BauerMac Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) Hi guys, I´m running out of disk space, and instead of upgrading all my SSDs from 1TB to 2TB and having to clone all discs, I thought it would be faster and cheaper to expand the number of SATA ports on my motherboard with a PCI-E card. (MB is an ASUS Hero Maximus X w/BT and Wifi). Did some research, and read that a card with the MARVELL 88SE9230 chipset would work, but I´m still not sure if it would work OOB. I´d prefer min. 4 extra ports if possible and found this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Controleur-PCIE-RAID-SATA-III-6GB-4-PORTS-MARVELL-88SE9230/290919989546?hash=item43bc2ec12a:g:1awAAOxy0zhTNFbQ FYI the following slots are available on my MB: PCIE X8, X4, X1 Can anyone please help by telling me which specific card type I should go for? And since I am in EU, it would be great if recommendations would be hardware available in my region as it will take forever to get something from the US or AU. Thanks in advance Edited December 13, 2020 by BauerMac Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/346048-which-card-for-expansion-of-ssdsata-ports/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
BauerMac Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) Hi Hervé, thanks so much for your help and taking time to explain this to me - and for testing the cards! I really appreciate it I´m running 10.13.6 (High Sierra) and won´t be able to upgrade anytime soon, since I need a powerful Nvidia card to run my 3d and graphics applications. But that´s a different issue. As I´m typing this, I am trying to find a card with PCIe v3.0 which seems near impossible (they are all v2.0), but I´ll post links to potential cards when I have done some more research. The Startech and SYBA cards seem to be primarily sold in the US and Far East, so I´ll see if I can find an equivalent in the EU area. BRB Will this work?https://www.amazon.de/-/en/BEYIMIE-Controller-Expansion-HyperDuo-88SE9230/dp/B07MBFWH81?th=1 Edited December 13, 2020 by BauerMac Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/346048-which-card-for-expansion-of-ssdsata-ports/#findComment-2746918 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BauerMac Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 ..or maybe one of the 5- or 6-port cards on the same product page? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/346048-which-card-for-expansion-of-ssdsata-ports/#findComment-2746920 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BauerMac Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) Another one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PCIe-an-4x-SATA3-0-PCI-Express-Erweiterungskarte-Marvell-88SE9215-ID20243/193691407873?hash=item2d18e85601:g:0bUAAOSwWspfdb3e This has a driver CD/DVD which makes me think it won´t work OOB on my system. Or this:https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ziyituod-SATA-3-0-Card-with-4-SATA-Cables-Non-Raid-PCIe-SATA-Controller/264829940774?hash=item3da9183426:g:sEoAAOSwcFhfNq3r Edited December 13, 2020 by BauerMac Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/346048-which-card-for-expansion-of-ssdsata-ports/#findComment-2746921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BauerMac Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Hervé said: Tested successfully in High Sierra and Catalina: Syba SD-PEX50055 (ASMedia ASM1062) StarTech PEXSAT34 (Marvell 88SE9123) Both working OOB. So it's fair to say that nothing seems to have changed regarding those PCIe SATA-III controllers. Cool! Thanks a lot Not sure you see my responses as I didn´t quote you, so if you could please check the cards I linked to, that would be highly appreciated Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/346048-which-card-for-expansion-of-ssdsata-ports/#findComment-2746927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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