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product_id: 349675441
title: "FS-S6X1-Pro"
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# PCIe 3.0 x1 interface with 8Gbps bandwidth 6 SATA III ports at 6Gbps max speed each Plug & Play on Windows, Mac, Linux FS-S6X1-Pro

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**Price:** AR$183811
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## Summary

> 🚀 Unlock 6x SATA III ports and turbocharge your storage setup—because speed waits for no one!

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- **What is this?** FS-S6X1-Pro by febsmart
- **How much does it cost?** AR$183811 with free shipping
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## Key Features

- • **Blazing PCIe 3.0 Speed:** Harness full 8Gbps PCIe 3.0 x1 bandwidth ensuring each port delivers max 6Gbps throughput for lightning-fast data access.
- • **Expand Storage Like a Pro:** Add 6 high-speed SATA III ports effortlessly to your desktop or workstation for ultimate storage flexibility.
- • **Compact & Versatile Design:** Fits any PCIe slot (x1 to x16) with optional low-profile bracket for slim PCs—perfect for modern and legacy systems alike.
- • **Cross-Platform Compatibility:** Seamlessly plug and play on Windows (XP to 11), Mac OS (10.4+), and most Linux distros—no driver hassle.
- • **Future-Proof & Backward Compatible:** Supports SATA 3.1 specs with auto-switch to SATA 3.0 speeds, plus backward compatibility with SATA 2.0 & 1.0 devices.

## Overview

The FebSmart FS-S6X1-Pro is a PCIe 3.0 x1 expansion card featuring 6 SATA III ports, each capable of 6Gbps max speed. Powered by the stable ASMedia ASM1166 controller, it supports AHCI boot mode and is plug-and-play across Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. Compatible with PCIe 1.0 through 4.0 slots and SATA revisions 1.0 to 3.1, this compact card is ideal for professionals seeking to expand storage on desktops, workstations, and NAS devices with reliable, high-speed connectivity.

## Description

Buy FebSmart PCIE 3.0 X1 to 6-Ports 6Gbps Max Speed SATA III Expansion Card, ASMedia ASM1166 None-Raid PCIE 3.0 SATA III Card, Plug and Play on Windows OS, MAC OS, and Linux Systems (FS-S6X1-Pro): SCSI Port Cards - desertcart.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchases

