Parallel ATA (PATA) is IDE... http://www.directron.com/patasata.html
The off the shelf Maxtor's seem to be good for a low budget system and are durable but I always found them slow.
Seagate would be next on my list a fast and dependable.
But WD are top in speed and dependable. There have been some models in the past they had problems with, but they don't hesitate to replace them.