SATA Expansion Cards

[korgtronix]

Hi

I am not sure if this is the right forum section to put this question in but here goes.
I am looking for some advice on a expansion card for my home server to take full advantage of the other bays in my case, speed isn't too important I would be happy with SATA II but would prefer SATA III. I don't really have a budget but would prefer somewhere below £50.
My home servers spec are listed in my sig and I am currently using Ubuntu 12.10 as the OS

 

[rpstewart]

If you just want additional ports then any old PCIe SATA card will do. Avoid plain PCI ones, they'll bottleneck if you have multiple drives attached.

 

[FrankJH]

I realise its over your budget but I would seriously consider getting a 4 port card similar to the below:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CC-018-SR&groupid=701&catid=49&subcat=424

Even if you never use the external esata port, think about how many slots you could free up on your current mobo by getting more ports /card (there are 7 port cards around too but unfortunately OCUK dont seem to stock them).

I swear by the four port card's myself - I have two of them in an Unraid server I use all the time at home, never had any issue with them at all.

 

[korgtronix]

I realise its over your budget but I would seriously consider getting a 4 port card similar to the below:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CC-018-SR&groupid=701&catid=49&subcat=424

Even if you never use the external esata port, think about how many slots you could free up on your current mobo by getting more ports /card (there are 7 port cards around too but unfortunately OCUK dont seem to stock them).

I swear by the four port card's myself - I have two of them in an Unraid server I use all the time at home, never had any issue with them at all.

Are the Startech cards any good? The problem I have is that the board I have only has one PCI slot which kinda restricts

 

[Frozennova]

What about a Dell Sas 6/ir they're a rebranded Lsi card from what I've found and are £52 new. You will however need two mini sas to 4 sata cables