Hi,
I thinking of possibly adding antoher PCIe audio/DSP cards in my cMP, leaving only 1 space for expansion. So, I'm looking for a combo card that can give me some USB3 expansion ports, as well as giving me SATA3 internal ports. Previously, I was going to buy an Apricorn Solo/Duo X2 and a cheap USB3 card.
Currently I have all 4 HD bays filled with HDs, a broken optical drive (will probably remove and replace with another HD), and an SSD drive with the OS/apps on in optical bay 2. I'd like to get at least one more SSDs in the future and would like to operate at SATA 3 speeds, possibly a RAID 0 setup.
In an ideal world I'd have a small RAID0 setup (perhaps 2x 128/256 drives) for OS, and then a separate SSD for samples. Hell, if i'm going crazy, I'd have a 4th SSD for current audio projects, but that's probably stretching things! I could achieve that with 2x Apricorn Duos, but don't have the space... if I have to live without one of them, i'd probably leave USB3 and have SATA 3 or a PCIe SSD instead, as i'd be benefitting from that whenever I use the machine, instead of the occasional USB3 transfer.
I've seen some older threads on Inateck and Syba cards - is anyone actually using one and if so, how is the speed compared to say the Apricorn? Any new developments?
Maybe thunderbolt isn't so silly after all
Cheers,
Ed
I thinking of possibly adding antoher PCIe audio/DSP cards in my cMP, leaving only 1 space for expansion. So, I'm looking for a combo card that can give me some USB3 expansion ports, as well as giving me SATA3 internal ports. Previously, I was going to buy an Apricorn Solo/Duo X2 and a cheap USB3 card.
Currently I have all 4 HD bays filled with HDs, a broken optical drive (will probably remove and replace with another HD), and an SSD drive with the OS/apps on in optical bay 2. I'd like to get at least one more SSDs in the future and would like to operate at SATA 3 speeds, possibly a RAID 0 setup.
In an ideal world I'd have a small RAID0 setup (perhaps 2x 128/256 drives) for OS, and then a separate SSD for samples. Hell, if i'm going crazy, I'd have a 4th SSD for current audio projects, but that's probably stretching things! I could achieve that with 2x Apricorn Duos, but don't have the space... if I have to live without one of them, i'd probably leave USB3 and have SATA 3 or a PCIe SSD instead, as i'd be benefitting from that whenever I use the machine, instead of the occasional USB3 transfer.
I've seen some older threads on Inateck and Syba cards - is anyone actually using one and if so, how is the speed compared to say the Apricorn? Any new developments?
Maybe thunderbolt isn't so silly after all
Cheers,
Ed
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