Review: Works as advertised, plug and play. - This card works exactly as it should, without any fuss (far less problematic than the Marvell based cards I've used). However there are a few things to know (this is for the x1, 4 port card): If you are using this to add SATA III 6Gbs ports to an older system, such as one based on x58 or x79, to maximize performance, you will need to use a PCI-E slot with channels provisioned from the primary IO-Hub (x58) or CPU PCI-E IO (x79/Sandybridge and later) and not from the ICH or PCH. This is because ICH or PCH provisioned channels generally lag a generation behind, and are therefore slower. You'll most likely need to use an x16 slot that would normally be used for a GPU (in the case of x58 or x79, there are generally two full x16 slots that are provisioned either from the primary IO-Hub or the CPU integrated IO controller). For this card to provide SATA III's maximum sustained 6 Gb/s (585MB/s), it must be plugged into a PCI-E 3.0 capable slot running at 8 GT/s. On an x58 (or similar vintage board) your maximum performance will be capped by the PCI-E 2.0 5 GT/s, though this will still significantly exceed the ICH10's SATA II ports (410MB/s sustained transfer versus 250MB/s), but you must use a PCI-E slot provisioned directly off the x58 IO-Hub, not the ICH. Generally, all the X1 and X4 slots on x58 boards are PCI-E 1.0, provisioned off the ICH, which will result in this card providing performance significantly below that of the SATA II ports provided by the ICH10 southbridge. On later chipsets, the same basic rules apply (until you get to current gen chipsets, like AMD x570, where PCH and CPU IO-hub PCI-E lanes are all 4.0). If using, for example, an x79 board, the PCH provided PCI-E slots/lanes are 2.0, which will result in this card underperforming compared to the on-board SATA III ports. Again, to maximize performance, you'll need to make sure you plug the card into a PCI-E slot that supports PCI-E 3.0. There are comments that this card doesn't perform well, but this is mainly due to misunderstandings about what PCI-E link type and speed the card is able to run at on a given board and slot. On boards that support PCI-E 3.0, this card can, and does, provide full SATA III 6Gb/s throughput. You can use a tool like HWiNFO to verify if you have the card plugged into the most capable available PCI-E slot (along with simple benchmarking tools like CrystalDiskMark to verify throughput). A final note: for those using a very old chipset, such as x58, you may want to consider the 6 port, PCI-E x2 (physically x4) version of this card, as 2 PCI-E 2.0 lanes should provide full SATA III 6Gb/s throughput.
Review: Works well for software raid with some configuration - Although the card says that it isn't a raid card, it means it's not a card with hardware raid - You can definitely use this for software raid. I did a first experiment on Windows 10 using storage spaces and disk manager to create a RAID 10 array using 6x 6tb hdds. Initially I had issues with transfers dropping down to 0MB/s and eventually windows would freeze up completely and/ or the transfer would fail. I dropped the disk count down to one mirrored pair (so two hdds) in storage spaces and had a successful transfer, but I bought this to run all 6 ports into an array - not just two. I finally achieved success by recreating the 6 disk raid 10 array and turning off write caching for all drives in the array through device manager. Something about this expansion card and windows disk write caching doesn't play well when dealing with 6 disks at once. After all of this, a 4TB transfer from a usb3.0 external hdd to the raid array took around 7 hours with a transfer rate of around 160MB/s and a full data verification step by using a program called FastCopy (it's a free program, google "fastcopy jp"). There are other copying utilities that will do this as well. I did reach out to the seller on desertcart as a result of my initial issues, and they were fast to reply - although by that time I had already found a solution. At the end of all of this, you're probably better off running some sort of *nix distro and using mdadm to set up the array, but it was a fun challenge getting everything working on Windows. Edit 7/7/2023: Alright, so maybe you don't want to use this with all the disks being slammed at one time by an mdam resync. I had issues with windows storage spaces still dropping transfer speeds and eventually failing writes on some disks, while smart tests were coming out OK on each individual disk. I went over to linux to do this with mdadm and didn't make it through a raid 10 setup before one of the disks dropped (resync speeds were going to take 111 days to build the raid 10 array before it dropped). I redid this as 3x raid 1 pairs instead and it worked. It's a perfectly functional sata expansion card if you're not abusing it like I am, so don't let this review worry you, just beware before trying to use this as something to write to 6 disks at once. The motherboard could be an influence, as well as the disks, as I'm not doing this with enterprise level hardware, but in general the card works, just doesn't like being pushed beyond its limits. The vendor doesn't recommend this for software raid, but I tried anyway. Oh well, 3x 6TB raid 1's will get the job done for my needs (part of a 3,2,1 backup with mdisc as cold storage for the important stuff)

