Downgrading computer

People usually upgrade their computer, but I'm downgrading...

I just recently upgraded my computer to a AMD 4800+ dual core processor, and replaced all my old HDDs(250x2, 60x2) with a single Western Digital 500GB SATA2 16MB cache drive(sepcial edition WS5000KS). Not that I ran out of HDD space, it's just those HDDs are aging, all of them are PATA, and I want to migrate to faster drives, and free up some cluters. The WD5000KS is also very quite. OK, that's the upgrade part :-)

I wasn't thinking about changing anything else, since they work great. My ATI X800 XL video card handles any game I throw at it, even Oblivion with all eye candies to max. I only experience slow down when running through the field with alot of trees and grass, especially when the day time changes - switch between day and night, and foggy days. So, I don't see why I should change anything else. However, lately I got fed up with crowling under my desk, plug/unplug USB cables for my Thecus YES Nano. So, I decided to change to a Micro ATX case, hence the downgrade... I'm changing from my Antec Sonata. Good thing I got rid of my old HDDs, otherwise they won't fit into a Micro ATX.

The case I'm looking at is the Ultra MicroFly, it's small, and fits any Micro ATX, and with lotsa drive space. Althought, I only have 2 HDDs now: 500GB WD and a 74GB 10K RPM SATA Raptor(my boot drive). But, I'm planning to get another WD5000KS to create a RAID 1(mirror). Why RAID 1? Well, the past year or so, I had a couple of drive crashes, and the data recover costed me about $1,000. And not all data are recovered, actually most are lost - including my precious travel photos, and my Star Wars Galaxies screenshots... :-< I never thought it would happen to me, but it did, twice.... I definitely learned a lesson, and all my friends are taking precautions too. So, I'm keeping my fingers crossed at the mean time.... since all my data is on the single 500GB drive.... hope nothing will happen before I get my 2nd WD5000KS.

Since I'm "downgrading"...I need to change MB as well...bummper, should have done it together with my CPU upgrade... Anyway, the Micro ATX MB is a lil harder to get. There're plenty of mATX MB, but I have specific requirements.

First, I need at least 3 SATA connectros(2 for RAID 1, 1 for boot drive), so that ruled out alot of MBs that only have 2 SATA connectors.

Second, the SATA needs to be SATA2(3GB/s) instead of 1.5GB/s one.

Third, I need A PATA for my DVD drive. Some MB I came across, don't have PATA...

Looking at the online e-tailers, most of them don't even have these in stock, so my selections are quite limited. I'm holding out a lil longer, since the Black Friday is almost there...