Pros & Cons
Cons
The card that arrived is pcie 4x not 1x as listed. My nas only has 1x so it did not fit. This is one of the models recommended by the unraid forums, but the particular card i got ended up being faulty.
Highlights
Quality
Excellent upgrade from my old jmicron 36x pcie x1 sata card which had unsupported driver issues with windows 11.
Easy to set up and worked perfectly, only using one of the sata sockets.
Powered down, plugged in the drives, power up - yatta!
0 x4 6 port card running only the asmedia 1166 chip which delivers a maximum bandwith of 1970 mb/s because it actually connects... Read More
Price
Overall a great value for anyone that has more that 2 hdd installed on their desktop computer.
Truly plug n play and great price.
You can get your hands on used 1 or 2 tb 7200 hdds now for super cheap and also used ssd's.
Shipping
That said a couple of days after purchasing the seller did send me a message that points me to the drivers for this card.
Overview
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Windows didnt automatically see the card so i had to contact support who then contacted the seller and they sent me a link to the driver file
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I probably dont have the array configured correctly in re blocksize which probably doesnt help but it adequately meets my needs
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The only issue i have come across is that this does not recognize ssd or sdcard devices correctly even when plugged in through the sata cable
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
After the device runs it will still work but upon boot up it will not see the devices
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Adapter was recognized without any additional settings and for now it works flawlessly
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Asus prime n100id d4csm is not booting with this card
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Solved later it is working only if cpu virtualization is disabled
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Having just upgraded my pc ive been dismayed to see the limited number of sata ports that come on the latest am5 motherboards