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Neither card will run the SCSI drives that you have available to you since they're parallel SCSI, the Perc5 only handles serial SCSI (SAS).
 
PCI Express Ultra320 SCSI Single-Channel SCSI Adapter, Low Profile LSI20320IE

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LSI PCI Express host bus adapters provide high-availability, scalability, and are compatible with the newest workstations and servers. The LSI20320IE adapter features internal and external Ultra320 SCSI channels that allow data transfer rates of 320MB/s. Supporting up to 15 devices for a flexible, fault-tolerant solution, this adapter is ideal for entry-level to enterprise servers and high-performance workstations with PCI Express slots.

The LSI20320IE delivers the speed and bandwidth required by today’s data intensive storage applications, such as data mining, internet, email, graphics, audio editing, database servers, scientific simulation and video streaming. It is ideal for connecting to tape drives and libraries for back-up, disk drives, JBODs, RAID arrays and other SCSI peripherals.

Features

    * Ultra320 SCSI
    * PCI Express x4 lanes
    * Low-profile MD-2 small form-factor design
    * Fusion-MPTTM architecture
    * Allows up to 15 internal or external physical devices
    * SureLINKTM domain validation optimizes device connections
    * Supports all major Operating Systems


Benefits

    * 320MB/s data transfer rates
    * High-bandwidth serial PCI Express host interface (2.0 GB/s full-duplex)
    * Ideal for 1U/2U rack servers
    * Thinner divers improve performance (up to 100,000 I/Os per sec)
    * Outstanding flexibility for Ultra320 & legacy device connectivity
    * Exceptional data reliability and signal quality

Will that work? :confused:

EDIT it's not got RAID has it!
 
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Four 146GB 15,000 rpm HP drives in my possesion, fully tested....

Now just trying to find a cheap Dell Perc... not an easy task! Should be ordering all the little bits shortly, ie cable and 68/80 pin adaptors.

I might bodge one of the server HDD rack things, put a fan or two in it and run the SCSI drives in a hot swap style next to my PC with a cable linking it to the card to save on space and ribbon cables. Hmm, project mehtinks.
 
Googling the part number suggests they're available in multiple flavours, something that's common with SCSI drives.

What does the connector on the back of the drives you have look like?
 
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