What makes a good PCI to SATA card?

[shossofe]

HI, I'm looking into the market to buy a new GPU but it seems like it may be too thick and cover up the remaining sata ports I have.
So right now, I think the on-board SATA ports have a transfer speed of 3gbps, right?

So would any PCI to SATAII card work well as a substitute as long as the transfer rate is the same?

 

[JMMD]

Any SATA II controller should work fine. A lot of the SATA II cards seem to be PCI express so just make sure the one you select is the for the slots you have.

 

[shossofe]

Any SATA II controller should work fine. A lot of the SATA II cards seem to be PCI express so just make sure the one you select is the for the slots you have.

Oh right, i didn't take the actual pci slot speed into the equation....I guess I have to upgrade my motherboard after all. Thanks for the info.