The EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard features an incredible amount of ways to expand your continually growing system. With up to a possible total of 12 USB 2.0 ports available, you can easily add just about any USB device you’d like. Plan on running massive RAID arrays or JBOD configurations? No problem. The EVGA X58 SLI features a total of 10 SATAII ports including 1, conveniently placed, e-SATA port that will go perfect with your External Hard Drive.