I'm upgrading to an I7 this month and the board i'm looking at is the EVGA Intel x58 SLI LE ( http://www.newegg.com/Pro...x?Item=N82E16813188049 ).

Since I'll be needing a docking station does this board support Hot-Swappable on the Esata and does it have Port Multiplier enabled eSATA controller (thats so I can use more than 1 HD off the docking station)?

Those features are very important to me. So if it is not compatible with those features can anyone steer me in the right direction. I only will by EVGA boards since the last 780i was just amazing.

Thanks for the input!

would you by chance know if any of the evga boards have Port Multiplier?

I bought a Thermaltake BlacX HDD dock. 2 ports.
The FAQ's on EVGA's website says my X58 SLI board supports it.
But i can't seem to get it to work.
it only sees one HDD at a time.
When booting, i notice the JMicron controller only sees 1 HDD.
so i don't think Win7 will ever see it either if the BIOS doesn't
I just flashed my BIOS to the newest revison on EVGA's site today. still no go.
 Any ideas ?
 
FAQ ID # 58834
Question / Issue Do the e-SATA ports on the X58 series boards support Port Multiplier?
Answer / Solution Yes.
If your X58 board features an e-SATA port, then it supports the Port Multiplier feature.
This feature allows more than one SATA device to be accessed at a time on a single e-SATA port