SSD in IDE (PATA) Connection for old laptops

[Eikonikos Eikon]

Hi !
I have an old laptop HP Pavilion zv5374EA (zv5000 series)
Pentium 4, 3.2 GHz. The HDD is 80 GB and I have 2GB RAM.
I want to replace its HDD with an SSD. The connection is IDE (PATA).
Which SSD do you think I should buy for replacing HDD? can you suggest me a model?
Will SSD be compatible with that old laptop?
Will it work properly?
Thank you !

 

[das_stig]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-5-IDE-PATA-64-GB-SSD-For-IBM-X32-T41-T43-V80-R60-ASUS-A6JC-A8JA-M9A-DELL-D610-/301700276569?hash=item463ebce159:g:-1kAAOSw3ydVugDF

 

[Eikonikos Eikon]

Thank you, I will go for 128 GB SSD. Do you think it is compatible with hp pavilion zv5000?

 

[jsmithepa]

I did not know there was PATA SSD, sweet.

Now at 2G Ram you are looking to be running XP, and XP is not nice with SSD, people have done it, but be aware this is a hold-over solution until you retire that laptop for something more modern.

 

[Eikonikos Eikon]

I run lubuntu 15.10
Is that OS good with SSD?
Is there any adaptor from IDE to SATA so that I could connect a normal SSD in IDE port?

 

[jsmithepa]

Is there any adaptor from IDE to SATA so that I could connect a normal SSD in IDE port?

There are, but they tend to be bulky, not for laptop use, and I don't know why you would make it more complicated when a PATA SSD exists.