:: Not necessarily. If you get a motherboard with a couple PCIE
:: slots, and
:: add a couple 4 port SATA cards (can be had for about $20 locally),

There is another way to get 'mega Sata' arrays (NOT RAID) using eSata but=20
it isn't cheap apart from this

<http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HP-storageworks-MSA20-12x-SATA-storage-hardrive
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There are eSata with port multipliers like this one.

<http://www.pc-pitstop.com/sata_port_multipliers/scsat10pm.asp>

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