motherboard requirement

Hey folks...general question for you I'm adding a total of 8 media drives to a new PC build and was wondering if I should connect them all to the motherboard (It has 10 Sata ports), or use a PCIe 2.0 card. Or should I split them 50/50...some on the mobo and some on the card? The machine will be...

Hi All, I would like to post the question to all forum members. Hoping someone can really give some advice in building a low power system running BI at 24/7. I have built surveillance system in the past with cheaper micro atx motherboard for office usage, but somehow it wouldn't last after...