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Perry Smith   09-01-2009 at 08:26:27 PM

Do I need an expansion card, or more specifically, what do I need to do to make an SAS drive on my SATA enabled motherboard work?. Thanks

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Bronze Home Brew badge wathman   09-01-2009 at 08:47:01 PM
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Your motherboard documentation should say if it supports SAS. If it doesn't mention anything about it, you'll need an expansion card from Adaptec or Highpoint that supports SAS. SAS drives aren't really intended for desktop systems, they're expensive for less storage and modest performance gains... unless you plan on building a decent sized RAID array, it's probably better to buy more SATA II drives for additional performance.

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Perry Smith   09-01-2009 at 09:46:15 PM
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wathman wrote :

Your motherboard documentation should say if it supports SAS. If it doesn't mention anything about it, you'll need an expansion card from Adaptec or Highpoint that supports SAS. SAS drives aren't really intended for desktop systems, they're expensive for less storage and modest performance gains... unless you plan on building a decent sized RAID array, it's probably better to buy more SATA II drives for additional performance.



Thanks that answers my situation... I'll probably stick with what I have, the SATA drives for now. Perry S.

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Perry Smith   09-01-2009 at 09:47:25 PM
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obsidian86 wrote :

more sata drives or an ssd




I'll look into SSD. Thanks. Perry S.

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