Do I get any performance boost with an IDE to SATA adapter?

Do I get any performance boost with an IDE to SATA adapter? I picked up a barebones PC kit the other day so that I could get a speed boost and still use my old hard drives/DVD drives, etc.
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"There's no real advantage. The bootleneck will be moved to the EIDE drive interface which, as you know limits your hard drive bandwidth to the ATA specification you see on the drive label.

However, being that the motherboard offers a SATA controller, you will gain a performance boost if you buy a SATA disk for it. At the current prices, you can get SATA disks cheaper than ATA ones."