highpoint rocket 620

[greymack]

In Custom PC's praise of the Crucial C300 they always talk about the highpoint rocket 620, i believe this can plug into any pci slot and gives you 2x sata 6gb slots.
I can't see it on overclockers, does anyone know how much these cost?

 

[rpstewart]

They're about £30 but be careful
1) It's PCIe not PCI
2) If you don't have PCIe V2 slots then it's limited to 250MB/s so less than SATA2 is capable of

 

[greymack]

Good point

I have an asus P6T V2 Deluxe mother board so i have PCIe slots, I do however use 1 but covering 2 with my MSI Hawk 460 and i'm also using the small one for my creative soundcard.
Of the top of my head i think there is still one full one left...i think