Four-channel SATA III PCI-Express controller with four internal SATA ports. Normal and low profile.

The AXAGON PCES-SA4X4 PCI-Express controller adds four SATA III ports to your desktop computer, which are capable of data transfer speeds of up to 6Gb/s.

The card with ASMedia chipset supports not only SATA 3.0 specifications, but also other SATA technologies, such as Hot-Plug, Native Command Queue (NCQ), TRIM, or Port Multiplier. Easy installation on most operating systems without installing drivers.

The included low-profile backplate allows the controller to be installed in both standard and low-profile PC cases.

Input
- PCI-Express 3.0 interface, compatible with PCI-Express 1.0a / 1.1 / 2.0 / 2.1.
- Number of 2 lane (x2) lines compatible with x4 / x8 / x16 PCIe lanes.
- The bandwidth of the 2-lane PCI-Express 3.0 bus is 4 GB/s.

Outputs
- 4x independent Serial ATA ports, SATA III 6G standard.
- 4x internal 7-pin SATA data connector.
- Supports all SATA I / SATA II / SATA III optical drives, SSDs and hard drives of any capacity.

- Full Plug and Play support.
- Meets the Serial ATA 3.0 specification (SATA/600) with a transfer speed of up to 6 Gb/s (600 MB/s).
- Meets the Serial ATA 2.0 specification (SATA/300) with a transfer speed of up to 3 Gb/s (300 MB/s).
- Meets the Serial ATA 1.0 specification (SATA/150), with a transfer speed of up to 1.5 Gb/s (150 MB/s).
- Complies with Serial ATA AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) specification version 1.4.
- Hot Plug support for connecting and disconnecting SATA devices during operation.
- Native Command Queuing (NCQ) support.
- TRIM support for SSD disks.
- Port Multiplier Command Based Switching support.
- Boot support from connected hard drive, including compatibility with computer motherboard BIOS/UEFI.
- 4x LEDs indicate the activity of the connected disks.
- Four 2-pin sockets for connecting the HDD LEDs of the computer case.
- Built-in with ASMedia ASM1164 chipset.