## Features

- 1. The FS-S6X1-Pro is a PCI express 3.0 X1 interface to 6-Ports 6 Gbps speed SATA III expansion card. It allows users add 6X NONE-RAID SATA III storage or AHCI BOOT UP HDDs/SSDs on Desktop PCs, Working Stations, MAC Pros and Network Attached Storage (NAS).
- 2. Select the ASMedia ASM1166 the most stable NONE-RAID PCIE 3.0 SATA III host controller. PCIE 3.0 X1 interface provide 8Gbps total bandwidth. Each SATA III port will get 6Gbps max speed for AHCI BOOT UP or storage.
- 3. Plug and Play on Windows 11, 10, 8.x, 7, Vista, XP (32/64bit) and Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012R2, 2012, 2008R2, 2008, 2003R2, 2003 (32/64). MAC OS 10.4.x, 10.5.x, 10.6.x, 10.7.x, 10.8.X, 10.9.x, 10.10.x, 10.11.x, 10.12.x, 10.13.x, 10.14.x, 10.15.x and most of Linux kernel systems.
- 4.Compatible with Serial ATA(SATA) Revision 3.1 specifications, auto switch to SATA 3.0 6Gbps max speed. Backward compatible with SATA 1.0 1.5Gbps speed and SATA 2.0 3Gbps speed. Support PCIE 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 protocol, works on motherboard PCIE X1, X2, X4, X8, X16 slot.
- 5.ATTENTION: 1. This SATA card was set on AHCI BOOT UP mode, make sure now PCs SSDs/HDDs in AHCI BOOT UP mode or will report Blue Screen Death (BSD). 2. Make sure PCs power supply unit (PSU) can provide 6X max SATA interface power connector. 3. Slim PCs need user change to low profile bracket.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B09BMBPZLZ |
| Brand | FebSmart |
| Compatible Devices | Personal Computers, Laptops, Servers |
| Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 325 Reviews |
| Hardware Interface | PCIE x 1 |
| Item Dimensions L x W x H | 4.72"L x 3.15"W x 0.72"H |
| Item Height | 0.72 inches |
| Item Type Name | PCIE X1 to 6X SATA III Ports Expansion Card |
| Item Weight | 95 Grams |
| Manufacturer | FebSmart Co.,LTD |
| Model Number | FS-S6X1-Pro |
| Operating System | Windows, MAC and Linux |
| Product Dimensions | 4.72"L x 3.15"W x 0.72"H |
| UPC | 710964767894 |
| Warranty Description | 1 Year Limited Warranty. |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** FebSmart
- **Hardware Interface:** PCIE x 1
- **Product Dimensions:** 4.72"L x 3.15"W x 0.72"H
- **Item Weight:** 95 Grams
- **Compatible Devices:** Personal Computers, Laptops, Servers

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Works as advertised, plug and play.
*by "***" on January 1, 2022*

This card works exactly as it should, without any fuss (far less problematic than the Marvell based cards I've used). However there are a few things to know (this is for the x1, 4 port card): If you are using this to add SATA III 6Gbs ports to an older system, such as one based on x58 or x79, to maximize performance, you will need to use a PCI-E slot with channels provisioned from the primary IO-Hub (x58) or CPU PCI-E IO (x79/Sandybridge and later) and not from the ICH or PCH. This is because ICH or PCH provisioned channels generally lag a generation behind, and are therefore slower. You'll most likely need to use an x16 slot that would normally be used for a GPU (in the case of x58 or x79, there are generally two full x16 slots that are provisioned either from the primary IO-Hub or the CPU integrated IO controller). For this card to provide SATA III's maximum sustained 6 Gb/s (585MB/s), it must be plugged into a PCI-E 3.0 capable slot running at 8 GT/s. On an x58 (or similar vintage board) your maximum performance will be capped by the PCI-E 2.0 5 GT/s, though this will still significantly exceed the ICH10's SATA II ports (410MB/s sustained transfer versus 250MB/s), but you must use a PCI-E slot provisioned directly off the x58 IO-Hub, not the ICH. Generally, all the X1 and X4 slots on x58 boards are PCI-E 1.0, provisioned off the ICH, which will result in this card providing performance significantly below that of the SATA II ports provided by the ICH10 southbridge. On later chipsets, the same basic rules apply (until you get to current gen chipsets, like AMD x570, where PCH and CPU IO-hub PCI-E lanes are all 4.0). If using, for example, an x79 board, the PCH provided PCI-E slots/lanes are 2.0, which will result in this card underperforming compared to the on-board SATA III ports. Again, to maximize performance, you'll need to make sure you plug the card into a PCI-E slot that supports PCI-E 3.0. There are comments that this card doesn't perform well, but this is mainly due to misunderstandings about what PCI-E link type and speed the card is able to run at on a given board and slot. On boards that support PCI-E 3.0, this card can, and does, provide full SATA III 6Gb/s throughput. You can use a tool like HWiNFO to verify if you have the card plugged into the most capable available PCI-E slot (along with simple benchmarking tools like CrystalDiskMark to verify throughput). A final note: for those using a very old chipset, such as x58, you may want to consider the 6 port, PCI-E x2 (physically x4) version of this card, as 2 PCI-E 2.0 lanes should provide full SATA III 6Gb/s throughput.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Works well for software raid with some configuration
*by T***L on February 10, 2023*

