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Neo_X
06-11-2009, 04:43 PM
Hi guys

Hope there is anyone able to help on here.

I am looking to obtain 2xRAID cards for machines i am building up.
I have researched a bit and a few candidates with the relevant dollar prices is listed below.
Problem being - I dont know of any reputable suppliers overseas which will assist with the shipping.
I am rather sure local suppliers will rip me off on these, so if i can save 2k a card, i will rather try to get them from overseas.

Can anybody assist in getting any 2 of the following cards, where cheaper is better off course ;)
Only condition on these would be that the card should come with the necessary cabling to allow interfacing to 16 x SATA2 hard drives.


3WARE $995
http://store.3ware.com/?category=10&subcategory=8&productid=9650SE-16ML

areca ARC-1260 $749.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816151005

HighPoint RR3540 PCI $659.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816115052

LSI MegaRAID SAS 84016E $635.99
http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:LSI%20MegaRAID%20SAS%2084016E:1994775674

Adaptec RAID 31605 $995
http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/products/Controllers/Hardware/sas/value/SAS-31605/

THX GUYS

PS

Machine in the end will be RAID6 with sixteen 1.5TB's. nice and roooomy :P