Hi, does anyone have recommendations for an expansion card that's good for data hoarding?
Right now, I've got a USB HDD enclosure. I hear it's best to go for eSATA, so I think I'll switch to that. Unless the latest USB advances have made that irrelevant)
I also have a USB expansion card, but it's kinda sketchy, so that's another reason I want to upgrade.
Now I have two problems. I'm using a couple of those ports on my USB card, and I only have one available PCIe slot (the rest are blocked by my graphics card). So whatever card I get needs to have both USB and eSATA. I'm not sure this exists. I can't find it in any case. I've found cables that go eSATA to USB-C, but they're all crazy expensive compared to USB cables, and I don't recognise any of the brand names either.
If I can't get both, then I'm stuck on USB for the foreseeable future. In that case, I would like a proper card from a reputable brand. Does anyone know any? The Chinese one I'm using works find 90% of the time, but causes a wide range of problems infrequently. I know it's the card because I've used it in 3 different systems and they've all encountered these problems, only when the card is in use.