daniel87655
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Hi All.
Hope everyone had a good Christmas.
Thank you for your help in advance.
I have just been updating my NAS, cleaning out and so on, and was going to add two new drives but have run out of SATA ports.
What is the easiest option for a SATA controller Card. I have seen lost of threads about this but no real options or cards sujested and all require a but of work. Looking for just plug in and off we go if possible.
Was looking at this card.
www.ple.com.au
Asus motherboard model attached.
Or if anyone has any other options that are know to work please let me know.
Would like 4 ports for further expansion if needed. Speed isn't an issue just storage.
Hope everyone had a good Christmas.
Thank you for your help in advance.
I have just been updating my NAS, cleaning out and so on, and was going to add two new drives but have run out of SATA ports.
What is the easiest option for a SATA controller Card. I have seen lost of threads about this but no real options or cards sujested and all require a but of work. Looking for just plug in and off we go if possible.
Was looking at this card.

Startech 4 Port PCIe SATA III Controller Card
Add 4 Internal SATA III (6Gbps) ports to a computer through a PCI Express x2 slot. The PEXSAT34RH 4-Port PCI Express SATA III Controller Card adds 4 AHCI SATA III ports to a computer through a PCIe slot (x2), delivering multiple internal 6Gbps connections to high-performance hard drives and...
Asus motherboard model attached.
Or if anyone has any other options that are know to work please let me know.
Would like 4 ports for further expansion if needed. Speed isn't an issue just storage.