PCI 66mhz Card in a 33mhz Port

[Armo]

i was wondering about a backward compatable raid card. I know it will run in a 33mhz PCI port but hat kind of "lack" would i encounter? would it still let me use the 8 sata ports?

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=16-115-020&depa=0

[Armo]

also if u build an array with that( say like 4 drives ), and want to add more drives, can i just plug new ones in and they be automaticly added to the array?

[lemonlime]

Many 64bit PCI cards are backwards compatable (but some are not) so you may want to look into it a bit. The biggest bottle neck you will face is the ~130MB/s limitation of the 32-bit PCI bus. So if you are looking to put together a big Raid-0, you'll top out once you put in 2-3 drives in the array.

For the most part (unless you have a higher end controller), the arrays can't be dynamically expanded. I believe you'd have to destroy and rebuild the array when adding more drives with a controller like the one you posted above.

What type of array are you looking to setup?

[Armo]

well this machine is really starting to piss me off so im in the 1st stages of pricing a new one, its still going to be a gaming machine so it wont have any PCI-X slots, but i want alot of space, with disaster recovers ( because i am me, lol ). the largest port raid 5 card for regulat pci i could find was a highpoint 4 port sata card

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=16-115-015&depa=0

a friend told me that it would be more bennificial to use a card with more slots so when/if i fill the array i have room for expansion. and im sure taht card wont dynamicly expand the array, i was thinkin about having 4 300gb drives in raid 5, but like i said its still in the "hey lok im pissed ill just build a new computer" phase nothign is definite

[Tex]

but his isnt just 64bit. It's pci-x. Many pci-x cards only work in a pci-x slot. This isnt like comparing a 64bit/66mhz card as they are almost all backwards compatible.

I would email HPT or go download a manual and not be guessing since you don't have a pci-x slot.

Most guys that run a gaming box do it for speed and raid-5 is horrid for that unless you get a higher end controller.

Tex

[Armo]

it would be a mixture of server/gaming rig, the raid 5 is only for starage, i plan on having different drives apart from the raid 5 for actual gamming