MantgarMrap

SIIG SC-SA0M11-S1 PCI-Express 2.0 Low Profile Ready SATA III (6.0Gb/s) 2-Port Controller Card
 
(my personal favorite inexpensive PCI-Express eSATA card)
 

 
Specifications:
Speed: SATA 3 (6.0Gbit/s) Ports: 2 x eSATA Slot: PCI-Express x1 2.0 (~4 Gbit/s x 2) Chipset: ASM1061
OverallSupports Identify: Yes Supports SMART: Yes AHCI Driver
Firmware: 0.95 AHCI ModeAHCI compatible: Yes (works out of the box with the default Windows AHCI driver) * Driver: 6.2.9200.16548 (6/21/2006)storahci.sys * Port multiplier support requires Asmedia driver. 
StableBit Scanner - Direct I/O
Methods: AtaPassThrough 

Identify: Yes SDD: Yes 

SMART Status: Yes SMART Attributes: Yes SMART Thresholds: Yes SMART Error Log: Yes 

Power Mode: Yes StableBit Scanner - WMISMART Status: Yes SMART Attributes: Yes SMART Thresholds: Yes SMART Error Log: No Tested on Windows 8 64-bit.
Asmedia Driver
Firmware: 0.95 AHCI ModeAHCI compatible: Yes (works out of the box with the default Windows AHCI driver) * Driver: 1.3.4.0 (1/5/2012)asahxp64.sys Link: http://www.siig.com/download/search/?keyword=SC-SA0M11-S1 * Port multiplier support requires Asmedia driver. 
StableBit Scanner - Direct I/O
Methods: AtaPassThrough 

Identify: Yes SDD: Yes 

SMART Status: Yes SMART Attributes: Yes SMART Thresholds: Yes SMART Error Log: Yes 

Power Mode: Yes StableBit Scanner - WMISMART Status: Yes SMART Attributes: Yes SMART Thresholds: Yes SMART Error Log: No Tested on Windows 8 64-bit.