I am looking to replace the motherboard (and CPU) in a 5 year old computer that (I think) went bad. It's all old PATA connections but new boards have multiple SATA connections and only one PATA. I think the hard drive is still good, but with only one PATA on new mb's I am forced to choose. Is it better to replace the HDD or the two optical (one CD, one DVD) over to SATA? I have looked at the PATA to SATA connectors but not sure how reliable they are. Any thoughts or help would be greatly appreciated on this.
Woody
Woody