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🖥️ High-Performance IO CREST SI-PEX40138: 4 Port Non-Raid SATA III 6GB/S Controller Card for Desktop PC with M.2 B-Key 22x42 Support Review

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Details

BrandIO CREST
Hardware InterfacePCI
Item Dimensions LxWxH4 x 4.75 x 0.75 inches

Description of 🖥️ High-Performance IO CREST SI-PEX40138: 4 Port Non-Raid SATA III 6GB/S Controller Card for Desktop PC with M.2 B-Key 22x42 Support

Connect four SATA drives and ONE M.2 B-Key SSD to any free PCI-E x4 Slot, providing up to 1700 MB/s Speed. Plug and play supported, No additional software installation or setting required. Can support port Multiplier that is not in a RAID configuration. Complies with PCI Express base Specification Revision 3.1a. Compatible with SATA hard drives & Solid state drives and computer systems with SATA controllers. This card is only design for storage Use only, can not Boot any OS/ system drives. Backed by syba 3 Year hassle-free warranty and lifetime customer service. Important Note: only work with PCI-E slot, not for PCI slot.

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Revainrating 5 out of 5

Freeze PC in data storage

I write reviews when I have time or when I think it's something important that people should know about. In this case, it's the latter; I'm pretty sure this device was the direct (or indirect) cause of my computer freezing anywhere between 1-3 times a day for a month. I will explain in detail. I bought it along with another hard drive as I didn't have SATA ports on my motherboard and I need it to use the new drive. On the second day after installing both devices, my PC got stuck on the desktop…

Pros
  • Connect four SATA drives and ONE M.2 B-Key SSD to any available PCI-E x4 slot for speeds up to 1700MB/s.
Cons
  • I don't really like it, everything is fine

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Good PCIe 3.0 adapter

I use a couple of these to expand storage on my UnRAID server. I decided to use this instead of the standard LSI SAS card as I wanted something with PCIe 3.0 support. It was just plug and play; I disconnected the hard drives connected to my old Crest PCIe 2.0 IO card and this one and it worked. I didn't notice any of the performance drops under load that many users report with Marvell-based cards (although I didn't experience these issues with my previous IO Crest Marvell-based card either)…

Pros
  • Can support a port multiplier that is not in a RAID configuration.
Cons
  • Dull hardware

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Plug and Play, fits ATX case

Installed on asus Prime x570-P. A bit nervous due to the fact that it's actually plug and play. I installed it and was worried because the attached hard drive didn't show up anywhere in the BIOS. I exited bios and went into windows 10, the disk was defined in disk management and everything works fine. I have one hard drive connected to it so far and this hard drive is part of a stripe of hard drives connected to mobo. Everything works fine, although I can't comment on any bottlenecks as there…

Pros
  • Plug and Play is supported, no additional software installation or configuration required.
Cons
  • I will write later