Trouble with a hard drive install

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SuperFox

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Greetings,

A few years ago i found a decent deal on two hard drives,

Refurbished: HITACHI 2TB 7.2K 6GB/S SAS 3.5'' HARD DRIVE
  • Capacity: 2TB
  • RPM: 7200 RPM
  • PACKAGE: N/A
  • Options: PC HDD
I attempted to install them and have had no luck. I have tried multiple cables to get them to work.
Eventually I came across a few reading that said I may need a controller.

So I searched and found Intel RMS25KB080 PCI-Express 2.0 x8 Low Profile Ready SATA / SAS Integrated RAID Module, for a steal.
I installed it and tried to get my PC to recognize it. After more research I found that this care was for a server.
(Edit) I also purchased this cable: Mini SAS to 4-SATA SFF-8087 Multi-Lane Forward Breakout Internal Cable, 1.6 Feet

This is the first issue I have ever not been able to resolve on my own.

Now I have two paperweights and useless card.
Is there anything anyone may suggest?

I'm running a Msi Z270-a Pro with a i5-7600.
Windows 10 Home.

Cheers
 
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beers

beers

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Staff member
Honestly it would be better to just get a SATA HDD.

You can't run SAS off of a SATA controller, but you can run SATA drives off of a SAS controller.

3TB SAS are pretty cheap on the market you can usually get them for $15/ea or so, but at the same time it's going to cost more in PITA factors such as getting a controller card and ensuring compatibility at a couple of layers for physical and logical setup. If you have chassis that support them such as servers then it's a pretty easy/good deal but otherwise probably just more worth buying the SATA drive for general consumer use.
 
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