Can a6614f boot from PCIe x1 card?

I've got an a6614f desktop PC. There are 4 SATA connections on the motherboard and they are all used up (2 optical drives, 2 HDDs). I've got an SSD coming and will be getting a PCIe x1 card to add more SATA ports. (PCIe x16 slot is being used by my GPU.)
Once I have the PCIe card installed, I'll have the option to plug the SSD into the card or directly to the motherboard. I've been told that the speed on the PCIe card will probably be faster than on the motherboard, so if possible I'd like to connect the SSD to the PCIe card. My question is, would the system be able to boot from a PCIe card?

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I've got an a6614f desktop PC. There are 4 SATA connections on the motherboard and they are all used up (2 optical drives, 2 HDDs). I've got an SSD coming and will be getting a PCIe x1 card to add more SATA ports. (PCIe x16 slot is being used by my GPU.)
Once I have the PCIe card installed, I'll have the option to plug the SSD into the card or directly to the motherboard. I've been told that the speed on the PCIe card will probably be faster than on the motherboard, so if possible I'd like to connect the SSD to the PCIe card. My question is, would the system be able to boot from a PCIe card?
Hi,
I would buy one of these PCIe cards:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOT-x1-PCI-Express-x2-slot-SATA-III-4-port-PCI-e-Version-2-Controller-Card-N...
Now you may connect the SSD directly to a SATA slot on the motherboard and one of the HDDs (I'm guessing that the SSD will be a boot drive) or optical drives into a slot on the PCIe card.
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