ELUTENG PCIE SATA Expansion Card 2 Port PCIE to SATA Card 6Gbps SATA 3.0 Controller PCI Express X1 Expansion Card with Low Profile Bracket for Desktop PC Support SSD HDD

I had to buy external controller because the one on my mainboard started giving me errors. This little card just does its job flawlessly. Boot settings are done via physical switch - you can select ACPI, IDE or no-boot modes. Installs and boots Ubuntu in ACPI mode without any problems.The only one flaw I'm seeing is the length of its POST (it's a separate screen before mainboard POST). It adds several seconds to the boot process. Otherwise, it's great and BIOS correctly detects boot drives.

If you are looking for a bootable sata add in card, this is only bootable in csm mode. However, I was able to get around that limitation by booting into a flash drive running rEFInd, then using that to boot into windows. The price is very good and it got me up and running.

Really not much to say. It's a solid feeling little card that added some much needed SATA ports to my motherboard and it was as plug-n-play of an operation as could be. Windows immediately detected the 2 new HDDs as part of my media storage pool and I was off and running. An elegant and satisfying solution.The odd thing that did happen was the connected HDDs showed as removable drives in Windows, and, if this happens, just Google, "How to fix Windows 10 Issue that displays internal SATA connected SSD/HDD as removable YouTube". This should be the top search result and is a great tutorial to fix the issue.

Fast and easy to set up. I can't boot from it however.

Works Great, but I underestimated how many ports I was going to need and had to purchase a larger one. Double check your needs before committing to a purchase! If this fits your needs it will work fine.

Plug and play. Using it with TrueNAS Scale in order to pass through a UHD (Blu-ray) drive to a VM. Seemingly you are unable to pass through a specific drive, only PCI or USB devices. So I got this to pass throug and it worked right away.Can't really comment on performance but it's working for my use (ripping my 4K discs to MKV) at the same speed as my old desktop bare metal.Build quality is fine. It's not going to fall apart in your hands. Questionable heatsink quality / mounting, but it's better than nothing.

I bought a new motherboard and after putting it on with ALL my peripherals I found out that a couple of sata ports didn't work. I really didn't want to go through the extra time to take everything off and ship it back just because of 2 sata ports, but I needed those ports. Adding this to the board not only gave me the 2 ports that I needed but and additional 2 ports. Sure save me a lot of time and it works fine.

I have a 10-yr. old PowerSpec {C, that only has 2 SATA connectors on the MB, and were both in use (1 HDD & 1 Optical Disc). I did have an open PCIE slot, so I bought this adapter, put it in the slot, bought a SATA cable, and connected it to my Samsung 870 EVO SATA SSD, installed in an open area (with an adapter). The BIOS couldn't see it, so I cloned my C: drive to it with Samsung's Data Migration tool, then unplugged the old HDD SATA cable, and plugged it into the SSD. That made the PC boot from the SSD, and install drivers. After shutting it down again, I plugged my old HDD into this adapter, in the PCIE slot. After2 more boots (to install drivers), everything works. The PC is faster now, and I have gained a lot of disc space. Good stuff!! I also have it and the HDD partitioned now, so I can keep my data on the SSD, too, and use the old HDD for off-line work and extra storage.