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IO Crest Port PCI Express SI PEX40094 Review

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Description of IO Crest Port PCI Express SI PEX40094

ASM1061 Chipset (Asmedia 1061 SATA Host Controller). Supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap. Supports Communication Speeds of 6.0Gbps, 3.0Gbps, and 1.5Gbps. Supports 2 Ports Serial ATA, Native Command Queue (NCQ), Port Multiplier. Works with SSDs

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Revainrating 4 out of 5

Nice simple PCIe SATA controller

I bought this because I wanted to switch my media center array from Windows Spaces to motherboard RAID to preserve a significant chunk of storage space (Spaces take 1/3 for distributed parity !), which meant removing my boot drive from the internal controller. I also wanted to use the latest motherboard port for the array. I was sad to find out that the firmware only supports booting in CSM or BIOS mode. My initial setup and configuration was UEFI only mode, and the card doesn't seem to have…

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