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Cheap LSI HBAs on Ebay (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Looking to buy a new hba since the first one had enough daisy-chained expanders and the bandwidth just isn't enough.

Checking on ebay, I see that there are lots of Chinese sellers offering 9211-8i or equivalents for less than half the price I paid for the first one at theartofserver.

One seller has a 40k+ ratings with a 99%+ positive feedback, which got me thinking if the cards they are selling are genuine refurbished cards or counterfeit? I'd be glad to get some feedback if you got a card from one of these sellers.

Should I take my chance or not take any risks trying to save 25-30 bucks? I'd choose the latter, but if you got any experience about the aforementioned cards, I'd love to hear it.

Extra question: I see that there are two versions(?) of cards selling under the 9211-8i name. One's ports are on the right side of the heatsink, far from the bracket (I have this one), and the other one has ports near the bracket, marked port 1 and port0 from left to right. Are these both genuine or is the latter one counterfeit?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I went with theartofserver because I’d rather deal with him than Chinese sellers. He’s great at providing help if you have issues and that’s worth more to me than cheaper.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I bought my current card from them! Didn’t need any extra help from them but his Youtube channel is really informative.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

He was great was great when I bought a second 8i HBA and it wouldn’t work in a x4 slot. Went through a few things with him and isolated that it was the slot that was faulty. So got a port multiplier instead, which only needs power from the slot and achieved the same results.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Same here. He also has a Youtube channel with lots of great info

https://www.youtube.com/c/ArtofServer

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

People say you can get the parts cheaper elsewhere...

But that's literally the only downside I've ever read about him (and I'm at 2 successful purchases myself).