Sata Ports

[Tim]

Well I've been a bit of a fool
I just bought a new graphics card, it arrived today and I was distraught to find out that o blocks both of my computers SATA ports, this is a bit of a problem as my decent hard drive is sata... I don't want to get rid of the graphics card, anyone know what I can do?

Cheers

Ps. Sorry if this is in the wrong section...

 

[Hefemeister]

you could buy a pci sata controller card.

 

[kmote]

You could buy 90 degree SATA cables, you still wont be able to access the ports easily but at least you can plug your drives in.

 

[Hefemeister]

^^ definitely option number1.

Just make sure they do not interfere with the seating of the gpu.

 

[Tim]

Yeah, i think i'll do that, cheers guys

 

[Tim]

Ok, bought some 90 degree sata cables, and they don't fit

What were those you were talking about Hefe?

 

[kmote]

Why doesn't it fit?
Confirm you have a free PCI slot
Something like this Extra Value Serial ATA 2 Port PCI Card - Ebuyer

 

[Tim]

Why doesn't it fit?

Cable still gets in the way of the card...
I was looking at this Novatech M275 : Novatech PCI Express Card - SATA II 2 port with RAID however, it doesn't actiually say how many sata ports it has...
Opinions?

 

[kmote]

It says it has two ports. You should note that this is a PCI-e 1x card so you will need a free PCI-e port (although any PCI-e port will work so I'm sure you do)

 

[Tim]

This one right?