Storage Solutions PCI SATA controller card ?

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Bumping on old thread instead of creating a new one. Can someone give me a suggestion on a PCI to SATA card? Was looking to buy something even remotely branded since I don't want my hard disk to be screwed up.
 
Any suggestions guys?

EDIT: Okay, I definitely remember bumping an old thread. What has happened here? :(
 
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^ You had posted in a USB controller thread :)

Look out for cards with SIL or Marvell controllers, and avoid the Via chipsets. No point bothering about SATA speeds since PCI ports anyway max out at 133MB/s.
 
One of these maybe? Need a recommendation please. I am fine with the prices for either of the below but need something reliable. The card may have one or two 1.5/2 TB HDDs plugged in at a time, purely as a media server, so speeds are not really an issue.

http://dx.com/p/silicon-image-4-port-sata-pci-expansion-card-4660#.UvVLSvmSzQM
http://dx.com/p/iocrest-mm-sa3114-4...d-w-two-sata-cables-black-268674#.UvVK0vmSzQM
http://dx.com/p/sata-ide-ports-pci-controller-raid-card-adapter-106963#.UvVKwfmSzQM
 
I have the one in your first link. My review is on that page too. Works perfectly, though mine is now idling because the motherboard has 8 SATA ports all by itself and i have seven disks.
 
cranky said:
I have the one in your first link. My review is on that page too. Works perfectly, though mine is now idling because the motherboard has 8 SATA ports all by itself and i have seven disks.
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Placed an order for that.
PS: Which motherboard are you using for your file server now?
 
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