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Serial ATA and the 7 Deadly Sins Of Parallel ATA
you can connect a PATA HDD to a SATA cable\port with a bridge card
http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA/accessory.htm
while there isnt really any performance increase with SATA, there is a slight efficiency increase, and a considerable data integrity increase, in addition as mentioned the thinner cables are a plus as is the support for "hotswapping" HDDs
Id recommend reading As the Disk Spins
Serial ATA and the 7 Deadly Sins Of Parallel ATA
you can connect a PATA HDD to a SATA cable\port with a bridge card
http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA/accessory.htm
while there isnt really any performance increase with SATA, there is a slight efficiency increase, and a considerable data integrity increase, in addition as mentioned the thinner cables are a plus as is the support for "hotswapping" HDDs
Id recommend reading As the Disk Spins
