--- product_id: 2217817 title: "I/O Crest 4 Port SATA III PCI-e 2.0 x2 HyperDuo RAID Card Marvell 9230 Chipset SI-PEX40057" brand: "io crest" price: "5 zł" currency: PLN in_stock: false reviews_count: 2 url: https://www.desertcart.pl/products/2217817-i-o-crest-4-port-sata-iii-pci-e-2 store_origin: PL region: Poland --- # 6Gbps SATA III speed 4 SATA ports, RAID 0/1/1+0 HyperDuo auto-tiering tech I/O Crest 4 Port SATA III PCI-e 2.0 x2 HyperDuo RAID Card Marvell 9230 Chipset SI-PEX40057 **Brand:** io crest **Price:** 5 zł **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Summary > 🚀 Upgrade your storage game with HyperDuo power! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** I/O Crest 4 Port SATA III PCI-e 2.0 x2 HyperDuo RAID Card Marvell 9230 Chipset SI-PEX40057 by io crest - **How much does it cost?** 5 zł with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pl](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/2217817-i-o-crest-4-port-sata-iii-pci-e-2) ## Best For - io crest enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted io crest brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Seamless Compatibility:** Works effortlessly with SATA 6G, 3G, and 1.5G drives plus supports up to 4TB GPT hard drives. - • **Versatile RAID Support:** Configure RAID 0, 1, or 1+0 to maximize data redundancy or speed tailored to your workflow. - • **Plug & Play Flexibility:** Fits PCI-E 2.0 x2 slots and is backward compatible with x4, x8, and x16 slots for easy integration. - • **Blazing Fast Data Transfer:** Harness SATA III speeds up to 6Gbps for lightning-quick file access and transfers. - • **Smart Storage Optimization:** HyperDuo technology automatically balances SSD speed with HDD capacity for peak performance and cost-efficiency. ## Overview The I/O Crest SI-PEX40057 RAID card leverages the Marvell 88SE9230 chipset to add four SATA III 6Gbps ports via PCI-E 2.0 x2, supporting RAID 0/1/1+0 and HyperDuo auto-tiering technology. It intelligently combines SSD and HDD storage to optimize speed and capacity, compatible with SATA drives up to 4TB and multiple Windows and Linux OS versions. ## Description The SI-PEX40057 4 port SATA III PCI-E 2.0 X2 Hyper Duo RAID controller card marvel 88SE9230 chipset adds four SATA III ports to a computer through a PCI-E 2.0 X2 slot, delivering multiple internal 6Gbps connections for SATA III hard drives and SSDs. Featuring Hyper Duo technology, the SATA card offers SSD auto-tiring which lets you balance the performance advantages of SSD storage with the cost-effectiveness and large capacity of standard hard drives. By combining SSD and HDD drives into a single volume (up to 3 SSD + 1 HDD), Hyper Duo discreetly works in the background to identify and move frequently accessed files to the faster SSD drivers) for improved data throughput. The Hyper Duo automatic storage tiring feature is compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8 only. ## Features - Chipset: Marvell 88SE9230 - Installed with a full profile bracket, Low profile included with the package - Port Multiplier FIS-based and Command-based switching supported - Supports SATA Rev 3.0 transfer speeds up to 6.0Gbps and backwards compatible with SATA I/II at 1.5/3.0Gbps - Supports RAID 0 and 1 modes - 4 Internal SATA 6Gb/s Ports - Compatible with SATA 6G, 3G and 1.5G Hard Drives - PCI-Express x2 Interface is Compatible with PCI-Express x2, x4, x8, and x16 slots - RAID mode Supported: RAID 0/1/1+0 - HyperDuo is configured with at least 1 hard disk drive (HDD) and up to 3 solid state drives (SSD). By embedding automated tiring technology into the chipset. - Does not support Hardware RAID using Port Multiplier - Support 3TB and 4TB GPT Hard drives ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Brand | IO CREST | | Series | SI-PEX40057 | | Item model number | SI-PEX40057 | | Operating System | Linux,Windows,Xp | | Item Weight | 2.4 ounces | | Product Dimensions | 5.6 x 4.8 x 1.6 inches | | Item Dimensions LxWxH | 5.6 x 4.8 x 1.6 inches | | Color | Green | | Flash Memory Size | 3 | | Manufacturer | Syba | | ASIN | B00AZ9T264 | | Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No | | Date First Available | January 10, 2013 | ## Product Details - **Brand:** IO CREST - **Hardware Interface:** SATA 6.0 Gb/s - **Style:** Marvell 88SE9230 - **Item Weight:** 2.4 Ounces - **Compatible Devices:** Personal Computer, Laptop ## Images ![I/O Crest 4 Port SATA III PCI-e 2.0 x2 HyperDuo RAID Card Marvell 9230 Chipset SI-PEX40057 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61QKLflTCRL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Style** options. ## Questions & Answers **Q: sorry for the newb question, but how do you connect this to the computer? do I need anything else to connect it? Thanks!** A: No worries just ensure that you motherboard has the correct port PCI-e x1 (desktops only, diagram here: http://imgsrv.worldstart.com/images/ct-images/2013/04/mb.jpg), then you simply slot the card into the port, it comes with a couple of SATA data connection cables so you only need to make sure your PSU has sata power connectors available depending on the number of drives you wish to connect (they look like this: http://sharpsblogorama.