$45 after $20 MIR - MSI H55-G43 Intel H55 Socket 1156 HDMI ATX Motherboard

MSI H55-G42 Intel Socket 1156 Motherboard using the Intel H55 chipset for $65 - $20 Mail In Rebate ($45 + Tax) from FRYS. This board has 2 16x PCI-Express Slots, 6 Sata, 1 eSata, 1 EIDE, 2 1x PCI Express slots, and supports the Intel i3/i5/i7 CPUs and DDR3 RAM. [ http://www.frys.com/product/6365321?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG ]

This board should be capable of running 26 SATA drives without using the PCI bus: 6 onboard SATA +  ( 2 * 8 ) via 16x PCI-Express SuperMicro AOC SATA cards + ( 2 * 2 ) 1x PCI-Express SATA cards.