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Green circuit board with four red SATA ports and two silver heatsinks

weastlinks

weastlinks PCIe to 4 SATA III 6G expansion card with heatsinks

SKU CH-RVSJ-NDSTW

Adds four SATA III 6.0 Gbps ports via a PCIe x1 slot with two heatsinks for sustained operation

  • External USB ports4x SATA III
  • Product typePCI Express to SATA Card
  • Add four SATA III drives with a single PCIe x1 slot
  • Transfer at up to 6.0 Gbps with SATA 3.0 backward compatibility
  • Works in x1 x2 x4 x8 x16 slots for flexible installation
  • Two heatsinks keep the controller cool during sustained use
  • Hot-swap drives without shutting down the system

Four-port SATA III expansion card

The weastlinks add-on card plugs into a PCI-Express x1 slot and provides four SATA III connectors running at up to 6.0 Gbps. It is aimed at desktop owners who need more internal drive ports than the motherboard supplies and who want a simple plug-in solution.

Two heatsinks and AHCI support

Two aluminium heatsinks sit on the controller to keep temperatures down during long file transfers or RAID rebuilds. The card operates in AHCI 1.0 and IDE modes, supports native command queuing and works with port-multiplier switches for additional drives.

x1 slot fits x2 x4 x8 x16

The PCI-Express x1 edge connector is electrically compatible with larger slots so the card installs in any free x2, x4, x8 or x16 lane without blocking a graphics card. Hot-swap capability lets you connect or remove SATA drives while the system is running.

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Price $185.99
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Specifications

Product
Product typePCI Express to SATA Card
Ports & slots
External USB ports4x SATA III

Questions about this item

Will the heatsinks on this card need to be replaced or re-pasted over time?

The two heatsinks are passive metal parts with no moving components or thermal paste mentioned, so no scheduled replacement is required.

What limits total throughput when all four SATA III 6.0 Gbps ports run simultaneously?

The card uses a PCI-Express x1 v2.0 link, so the single-lane bus caps combined bandwidth before the individual 6.0 Gbps ports can saturate.

How much heat or noise does the card produce during continuous all-day operation?

Passive heatsinks and no fan mean silent running; the supplier notes they are fitted for long-time safe working, but no power-draw or temperature figures are given.

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