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/sata-hard-drive-power-cable-connector.jpg) .Hope this answers your question, let me know if you have any further queries or are stuck. **Q: Is there a HD size limit with this?** A: I don't believe there's any limit. I have drives 2-14 TB connected to these cards across multiple PCs and they all worked flawlessly. **Q: so if I put this into a x16 PCIE 1.0 port and hooked an SSD to it, what would be my max bandwidth to the SSD?** A: Hello,well, the maximum bandwith provided by the PCI-E x16 gen 1.0 standard port; it is greater than the PCI-E x1 gen 1.0, and not having now many specifications on these standards on Wikipedia.org I have found about that for x1 slot the bandwith is 2.5 GB/s (250 MB/s) and for x16 slot it is 8 GB/s (? MB/s). I hope this is enough. Greetings,Massimo. **Q: Hi, Does this card support Raid and strip volume?** A: Seems like a simple question, with a bunch of conflicting answers. The problem is Amazon groups several IO Crest SATA controller cards into one listing and the questions and answers are common across several models. First, it should be clarified that there is hardware RAID and there is software RAID, and if software RAID is what you are after your OS will provide that regardless of your disk controller -- but software RAID doesn't match the performance of hardware RAID. None of the IO Crest cards that are based on the ASMedia chipsets support hardware RAID. The Marvell 88SE9215 does not support hardware RAID. Marvell 88SE9230 support hardware RAID 0 and 1. Marvell 88SE9705 supports hardware RAID 0 and 1 and also HyperDuo. What is HyperDuo? It is like RAID 0 but you mix (hybrid) SATA HDDs and SSDs in the array, and the controller card manages the array to swap the most recently used items onto the SSD storage. This allows you to get the best of both worlds -- the read speed of SSD but the mega storage you get with regular hard drives. Since very little of what is on your array is used on a frequent basis, it can really result in performance gains. But please don't spend $100 on a card that can do HyperDuo without researching it further because there are some potential downsides. For the majority of home users , you want a card that can do RAID 0 and 1. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I had a couple of SSD that were running very poorly A Liteonit 256 GB and Samsung 930 pro both were benchmarking barley faster t *by C***M on September 14, 2014* Ok, I needed to get me some SATA ports. I am running a Ass P7P55-D Pro mother board. I had a couple of SSD that were running very poorly A Liteonit 256 GB and Samsung 930 pro both were benchmarking barley faster than good hard drivers. 250 mbs range both of themSo I found this card, it looked good, the reviews were mostly good. I bought it.I had been running a dual boot Win 7 pro sp1 64 and Win 8.1.1 pro.Documentation sucks as is expected these daysI installed the card in PCIe 2.0 16 slot, rebooted. ........................................ guess what my dual boot is busted ok Restored a Image I created just before installing the card. Still no boot. So I take the card out boot. No win 8 boot no win7 boot. Reinstall Images again. boot still nothing booting. So Im tryihg to figure out what went wrong. I read a question on this card Brad I think also has the same Mother Board. And had no problems. After really reading what he did I think I found my error. These board have 2 port SATA 3 Driven by Marvell drivers!!!!!!Ok I go into my BIOS and Disable the 2 Marvell SATA 3 portsTry to boot nothing working.Clean Samsung 830 SSD, convert it to MBR format NTFS, Clean Install Windows 7 sp1 Pro 64 no problems boots up.I move one of my hard drives that doesn't have important data on it to the new card.Boot up it hooks right up. Cool. Go to Device Manager find Marvel Controller In other devices with the Big yellow ? Right click browse to the Marvell XX99 drivers for Vista, win7, win 8 Installed no problems Look in system devices you'll see Marvell Unify Configuration.shut down put 1 of my 1GB WD Black on. Boot up looking good except I'm plugged into port 2 and 3. So for those of you that won't know this the 2 port away from and parallel to the mother board left to right 0 and 1 the two ports perpendicular are 2 and 3.So now I have my Liteonit 256 GB SSD on port 0, the 2 1gb WD Blacks on 1 and 2 leaving port 3 for my Samsung 830 pro SSDSo I then move my clean installed Win7 sp1 Pro on Samsung 830 Pro SSD to the 3 port. Boot to my BIOS change the first drive to the Samsung 830 and set the same up for boot priority 3rd actual USB the DVD the Samsung 830Boot up Win 7 runs perfect.Clean Installed Windows 8.11 pro to my Liteonit 256gb SSD on Port 0 of the card. Dual boot working great configuring as we speakI hope I have answered some of your questions about this PCIe 2.0 SATA 3 4 port card.I can't review the RAID or DUO on this card as I have no use for them. I using the card as 4 SATA 3 6GB PortsI'm happy with it so far. My SSD are running near 400mbs which is great for these almost 3 year