Are there any controller that support 1) FreeNAS & 2) >3TB drives?

I've been looking at the Supermicro AOC-USAS2-L8I... I own its predecessor and it runs great on my FreeNAS 0.7 system; however, for my next build I want to use 3TB drives.

Are there any controller under $200 that support 3TB drives & FreeNAS 8.0?

I'd really appreciate any insight here; as well as what you all think may be some good decisions for my next server.

Thanks and... hi everyone! (first post).

Welcome.

The newer Adaptec cards support 3Tb drives and FreeNAS 8, the 6405E is right around 200 and the 6805E just a bit over.

I used a 6805 with 8 x 3Tb Hitachi 7200 rpm Deskstars RAID 6 on an ASUS Z68 board with no issues -- supposedly Adaptec 6XXX cards don't like UEFI but I did not find that an issue, although that particular card is well out of the price range you seek.

I would recommend the motherboard I used (since I know it works well with the card -- ASUS Z68 and non-ECC memory like THIS.

You don't need too much CPU, a i3-2105 is more than enough and you won't need a graphics card.

I used the non-E 6805, but they are pretty much the same other than the RAID 5/6 availability that raises the price.

edit: and it is best to go with the CARD VERSION that also has two sas to 4 sata adapter cables, as they cost much more to buy later unless you have some already.