Cool Mod (No, not Moderator)

[olds]

Here's a mod for you modders.
A HDD with a window.


The cool Mod is on right now. So what of it?

AnandTech "Cool" Moderator, who has only lost his "Cool" twice today.

 

[Azraele]

Looks neat, but how would you see it when it's buried deep within the computer?

 

[SSP]

Originally posted by: Azraele
Looks neat, but how would you see it when it's buried deep within the computer?

Yet another useless mod.

 

[dakata24]

and this is where the hard drive went..

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Azraele
Looks neat, but how would you see it when it's buried deep within the computer?

Use this case.
Edit
dakata24 beat me to it.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: SSP

Originally posted by: Azraele
Looks neat, but how would you see it when it's buried deep within the computer?

Yet another useless mod.

almost all of them are useless.

 

[hoihtah]

do you really want to mess around with HD's like that?



as is... hd's are crashing like flies.

 

[Killbat]

I'll grant him that it looks awesome, but I would never, EVER even think about doing something like that to a modern hard drive and expect it to last.
The only worse HDD mod I've seen is some dipsh*t who replaced the tops of two 75GXP's with plexiglass and set them up in RAID 0 so he could see them seek in tandem.

Oy.

 

[joemamma]

that looks cool...and that's about it...

 

[BigPotato]

man that case is awesome!

 

[J3anyus]

Originally posted by: Killbat
The only worse HDD mod I've seen is some dipsh*t who replaced the tops of two 75GXP's with plexiglass and set them up in RAID 0 so he could see them seek in tandem.

Oy.

That's not a very good idea unless you want to lose data as quickly as possible

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: Killbat
I'll grant him that it looks awesome, but I would never, EVER even think about doing something like that to a modern hard drive and expect it to last.
The only worse HDD mod I've seen is some dipsh*t who replaced the tops of two 75GXP's with plexiglass and set them up in RAID 0 so he could see them seek in tandem.

Oy.

Ouch.

That's about the worst possible combination, can you say three strikes against you?

I'm not touching my 1200JB, it's precious to me.



Viper GTS

 

[Evadman]

I have this same drive. I think it looks cool. would go nicely in my plexi case. Your right, it is pretty worthless, but for the cost of a $9 drive I got from Newegg, ask me if I care It is worth it just for the "cool" factor.

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: Evadman
I have this same drive. I think it looks cool. would go nicely in my plexi case. Your right, it is pretty worthless, but for the cost of a $9 drive I got from Newegg, ask me if I care It is worth it just for the "cool" factor.

Bwhahaha! And you thought I was joking.....

One hard drive + plexi + 2 hours work = hard drive w/window

Testing to ensue in moments.

 

[olds]

Did it work?

 

[Squisher]

It would be cool to mount that vertically on the front of case with backlighting. Cool, but useless.

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

I think I'll try that on my Cheetah X15 36LP.

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Did it work?

Formatted it and copied over a bunch of MP3's and played them. Works so far.

Pic of it installed and running in my lanbox #2.

 

[bonk102]

and here i thought you were kissing some mod ass

 

[Evadman]

Bwhahaha!! I made another with an LED just for fun!

Twins?
WTF does that mean?
Need a T9 bit.
screws out!
Tossed in a bag.
holes cut.
Test layout top. ( 470 ohm resister inline )
Test layout.
LED glued in
window applied.
Now they are twins!
Running and lit
Running and lit2 sorry on the quality, my camera exposes for a while on no flash pics.

Bwhahaha! Anything else?!?

 

[zerocool1]

amusing computer mod just goes to show you that people will do some interesting things while bored
saw this a while ago

 

[tm37]

Originally posted by: Evadman
Bwhahaha!! I made another with an LED just for fun!

Twins?
WTF does that mean?
Need a T9 bit.
screws out!
Tossed in a bag.
holes cut.
Test layout top. ( 470 ohm resister inline )
Test layout.
LED glued in
window applied.
Now they are twins!
Running and lit
Running and lit2 sorry on the quality, my camera exposes for a while on no flash pics.

Bwhahaha! Anything else?!?

The pictures wouldn't be fuzzy if you used a tripod OR just set the camera down.

 

[Lichee]

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat Did it work?

Formatted it and copied over a bunch of MP3's and played them. Works so far. Pic of it installed and running in my lanbox #2.

wow. now THAT is a nice case mod. looks very portable. gj

 

[Azraele]

AnandTech "Cool" Moderator, who has only lost his "Cool" twice today.

Only twice huh? Must be a slow day.

BTW, anyone know of any way to make an HP case look a little less squat and ugly?

 

[max105]

Originally posted by: Azraele

AnandTech "Cool" Moderator, who has only lost his "Cool" twice today.

Only twice huh? Must be a slow day.

BTW, anyone know of any way to make an HP case look a little less squat and ugly?

I've got some ugly HP cases too. Best way to make it look nice is to tear it down, get some spray paint, and buy a new case