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Thanks a LOT 😉

This scenario is what I am considering in a previous comment. I saw a card 1x with jmS 585 chip and 4 ports, if this kind of card is not enough for 4 HDDs I thin I will buy two of the other with two sata ports. PS: What's the different between jmB 585 and jmS 585?

Well, there is no room for more HDDs, I modded the case and 10 HDDs is the maximum, 6 onboard and 4 extra with the cards. I have available the two pcie 1x, so I think I will use them for two cards and I will be happy with 10 HDDs for a long time. If I need more HDDs I will consider to move to a nee setup in the future.

Ok, but knowing the mecanical and stability issues shared by IG-88 I prefer to explore the other options instead.

Ok, so I checked all the info here. I reject the M2 sata card based on the @IG-88 feedback and in addition, I saw that motherboard disable the onboard sata_1 port if M2 port is used for storage. So I have 2 Pcie 1x 3.0 and the graphic slot Pcie 16x 3.0 available. I just need 4 more Sata ports, so, one option will be using 2 cards 1x, with 2 ports each one. Or find a 4x card, with 4 sata ports using the 16x port but I think this is not possible. I know the initial question is solved and I marked like that but if you have any advice about this I would appreciate it.

Thanks again, I edited the message to avoid confusing people who read the topic. I will take look if there is a 4x card like this one. In relation to the second issue, I supposed that using the chip JMB585 there wouldn't be any major problem, just maybe update the extra.lzma

Thanks, all this information solved almost all my doubts. Just to add some extra info: -The M.2 card seems to use 2x tranfer (key M). -The 4 drives will be HDDs -Motherboard is Asus B365-A and states that M.2 port is like 4x PCIe 3.0 (key M) So, regarding the info you provided, port PCIe 1x 3.0 is not an option even with the half amount of disks. Best optios is the M.2 port if I cand find a similar card but 4x instead of 2x like the link I shared. I understand it correctly?

Hello everyone, I have to add 4 extra drives and I only have available one PCIe 3.0 1x and one M.2 slot on my motherboard. I read a lot about cards, chips, lanes and so on but I didn't fully understand. I saw this M.2 to Sata adapter with chip JMB585: https://www.amazon.es/dp/B09PBL2QXK/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_CQ90W4E70PX1YQV0AC4K?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 PCIe cards that I saw have 4 Sata ports and works with the ASM1064 chip. What do you think about the M2 adapter? Will be enough to handle the 4 drives with a decent performance/speed? Any comments about ASM1064? Anyone have it or tested it? Thank you so much in advance