Mike Redrobe wrote
Warra wrote

Will upgrade the system when I need the extra power. Currently need to add to my data
storage. Don't want to get Parallel IDE (PATA) because newer mobos will support only
SATA.

DVD drives are almost exclusively PATA, so its' unlikely many newer mobos would drop
PATA altogether for a while.

Yes, but you may well see motherboards with not
enough IDE ports for the hard drives you want to use.

And there's the better cabling with SATA too.