ASK NC

I have both a PCIE_x4 and USB 3.2 port available in my server.

Going to be using them in RAID 5 (windows).

I would be using 8 Iron Wolf NAS 7200 RPM drives. They claim a pretty stable speed of 180/mbps.

Is the extra money for the S going to be worth it in my case or is the USB-C 3.2 port not the bottle neck?

Thanks,
Jake

One is USB based and the other SATA based but with dual cables. So this is a question between 5Gbit/s vs 12Gbit/s.

The choice is yours. No other difference.