This product costs half of what an LSI-branded controller would cost and is not significantly more expensive than a cheap Marvell or JMicron SATA controller. It's the way to go if you need to add support for more drives and you want the best possible performance.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
This card allows full passthrough of all SAS and SATA drives. This is an IT mode HBA card and I can attest that it works extremely well at whatever you throw at it: Freenas, Unraid, Windows Server, Vmware etc. Of note, the card works well and is default supported in all Dell systems of course. I'm currently using in a R720XD and R430 with no problems. This card is also stupid fast. PCI-E 3.0 x 8 bandwidth. You can't go wrong. Card shows up as a Dell HBA330 and for those techies like me out there, the card is easily able to upgrade the firmware if needed with sas3flash, just like any other LSI/Avago HBA. You really can't go wrong with this card.
Verified purchase: No
Device acts precisely as designed, came with a small bag of screws to aid installation, and even came with both a low and high-profile bracket to fit multiple installation configurations.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I have used this card for a couple weeks now and the installation was a breeze. I currently have the card fully populated under Windows 10 JBOD.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Works perfect.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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