8 Port + SATA 3 Controller Without bottleneck?


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LSI SAS9201-8i. Would work in the x16 slot or x4 slot. x4 slot might very slightly bottleneck on outer cylinders, might only run 7 disks in full bore simultaneously at absolute full speed. But IMO you'd never notice the minor slowdown of the 8th disk. I run a -16i in an x8 slot (twice as many disk, twice as wide, so equivalent), and have 14 disks array disks running on it. Using the x4 would leave your x16 slot open for a video card or something. If you wanted to get the -16i version, you'd need to run in the x16 slot or face slowdowns anything over 8 or so disks.

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