Not possible unless extremely lucky. Do not buy those pcie sata port cards as there are reports of data corruption/drive failure in intensive usage scenario on such cards. Your best bet is HBA card as mentioned in above post or m.2 sata ports adapter card both of which won't be cheap unless you manage to get m.2 sata ports adapter at original price abroad & even then its original price is around $20 so around 1600. HBA card original price abroad is even higher that too for used hba card.
Not possible unless extremely lucky. Do not buy those pcie sata port cards as there are reports of data corruption/drive failure in intensive usage scenario on such cards. Your best bet is HBA card as mentioned in above post or m.2 sata ports adapter card both of which won't be cheap unless you manage to get m.2 sata ports adapter at original price abroad & even then its original price is around $20 so around 1600. HBA card original price abroad is even higher that too for used hba card.
I have a B450m mobo in this machine which has 4 Sata ports. It is giving me problems now as only one RAM socket is working. So instead of spending 2.5K or thereabouts on a SATA expansion card, I think it would be better to just upgrade the mobo to a new one with 6 SATA ports. Would have a considered an HBA card if I needed 4 extra ports.
I have a B450m mobo in this machine which has 4 Sata ports. It is giving me problems now as only one RAM socket is working. So instead of spending 2.5K or thereabouts on a SATA expansion card, I think it would be better to just upgrade the mobo to a new one with 6 SATA ports. Would have a considered an HBA card if I needed 4 extra ports.
If budget is there then buy this asap from below else once it goes out of stock then may have to wait for weeks/months to get at this price or it might not even come back in stock at all.
Is there a way to power the 3.5" HDDs externally? Without the PC/PSU providing power to it? I have a tiny PC which does not have SATA power connectors.
If yes, please dm. Might take this off your hands.