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HighPoint Rocket 620 PCI-Express 2.0 x1 SATA III (6.0Gb/s) Controller Card
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Ships from United States.
Most customers receive within 7-9 days.
- SATA 6.0Gb/s (2 internal ports)
- PCI-Express 2.0 x1
Overview
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The Rocket 600 series are the industry’s first SATA 6Gb/s host adapter based on PCI-Express 2.0 technology. The Rocket 600 series delivers the next generation of SATA performance with robust SATA connectivity.
The Rocket 600 series are the internal and external low-cost SATA 6Gb/s host adapters. They are fully industry standard AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) compliant and deliver Out-of-Box Ready installation for numerous operating systems. The Rocket 600 series is backward compatible to PCI-Express 1.0 technology and SATA 3Gb/s and 1.5Gb/s devices. They use the same cable and connectors as previous SATA generations to ease integration.
SATA 6 Gb/s CompliantThe HighPoint Rocket 620 features next-generation SATA Revision 3.0 compliant internal SATA ports to provide 6 Gb/s data transfer rates for optimal performance, efficiency, convenience and flexibility.
PCI Express 2.0 InterfaceThe PCI Express 2.0 interface provides double the bandwidth of the existing PCI Express 1.0 interface and delivers at least 500MB/s of throughput for enhanced performance.
Warranty & Returns
Warranty, Returns, And Additional Information
Warranty
- Limited Warranty period (parts): 3 years
- Limited Warranty period (labor): 3 years
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Return Policies
- Return for refund within: 30 days
- Return for replacement within: 30 days
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Pros: Easy install if you do it right ! Provides two SATA III ports. Sequential Read speed on SATA III SSD increased from ~280MB/Sec. to ~385MB/Sec. 4K random and 4K QD32 speeds also increased significantly. This may the greatest benefit of using an inexpensive add-on controller. 70% cheaper than faster controller cards.
Cons: To use this for your Windows or other operating system the install requires extra steps. See Other Thoughts below .... Adds an extra 15 seconds to boot-up time. Sequential Write speed decreased about 20% (but could never detect it in normal use).
Overall Review: Quick Install Guide says plug it in, connect a drive, boot up the computer, install driver, then re-boot and the controller is ready for use. All true except if you connect the drive containing your operating system at the beginning then your computer won't boot up - error, error, ERROR. The best way to install this requires a couple of extra steps. At first, just plug in the card - don't connect a drive ! Boot up, install the driver, then re-start the computer. After it boots up and is ready to use then shut it down once more. Now, while it's shut down, remove the power cord and connect your chosen drive or drives to the controller card. Now you can boot up and all should be well. If you want to be extra careful you could connect only the drive containing Windows and disconnect all other drives from the motherboard temporarily. When you boot up the computer, the controller card will be working and it will see only one drive with Windows on it. After that, you may shut down again and reconnect all other drives. I don't think temporarily disconnecting all other drives is necessary, but a friend who has a similar add-on controller card said he avoided problems with his dual-boot system by connecting only one drive to begin with. Since we use Sleep mode most of the time the extra boot time required while this card attempts to scan all drives (maybe looking for RAID arrays?) is not much of a drawback for us. The Marvell 9128 controller has been criticised by some because it doesn't achieve full SATA III speed. All of these inexpensive controller cards require a PCI-e x1 slot which has only one "lane" of bandwidth which is simply not sufficient for full SATA III speed. To achieve full speed requires at least two lanes of bandwidth and that means using a controller card that connects to a PCI-e x4 slot (or bigger). Those cards cost around $89 to $299. So, the only real criticism for these inexpensive cards is the failure to mention that, although they are SATA III, they don't provide full bandwidth/full speed. And that seems like a legitimate gripe aimed at all brands and models at this level.