Alternatively, does anyone have a better/ cheaper suggestion for an 8TB drive?
That’s a SAS drive. You would need a SAS controller. It’s not worth the hassle.
That’s a SAS drive, not a typical sata drive. No bueno.
This is an SAS drive. It requires an SAS controller. This cannot be solved with software.
If you really want to use SAS drives, it can be done with a Host Bus Adapter PCIe card. You will need to be careful about researching whether the HBA you want to buy is compatible with the motherboard you want to use, and that drivers for that HBA exist for the OS that you want to use.
This may not be cheaper than just buying SATA drives. This is server hardware intended for use with server motherboards, there’s no guarantee that it will work properly with a consumer-grade system.