ok i have a slight problem every motherboard i looked at then i bought my computer had 4 sata i had a quick look but it seems that it is still only 4 sata as standard but i have more than 4 sata devices and as you can not dual connect like on ide

i have 3 sata hdd at the mo and looking to expand, dvd drive and a blu ray drive and an esata on my case so i am 2 short as it is so i need either a 4 slot extender or more or possibly a new mobo any suggestions

if i get a new mobo i will be upgrading mobo, processor, graphics card (possible sound card) any suggestions

You can always go with a internal card.

yes i could but all the ones i've seen are 1xied and 2xsata and i would like about 8 in total a 4 more also after another quick look around maybe some that are sata 3 compatible and even usb3 connections for external use would be cool

Do you want all your HDDs to be available or can you get away with being hot-swappable? If the latter, then there are some external caddies available.

I'm saving up for a new mobo - but will need ddr3 memory as well as processor and maybe new power supply.

Mr-t the  EVGA MOB are great boards and have 6 internal Sata ports

mr-t.

The ASUS P5Q Premium has 10 SATA ports 6 run by the ICH10R and 4 run by the Silicon Image Sil5723 controller
http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=QPhR6dGjcvkYnazE

Southbridge
6 xSATA 3 Gb/s ports Intel® Matrix Storage Technology Support RAID 0,1,5,10
Silicon Image Sil5723 (Drive Xpert technology)
4 x SATA 3Gb/s (orange and blue)


And the GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DQ6 has 10 SATA ports also has the 6 ICH10R and 4 on the Sil5723 controller
http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2831&dl=1#ov

South Bridge:

  1. 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4, SATAII5) supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
  2. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10

GIGABYTE SATA2 chip:

  1. 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
  2. 2 x SiI5723 chips (Smart Backup):
         * 4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GS0-Source, GS1, GS2-Source, GS3) supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s devices
         * Support for Smart Backup (RAID 1)

I have to agree with Falcontx on the EVGA boards. I have the EVGA X58 Classified and love it. Many of the EVGA boards have up to 9 SATA ports.

On my last build I bought a Gigabyte Ultra Durable 3 MA790X-UD4P

Obviously, there's updated version to this now, but it's probably the best board I've owned.  Has 8 3 Gb/s SATA connections.  I'm using 7 of the 8 with no problems (other than having a junky WD Green edition drive I need to throw out the front door).