It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/dekekun on 2024-07-01 23:48:14.

I've had a linux based NAS/fileserver running on PC hardware for around 15 years now, upgrading it along the way, and have always during that time been of the view that SATA cards are untrustworthy, and wherever possible onboard SATA should be preferred.

I'm at the point where I want to start scrounging for parts for the next upgrade and have found that almost all motherboards except the very top of the line models no longer have enough SATA ports to feed my drive addiction.

So curious what the prevailing opinion is these days - are PCIe sata cards reliable enough these days, or should I suck it up and buy a z790 board to get enough onboard SATA?