Recommendations to replace 3ware 9650SE-4LPML

[waith]

Anyone mind floating some recommendations to replace my dying 3ware 9650SE? I only have a 4x PCI-E slot free in my Asrock Rack EP2C602-4L/D16 and I'm torn between buying a new card or using the on-board Intel SCU ports to build a fake-raid. I have 3 6TB drives in RAID 5 and I'm running Windows Server 2016.

Is the current consensus that fake-raid and Windows RAID are still garbage?

 

[pricklypunter]

Windows raid...meh...but I would definitely use that over a mainboard fake raid setup, if for no other reason that it may be recoverable on other hardware should it all go sideways

I would go with one of the LSI 2008/ 3008 based cards, depending on what you want to do, providing it fits in the slot of course

 

[chrispitude]

I'm currently running a 3ware 9650SE-4LPML, RAID5, 4 x 2TB WD Red. I've decided to migrate to an LSI 9267-8i, 6 x 3TB WD Red x 6, RAID6, with CacheCade. I picked up the 3TB Reds from an Ebay auction selling bulk drive pulls, $450 shipped for the set ($75 each). For home use, I'm willing to give it a shot.