non-RAID SATA

[perryh at pluto.rain.com]

I am looking for a cost-effective way to add a SATA drive to an
existing 7.0 system whose on-board controller is PATA, and am not
getting very far at all in identifying an inexpensive controller
which would be expected to work well.  (I'd prefer PCI, since the
USB in this box is probably 1.0 and not capable of sustaining
desirable data rates.)

All mentions of SATA in the hardware guide and FAQ seem to be of
RAID controllers, or else too generic to guide a choice of add-in
cards.

Does anyone have any experience with this that they would be
inclined to share?