A budget 4-port SATA 6Gb/s host bus adapter on a PCIe 2.0 x4 card that adds four internal SATA connections for hard drives and SSDs.
Is it for you?
A budget 4-port SATA 6Gb/s host bus adapter on a PCIe 2.0 x4 card that adds four internal SATA connections for hard drives and SSDs, with AHCI compliance and native Linux and FreeBSD support.
Choose it if these matter
- Four internal SATA 6Gb/s ports on one low-cost card, an easy way to add drive bays to a desktop PC or home server
- AHCI-compliant design with native Linux and FreeBSD drivers, so drives work without a proprietary driver stack on those platforms
- Software RAID 0/1/10 and non-RAID modes plus SSD Trim support across Windows, Linux and Mac
Skip it if these rule it out
- PCIe 2.0 x4 (x2 electrical) bandwidth is modest compared with modern PCIe 3.0/4.0 SAS and NVMe HBAs
- Only four 6Gb/s SATA ports and no SAS or 12G support, so it suits spinning disks and SATA SSDs rather than high-throughput arrays
- HighPoint's site links only its own eStore and distributor/reseller channels for this model, with no per-model Amazon listing, so buying it means searching for the exact model
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| Works with | Not recorded | PCI Express x1 slot (low-profile bracket included), Windows 11 64-bit, Windows 10 64-bit (2.4 and 5 GHz bands only), Linux | Any x8 PCIe 4.0 or PCIe 3.0 slot that accepts a low-profile card; servers and workstations, Drives and enclosures with SFF-8643 cabling: 12Gb/s, 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS, 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SATA targets, including 512e and 4Kn drives and SAS tape devices, Operating systems: Windows/Windows Server, macOS, SLES, RHEL, CentOS, Fedora, VMware ESXi, FreeBSD, illumos |
| Best for | Budget, Homelab, Backups | Gaming, Homelab, Budget | Homelab, Media server, Backups |
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Full specifications (10)
- Host interface
- PCIe 2.0 x4 (x2 electrical)
- Channels
- 4x 6Gb/s SATA channels
- Supported devices
- 4x SATA hard drive / SSD
- Port type
- 4x internal SATA
- Compliance
- Industry AHCI compliant SATA 6Gb/s host controller
- RAID modes
- 0, 1, 10 and non-RAID (JBOD)
- SSD Trim
- Supported on Windows, Linux and Mac
- Operating systems
- Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7, Windows Server 2012 R2/2008, ESXi 7.0 and later (BootRAID and DataRAID), Linux kernel 2.6.35 and later, FreeBSD natively
- Dimensions
- Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7, Windows Server 2012 R2/2008, ESXi from version 7 and later (BootRAID and DataRAID), Linux kernel 2.6.35 and later, FreeBSD natively
- Secure Boot
- Windows and Linux supported with Secure Boot disabled
Downloads & support
Setup: AHCI-compliant: Linux and FreeBSD support it natively. Windows needs HighPoint's driver package, and ESXi installs are supported from version 7.0.
Links go to the manufacturer’s official pages, so you always get the latest, genuine files.
Sources: HighPoint specifications · highpoint-tech.com · HighPoint specifications · highpoint-tech.com. Photos: HighPoint · static.wixstatic.com. Specifications checked November 9, 2026. Spotted an error? Tell us.