I noticed in the UK that Lowest on web have socket 939, 3000+ and 3200+. There in stock as well! I was hoping that these chips would turn out to be much better than the old 130nm chips. After reading some of the early reports it seems as if they do not show any tangible benefit. Certainly as silverv...

Noticeable whine (with case closed, about 1 meter away): No Noticeable whine (with ear next to harddrive): A little, but pretty low Model Number: SP1203N 120Gb PATA 2Mb Supplier: www.savastore.com Month of purchase: Dec 2003 Motor: NIDEC (FDB Stamp) Revision: Rev A Date of Manufacturing: - Any other...

Interesting to see no Pioneer drive, they are meant to be pretty quiet are they not?

Still that NEC 2510A looks to be reasonably quiet that may just have made my mind up about which drive to buy!

Nice find halcyon!