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Green circuit board with ten black SATA ports and silver bracket

Vszerda

Vszerda 10-port SATA PCIe card ASM1166 low-profile

SKU CH-EP2G-465R1

Adds ten SATA 6 Gbps ports through a PCIe x1 slot using an ASM1166 controller with heatsink

  • Add 10 SATA 3.0 devices via a single PCIe slot
  • Works in x1, x4, x8 or x16 slots for flexible installation
  • ASM1166 chip with heatsink keeps high-speed transfers stable
  • Runs on Windows 8, 10, Ubuntu and Linux without extra drivers
  • Backward compatible with SATA 6.0, 3.0 and 1.5 Gbit/s speeds

10-port SATA expansion card

This PCIe 1x card adds ten SATA 3.0 ports to a desktop system using the ASMedia ASM1166 controller. It supports hard drives, SSDs and optical drives at up to 6.0 Gbps and works with Windows 8, Windows 10, Ubuntu and Linux without additional drivers. The board includes a low-profile bracket and ten SATA cables for immediate installation. RAID functionality is not supported on this controller.

Thermals noise and power

A passive heatsink on the ASM1166 chip dissipates heat without a fan, so the card adds no audible noise to the build. Power is drawn solely from the PCIe slot, with no external connectors required. The PCIe 3.0 x1 link provides up to 8 Gbps of upstream bandwidth, which can become the limiting factor when all ten ports are active at 6.0 Gbps each.

Build connectors and mounting

The half-height bracket fits low-profile chassis while a full-height bracket is also supplied for standard cases. Ten internal SATA data connectors line the rear edge, each accepting a standard 7-pin cable. Hot-swap capability allows drives to be exchanged without powering down the system, provided the motherboard BIOS is set to AHCI mode. The card occupies any PCIe x1 or larger slot from version 1.0 upward.

Highlights

  • Add 10 SATA 3.0 devices via a single PCIe slot
  • Works in x1, x4, x8 or x16 slots for flexible installation
  • ASM1166 chip with heatsink keeps high-speed transfers stable
  • Runs on Windows 8, 10, Ubuntu and Linux without extra drivers
  • Backward compatible with SATA 6.0, 3.0 and 1.5 Gbit/s speeds

Specifications

No published specifications for this item yet.

Questions about this item

How do I install the Vszerda 10-port SATA card and which BIOS setting is often missed?

Insert the card into any PCIe x1 or larger slot, attach the 10 SATA cables, then enter BIOS and change the SATA mode to AHCI; many boards keep PCIe Gen 2 disabled by default and need it enabled manually.

What maintenance will the ASM1166 controller and its heatsink need over time?

The ASM1166 chip has a passive heatsink; keep the case airflow clear so dust does not block the fins, and reseat the card if hot-swap stops detecting drives.

What throughput limit appears first when all 10 ports run sustained transfers?

The PCIe 1.0 link caps total bandwidth at 250 MB/s, so even with SATA 6.0 Gbps drives the host bus becomes the bottleneck before any single port saturates.

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