Although the card says that it isn't a raid card, it means it's not a card with hardware raid - You can definitely use this for software raid. I did a first experiment on Windows 10 using storage spaces and disk manager to create a RAID 10 array using 6x 6tb hdds. Initially I had issues with transfers dropping down to 0MB/s and eventually windows would freeze up completely and/ or the transfer would fail. I dropped the disk count down to one mirrored pair (so two hdds) in storage spaces and had a successful transfer, but I bought this to run all 6 ports into an array - not just two. I finally achieved success by recreating the 6 disk raid 10 array and turning off write caching for all drives in the array through device manager. Something about this expansion card and windows disk write caching doesn't play well when dealing with 6 disks at once. After all of this, a 4TB transfer from a usb3.0 external hdd to the raid array took around 7 hours with a transfer rate of around 160MB/s and a full data verification step by using a program called FastCopy (it's a free program, google "fastcopy jp"). There are other copying utilities that will do this as well. I did reach out to the seller on amazon as a result of my initial issues, and they were fast to reply - although by that time I had already found a solution. At the end of all of this, you're probably better off running some sort of *nix distro and using mdadm to set up the array, but it was a fun challenge getting everything working on Windows. Edit 7/7/2023: Alright, so maybe you don't want to use this with all the disks being slammed at one time by an mdam resync. I had issues with windows storage spaces still dropping transfer speeds and eventually failing writes on some disks, while smart tests were coming out OK on each individual disk. I went over to linux to do this with mdadm and didn't make it through a raid 10 setup before one of the disks dropped (resync speeds were going to take 111 days to build the raid 10 array before it dropped). I redid this as 3x raid 1 pairs instead and it worked. It's a perfectly functional sata expansion card if you're not abusing it like I am, so don't let this review worry you, just beware before trying to use this as something to write to 6 disks at once. The motherboard could be an influence, as well as the disks, as I'm not doing this with enterprise level hardware, but in general the card works, just doesn't like being pushed beyond its limits. The vendor doesn't recommend this for software raid, but I tried anyway. Oh well, 3x 6TB raid 1's will get the job done for my needs (part of a 3,2,1 backup with mdisc as cold storage for the important stuff)

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Just What My Good Ole' Rig Needed
*by I***S on April 1, 2023*

I'm running a 7 year old AMD Octa-Core machine with 32GB of ram that's ineligible for Windows 11 (TPM 2.0) as my main desktop. I have tired of Windows long ago and the constant breaking of my configuration. I utilize more than one OS; however, I favor Linux moreso than the others. I use many different Linux Flavors, MACOS, & Windows 10. I have yet to give Windows 11 its initial spin. I'm really not that interested after seeing what Windows 10 was about... You just get tired of the telemetry hogging resources, random updates/unscheduled reboots & consistent upgrades with Windows. This is regarding both low/high end machines. It's just not worth the hassle or the cash it'll set you back. Nevertheless, this card works very well for somebody that has a need for SATA Expansion. M2/NVME cards are so expensive right now. You can just pop out your old mechanical drives & utilize 2.5 SSD drives with brackets. This is far less expensive in my opinion. I'll do this and slowly upgrade at my leisure. This card gives me that capability, being that all 6 of the SATA ports on my device are unavailable. Utilizing Linux more than likely will render this machine obsolete by 2029-2030 or so. I wonder if computers will still exist by the time this machine reaches EOL. As us Linux users all know very well, you can keep hardware for what almost feels/seems like an eternity in the tech world. This card worked right out the box with a fresh Linux Mint 21.1 installation. It really was flawless the IOMMU -- that was the drama to say the least. The workaround for that is GRUB. However, this card posted during boot & has no know problems that I have encountered thus far. If you're in a similar position & you don't just send your computers to the perpetual e-waste dump or the proverbial recycle bin this is your answer. I'm still in the testing phase; therefore, I'll be sure to come back and update this review if there's anything I should add.

## Frequently Bought Together

- FebSmart PCIE 3.0 X1 to 6-Ports 6Gbps Max Speed SATA III Expansion Card, ASMedia ASM1166 None-Raid PCIE 3.0 SATA III Card, Plug and Play on Windows OS, MAC OS, and Linux Systems (FS-S6X1-Pro)
- StarTech.com 15.7 in (400 mm) SATA Power Splitter Adapter Cable - M/F - 4x Serial ATA Power Cable Splitter (PYO4SATA)

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