Extra Sata Ports?

bijan42 · 2 Nov 2009 at 22:19

My Matx Board has two sata ports which are in use. How could I add an extra one for another Sata Hdd drive? Im looking at fitting a 250gb drive. Hopefully it is a cheap option

Thanks!

ETNiES · 2 Nov 2009 at 22:49

Sata PCI card!

hubby1989 · 2 Nov 2009 at 22:50

You could look at purchasing a PCI or PCI-E Sata Controller...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=49&subid=424

That sort of idea..

bijan42 · 2 Nov 2009 at 22:54

Ah! Expensive. Going to have to save up abit! Good idea though. Thanks guys.

bijan42 · 2 Nov 2009 at 23:54

How do you guys rate the Cheaper Controller sata cards from other sites?...seem to vary in price a lot. :confused:

hubby1989 · 3 Nov 2009 at 00:05

Give an example...

bijan42 · 3 Nov 2009 at 00:16

Startech offer one for £20 with One Sata2 port and a Esata port...Would this be fine with just one single 250 gb drive? or would it see big performance hit? Cash is runnign low at the moment so the cheaper the better

ETNiES · 3 Nov 2009 at 00:49

Is your cddrive sata also? if it is just plug the cddrive into the pci card and the hard drive into the one from your mobo