Controller Cards

Everyone is waiting for Intel’s next LGA 1155 chipset announcement, which we previewed in Intel Z68 Express Chipset Preview: SSD Caching And Quick Sync . Z68 is expected to fix shortcomings of the...

Pros: It was a tough decision spending 500$ on a raid card, but I'm glad I did. With 3ware's reputation, warranty, and the options that come with the card you really cant go wrong. Raid 6 is also an...

This article is going to reopen the series of tests devoted to RAID controllers, which was temporarily absent from our regular review schedule. Today we are going to talk about a new lineup from AMCC...

Pros: Cost Effective and FAST. I have been running a RAID 5 array since 2010 using WD RE3 drives. Not one hiccup or any other issue. Email of alerts is a great feature since I am rarely at this site.

Pros: Add IDE RAID capabilities to newer systems. Cons: The divers/firmware are poorly written. You can't boot to dives on the card. The card works fine until the computer enters any suspend state.

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Today we are going to introduce to you a hardware RAID 5 controller from HighPoint that supports SATA-II and SATA150 hard disk drive, advanced PCI-Express interface, both command queuing...

Newegg.com - HighPoint RocketRAID 640 PCI-Express 2.0 x4 SATA III (6.0Gb/s) Controller Card...

Pros: Works perfectly. Cons: Absolutely none. Other Thoughts: Downloaded the drivers from the Promise website and unzipped. Shut down and installed the card. Booted and pointed Windows to the drivers.

Pros: Easy install, has been working in my Quicksilver G4 for well over a year now, no problems at all, even through several teardowns and rebuilds. Cons: Does not support raid arrays. Other...

Pros: Worked great under Windows 2003. Cons: I've had TWO of these fail now. I have NEVER gotten a response from High Point for support or warrenty. Each time, I bought a replacement because I really...

Pros: No pros for the product, but Newegg did a great job of handling the return and reorder. Cons: I ordered five of these and four were defective. I am curious to see if the replacements are just...

Pros: Easy to install. Easy to set up. Been running like a champ without a single problem. Cons: None. Other Thoughts: Running two 1TB hard drives on it and it took just a few minutes to set up and...

Pros: Sounds good on paper, sounds good in commercials, sounds good int eh website -- It just sounds good!IT IS ALL A LIE and MISLEADING MARKETING!They forget to tell you -- without a battery pack,...

We resume testing multi-channel SATA-RAID controller cards. Today we are going to introduce to you a not very new, but certainly revolutionary solution from 3ware – 3ware 9500S-8 controller. Find out...

Pros: 6 months+ installed.Works phenomenal in RAID 1+0Had a drive fail and it just kept on going. Cons: none yet