PATA to SATA upgrade advice

Hi I have a desktop with an Intel 875P chipset, as far as I can tell this
already has a SATA driver loaded, is this correct?
If so would I be able to install a Western Digital WD740GD 10K Raptor
without a driver upgrade? If so I presume I could buy a cheaper OEM drive
rather than the retail version?
Could I copy the PATA to the SATA, use the SATA as the boot drive and keep
the PATA as a second drive in JBOD configuration?
Sorry I know thats a whole bunch of Q's, if anyone could give advice before
this expensive purchase I'd appreciate it.
Steve.
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