Ah good point. Even more then :)
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rentar42@kbin.social 1 year agoas it has SATA ports
More. PCIe SATA controllers are cheap (even though you'll often hear "get a HBA and flash it", it's not absolutely necessary).
appel@whiskers.bim.boats 1 year ago
CazRaX@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I currently have an HBA that breaks it into 8 DATA connections and was wondering if an 8 port SATA controller would be lower power usage and work as well. My HBA is a server one and rather old, it’s a Dell H310 flashed. Then again I am thinking of replacing the MB and upgrade to a newer CPU that is more energy efficient than my current Xeon E3-1270 just can’t seem to find the right one.
rentar42@kbin.social 1 year ago
I'm far from an expert in HBAs and never used one myself. but it is my understanding that the major advantage is that you're extremely unlikely to get a janky one whereas Sata controllers could be bad (they are often cheaply made non brand products). if they work either one is fine in a hone lab setting.