CSL PCI Express (PCIe) 2.0 Controller / Interface Board for SATA III / eSATA III (SSD + HDD Drives) | 6Gb / s | 2x internal SATA / 2x eSATA external | Asmedia | New model / driver specified 5
CSL PCI Express (PCIe) 2.0 Controller / Interface Board for SATA III / eSATA III (SSD + HDD Drives) | 6Gb / s | 2x internal SATA / 2x eSATA external | Asmedia | New model / driver specified
The controller card provides two optional external or internal SATA ports and running in my machine with reliable optical drives and SSDs. The controller has its own bootrom, so that you can start the operating system on a powered hard drive to it, for Windows 8 no driver installation is required; in terms of performance, the controller can not significantly apart from my onboard SATA II controller with a fast SSD; But this was no different to be expected (see Controller Benchmarks on Tom's Hardware). The compact design of this card hardly affects the airflow in the case. For the money ne real recommendation.