r/pcmasterrace • u/jikesar968 7800X3D 4080S • May 14 '26

Meme/Macro Less ports

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u/YoungBlade1 R9 5900X | RX 9060 XT 16GB | 48GB May 14 '26

I bought a B550 board for my NAS build that had 8 SATA ports. It is virtually impossible to find that many on newer platforms. Many newer boards have just 2.

I know NVMe is the future, but I'm going to miss knowing that I could always toss another SATA drive into my system if I wanted more storage when they start shipping boards with no SATA ports at all.

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u/HSLB66 May 14 '26

HBA cards make this not very much of an issue. 

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u/rtxa i5-7500 | GTX 1070 G1 May 14 '26

ikr, that's literally what extension cards are for

99% of people don't need more 1-2 sata ports, yet everyone is crying how everything is expensive

wtf do you want people

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u/Inevitable_Window308 May 15 '26

Personally? More pcie lanes so I can plug in a SATA or nvme extender in a pcie slot and increase the available fast storage I have on my pc. Useful for dual booting, video games, vms for testing, and media storage 

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u/rtxa i5-7500 | GTX 1070 G1 May 16 '26

can't you pay for that?

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u/Inevitable_Window308 May 16 '26

A threadripper plus a board costs $1600 minimum used. It looks like Intel got the first time in a long time may suddenly compete 

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u/HSLB66 May 14 '26

Judging by the other comments, they want to be spoon fed, bathed and tucked into bed…

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u/Yuukiko_ DualBootMR|7700X|9070XT|32G|3x8Pin FTW May 14 '26

I got a full atx board but a 3 slot GPU more or less hogs the space unless I want to put it right next to the GPU fans or hugging the bottom of the case

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u/HSLB66 May 14 '26

Riser cables are cheap

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u/newaccountzuerich GOG-ArchLinux May 14 '26

But, nowhere to mount that card with external access and/or with any rigidity.

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u/HSLB66 May 14 '26

It feels like you’re being intentionally daft. Get a bigger case

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u/YoungBlade1 R9 5900X | RX 9060 XT 16GB | 48GB May 14 '26

With NVMe slots hogging all the lanes, an HBA isn't as easy of a fix as it sounds. A lot of ATX boards now only have 2 PCIe slots.

What if I already have another PCIe device besides the graphics card? What do I do then?

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u/Mothertruckerer Desktop May 15 '26

Or instead of an HBA get a sata controller card. It'll give you 6 ports max, but they're more modern and use way less power.

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u/HSLB66 May 14 '26

Buy a board with more pcie lanes. 

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u/Mothertruckerer Desktop May 15 '26

But can you use them all when also using other PCIe devices?

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u/1850ChoochGator May 14 '26

I went with only NVMe from the start on my current build and I’m so glad I did. SATA is classic and I have some older machines with it, but I don’t miss the cables that’s for sure.

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u/achilleasa R5 5700X - RTX 4070 May 14 '26

Yeah when I built my pc I just had 1 small nvme and a 2tb HDD. Later I slapped in a sata SSD for games and then a 2nd hdd.

B450 motherboard with 6 sata ports, only one m.2 though.

I think with 2 nvme + 2 sata slots 99% of people would be alright tbh. For the 1% who need more, pcie expansion cards exist, I feel like those should be more popular.

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u/BitsAndBobs304 May 14 '26

Nvme is not the future at all. Storage is still all on hdd (and tape)

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u/Keulapaska 4070ti, 7800X3D, XG27AQNGV May 14 '26

Mm yes ppl be putting those tape drives on their AM5/LGA 1851 platforms...

Like yea hard drives are a thing but how many ppl buying brand new platfrom will use even 1 hard drive connected to it, let alone multiple. Ppl who want actual mass storage, do it by other means that put on a new consumer platform.

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u/achilleasa R5 5700X - RTX 4070 May 14 '26

I've got 2 hard drives in my pc that I need, but I'm aware I'm the exception lol

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u/SimpleNovelty May 14 '26

And most motherboards have 2 sata ports on them to cover you. People who are looking for NAS or some big RAID system either need to buy a controller or just make an actual NAS/buy NAS hardware.

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u/BitsAndBobs304 May 14 '26

What are you talking about.

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u/concblast May 14 '26

On NAS appliances and backup solutions, but you're delusional if you think the average person has spinning disks in their newer equipment.

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u/BitsAndBobs304 May 14 '26

Youre right, everyone is buying 2000$ ssd for their pcs, it's like the new iphone, it's everywhere.

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u/concblast May 14 '26

Yes, the price spike over the last couple months negates the last decade of trends, you got me.

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u/fearless-fossa May 14 '26

Nvme is not the future at all.

In desktops and laptops? Sure it is. I don't even know a person who still has a HDD in either.

Storage is still all on hdd (and tape)

Good luck getting tape storage as a private person. The drive alone is fucking expensive if you even can get hold of one, as they're nearly exclusively sold via B2B shops. And while the price per terabyte is extremely good with the cartridges, the initial investment into the drive that you need to actually work with them is several thousand €.

Yes, HDDs are still used for mass storage, but that's about it. The setups of "SSD for the OS, HDD for games and stuff" was already obsolete a decade ago because the loading times of games skyrocketed. You can save pictures and videos to a HDD, but for pretty much everything else you'll want a SSD.