X3 740 Black (UNLOCKED), 4x 2048mb DDR3 1333, ASUS GTX460 TOP 768mb x 2 SLI ------------------------------------------------------------------ PSN: Pudge1997

04-26-11, 11:41 AM	#6
frenchy2k1 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 446	Re: SATA II PCI controller card no. No optical drive can come even close to saturate the PCI bus. HDDs are now coming close (good SATA2+ drives can sustain 100+MB/s) and SSD are way beyond (200+MB/s). __________________ As the universe is curved, there cannot be a straight answer...