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RAID and HBA Cards under $200

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17 RAID and HBA cards under $200 from LSI, Dell, Adaptec and more. Most cost $115 to $194, and half cost less than $155.

SvnxingtiiSpec score 9.0

16 Drive ports, PCIe 3.0, 12Gb/s, HBA

+16 internal ports for many drives on one card
+12Gb/s SAS speed for fast drive connections
+SAS3216 chip for 12Gb/s drive support
−Internal ports only, no external connection
−Requires a free PCIe x8 slot
$199.99-13%Was: $229.99
as of 11/04/2026 04:05 PST - Details
BroadcomSpec score 9.0

16 Drive ports, PCIe 3.0, 12Gb/s, Internal

+Sixteen internal ports for many drive connections
+12Gb/s SAS support
+PCIe 3.0 host interface
$117.00
as of 11/04/2026 05:07 PST - Details
LSISpec score 8.4

16 Drive ports, PCIe 2.0, 6Gb/s, External

+16 external ports for expansion enclosures
+Half-length card fits compact chassis
+6Gb/s SAS speed per port
$175.00
as of 11/04/2026 05:07 PST - Details
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16 Drive ports, HBA, Internal

+IT mode firmware for direct disk access
+16 internal ports for large drive arrays
+Suited to ZFS, FreeNAS and unRAID builds
$115.33
as of 11/04/2026 04:05 PST - Details
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16 Drive ports, RAID, Internal

+16 internal ports for large drive arrays
+1GB cache for buffered RAID operations
+Includes flash battery for cache protection
$154.91
as of 11/04/2026 05:07 PST - Details
HighPointSpec score 8.6

16 Drive ports, PCIe 3.0, 6Gb/s

+PCIe 3.0: only 1 of 53 here have a higher pcie
+16 drive ports: only 6 of 84 here have more drive ports
−6Gb/s: 39 of the 62 here have a higher sas speed
$149.00
as of 11/04/2026 04:05 PST - Details
YiBaoTongSpec score 9.0

16 Drive ports, PCIe 3.0, 12Gb/s, HBA

+16 ports support many drives from one card
+12Gb/s SAS link speed for faster drive connections
+PCIe 3.0 x8 interface for solid bus bandwidth
$189.88-5%List: $199.88
as of 11/04/2026 04:05 PST - Details
LanpanSpec score 9.0

16 Drive ports, PCIe 3.0, 12Gb/s, HBA

+Sixteen internal ports for large drive arrays
+Tri-mode support for SAS, SATA and NVMe drives
+12Gb/s SAS speed for newer drives
−Requires a PCIe x8 or wider slot
$199.00
as of 11/04/2026 04:05 PST - Details
Lemon treeSpec score 9.0

16 Drive ports, PCIe 3.0, 12Gb/s, HBA

+Sixteen internal ports for a large drive array
+12Gb/s SAS speed per port
+IT mode firmware passes drives straight to the operating system
−Requires a PCIe 3.0 slot for full compatibility
$111.00
as of 11/04/2026 04:05 PST - Details
SvnxingtiiSpec score 9.0

16 Drive ports, PCIe 3.0, 12Gb/s, HBA

+16 internal ports for many drives on one card
+12Gb/s SAS speed for fast drive connections
+PCIe 3.0 interface for modern motherboards
−Internal ports only, no external connection
−Requires a free PCIe x8 slot
$139.99
as of 11/04/2026 05:07 PST - Details
SxtaigoodSpec score 9.0

16 Drive ports, PCIe 3.0, 12Gb/s, HBA

+16 internal ports for many drives on one card
+Tri-mode support for SAS, SATA and NVMe drives
+12Gb/s SAS speed for fast drive connections
−Internal ports only, no external connection
$188.88
as of 11/04/2026 04:06 PST - Details
YiBaoTongSpec score 9.0

16 Drive ports, PCIe 3.0, 12Gb/s, HBA

+16 internal ports for many drives on one card
+IT mode for direct drive access
+12Gb/s SAS link speed
−Internal ports only, no external connectors
$169.99
as of 11/04/2026 04:05 PST - Details
BroadcomSpec score 9.0

16 Drive ports, PCIe 3.0, 12Gb/s, HBA

+Sixteen internal ports for many drive connections
+12Gb/s SAS and 6Gb/s SATA support
+Low profile form factor fits compact cases
$194.00
as of 11/04/2026 04:05 PST - Details
DpofirsSpec score 9.0

16 Drive ports, PCIe 3.0, 12Gb/s, HBA

+16 ports for connecting many drives
+12Gb/s SAS speed on a PCIe 3.0 interface
+HBA design passes drives through without RAID
$113.11
as of 11/04/2026 05:08 PST - Details
YiBaoTongSpec score 9.0

16 Drive ports, PCIe 3.0, 12Gb/s, HBA

+16 ports support many drives from one card
+12Gb/s SAS link speed for faster drive connections
+PCIe 3.0 interface for higher bus bandwidth
$194.99
as of 11/04/2026 04:06 PST - Details
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16 Drive ports, RAID, Internal

+16 internal ports for large drive arrays
+1GB cache for buffered RAID operations
+Includes flash battery for cache protection
$154.91
as of 11/04/2026 05:07 PST - Details
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16 Drive ports, RAID, Internal

+16 internal ports for large drive arrays
+1GB cache for buffered RAID operations
+Includes flash battery for cache protection
$154.91
as of 11/04/2026 05:07 PST - Details

Compare specs

RAID or HBA cardDrive portsTypeSpec scorePrice
16HBA9.0$199.99
as of 11/04/2026 04:05 PST - Details
169.0$117.00
as of 11/04/2026 05:07 PST - Details
168.4$175.00
as of 11/04/2026 05:07 PST - Details
16HBAn/a$115.33
as of 11/04/2026 04:05 PST - Details
16RAIDn/a$154.91
as of 11/04/2026 05:07 PST - Details
168.6$149.00
as of 11/04/2026 04:05 PST - Details
16HBA9.0$189.88
as of 11/04/2026 04:05 PST - Details
16HBA9.0$199.00
as of 11/04/2026 04:05 PST - Details
16HBA9.0$111.00
as of 11/04/2026 04:05 PST - Details
16HBA9.0$139.99
as of 11/04/2026 05:07 PST - Details

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