On Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:11:34 +0000 John Robinson <john.robinson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > "LSI SAS3041E-R 4-Port SAS/SATA Host Bus Adapter", $73 at DX: > > http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.51317 > > Â113 or $174 is the best I can find in the UK. I wonder if they ship > internationally... their $73 is Â48... Any item on http://www.dealextreme.com/ is shipped for free to anywhere in the world. Personally I have ordered some goods from there, all fine. > Well, there are 4-port PCI cards in the Â17-25 cheap range, so I had > hoped there would be 4-port PCI-E cards in the Â35-50 range, which is > the ballpark for basic cheap motherboards with 4-6 SATA ports on them, > but it's not generally true. Yes, for some reason there are no 4-Port PCI-E chips from Silicon Image, JMicron or VIA, hence no inexpensive 4-Port PCI-E boards. -- With respect, Roman
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