Friday, January 6, 2006
A Hard Drive With a View
Posted by Chris Gohlke in "HARDWARE" @ 06:00 AM
Underground modders have attempted for years in their garages to customize their hard drives with clear tops to see the precision mechanical components reading and writing like mad while they power through the latest game or demanding application. However, tolerances are so tight and materials so technologically advanced inside the drive that even the slightest speck of dust or gaseous contaminants, or disruption of the delicate and balanced drive ecosystem, destroys the drive, not to mention all the data. For two years in WD's advanced development labs, located in California, this team of engineers painstakingly and scientifically analyzed the hundreds of considerations necessary to make a hard drive with a view, and ensuring the result was worthy of the WD Raptor nameplate magnified the task at hand."
I think this will be a hit with the case mod crowd. They will just have to be sure to mount it sideways so they can actually see it out the window in their case (or put a window in the top of the case). Even without the window gimmick, this is one rocking drive. You can order it directly from WD for $350.
I think this will be a hit with the case mod crowd. They will just have to be sure to mount it sideways so they can actually see it out the window in their case (or put a window in the top of the case). Even without the window gimmick, this is one rocking drive. You can order it directly from WD for $350.