old SSD The Liteonit is actually running better than it did in my Asus G75.I'll revisit this review in a few months if all goes well and sooner if it doesn'tEdit 2015-10-07 Since this review I have upgraded the computer that this card in installed on. Asus Z97 Pro board. this one has plenty of SATA 6 ports So I currently have 2 ports running DVD Writers and 2 ports running eSATA external drives. So after a year of use I have had no failure or other issues. The Documentation was the only issue. I still have no use for RAID set up so I still can not comment on that. I did start this new board on window 8.1Pro Fresh install and then upgraded to win 10 pro. So this card will Work with Windows 7,8.1,10.The two external SATA 3.0 hard drives are used for local back ups I consider that mission critical. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very satisfied with this card, great solution for external (Port-Multiplier device) drive enclosure *by H***D on July 8, 2014* I needed a Port-Multiplier compatible eSATA card for attaching a Mediasonic external RAID enclosure (my model is HFR2-SU3S2.) I found this card and it is better and faster than the Syba SD-SA2PEX-2E card Mediasonic recommended. This card is currently $22 more, but well worth the extra money. It’s a PCI-e x2 lane sized card, which is part of benefit, but see details below, as it needs to be installed in a PCI-e x4, x8 or x16 slot. NOTE: It can get confusing because “Syba” and “IO Crest” and “Best connectivity” brands seem to be the same, with different packaging/branding. (When I ordered my original Syba card directly from the Amazon link Mediasonic provided, the box I received said “Best connectivity” but the product part number was identical. This IO Crest model I now use is the same part # as a Syba brand SI-PEX40063, and seems to be the same card, so you can purchase either brand of that model number. My situation as follows:My system has Asus X79 (Rampage IV Extreme) motherboard, running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit.I have the HFR2-SU3S2 set as RAID-5 with four 3TB drives. My motherboard onboard eSATA could not accommodate hot plugging or using drive after system is in sleep mode, so I needed an external PCI card. I purchased the Syba card Mediasonic recommended but was not impressed with the data transfer speeds I was getting, nor could I remove the HFR2-SU3S2 enclosure while the system was in sleep mode without getting errors on resume.After much research I decided to try this (IO Crest) SI-PEX40063 card. I’ve been very pleased with the results. It’s a SATA III (6G) card with PCI-e 2.0 x2 interface (lane). The x2 means the connector is physically bigger than the more commonly found x1 cards like the Syba SD-SA2PEX-2E, and thus needs to be installed in a PCI-Express x4, x8, or x16 slot. It will NOT fit into a PCI-e 1.0 x1 slot. The advantage of the x2 lane means that it’s double the data bandwidth of an x1 lane. Whether due to the faster x2 interface or the SATA 6G specification, benchmark tests on my HFR2-SU3S2 show my sequential data transfer speed is SIGNIFCANTLY better - 100MB/s read and 81MB/s write faster with the new card! Since I cannot add my CrystalDiskMark benchmark screenshots, sequential speed on this card is 225MB/s read, 208MB/s write (versus 126/127 (read/write) on the Syba SD-SA2PEX-2E card.) 512K speeds are also faster: 47MB/s read and 26MB/s write (versus 38/21 on other Syba card.)Also, hot plugging the drive enclosure into running Windows works, it reliably turns off when the system goes to sleep, and comes back online on resume, with no errors or problems being recognized. (I cannot “safely remove device” within Windows, but if I take it out while the system is in sleep mode, I do not get errors or problems on resume.) I’ve used this card for a month now with no problems.Some additional notes: The SI-PEX40063 card uses a Marvel 88SE9235 chip (Marvel 92xx driver.) On initial install, Windows automatically added the standard Microsoft AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA controller driver, which works perfectly and which I am using. I did try the available Marvel driver(s), but I found them to be unreliable and unnecessary. Rolling Windows back to the original Microsoft driver proved the best solution. I spent an incredible amount of time trying to find a decent PCI e-SATA card for my Mediasonic enclosure, and I hope this posting and information helps others currently in the same position. ## Frequently Bought Together - I/O Crest 4 Port SATA III PCI-e 2.0 x2 HyperDuo RAID Card Marvell 9230 Chipset SI-PEX40057 - ADCAUDX SATA-III Cable-1M 6Pcs/Set-6Gbps-SATA Cable Long Replacement for Bitcoin Computer-Server CD DVD Drives Raid HDD-SSD (3.3FT) - StarTech.com 15.7 in (400 mm) SATA Power Splitter Adapter Cable - M/F - 4x Serial ATA Power Cable Splitter (PYO4SATA) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pl/products/2217817-i-o-crest-4-port-sata-iii-pci-e-2](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/2217817-i-o-crest-4-port-sata-iii-pci-e-2) --- *Product available on Desertcart Poland* *Store origin: PL* *Last updated: 2026-05-25*