New Video Card, Or New Hard Drive?

[Duffman]

Id get the video card because if you time it right you can segate drives cheap as hell, i got my 80gig(ithink) for like 50$ after rebates, and thats not always so with video cards

[tesco]

Is this a glass top??(the 160gb 8mb cache drive)

That's sick!

[Spicker]

yea u cud mod normal ones as well

[clocker]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@7 July 2004 - 13:38

Is this a glass top??(the 160gb 8mb cache drive)

That's sick!

NO, yours will have a metal cover.
For some reason they always show them like this in display pics.

yea u cud mod normal ones as well

I've heard of people trying that, but never successfully.
They always crap out after a few weeks.

[Spicker]

wt do u mean they "crap out" you mean the hdd stops working??

[tesco]

Ya, you couldn't mod it yourself.

No dust can get into a hard drive. That's why once they are opened they either wont work anymore, or will last a really short amount of time.

What happens is dust gets on the disks, then the head hits it, gets confused, and crashes into the edge of the drive, for some reason...(that's where hard drive\head crash comes from [i think lol]).

[Super Dude]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@7 July 2004 - 19:29
and can someone tell me about that 9550?

ATi Radeon 9550 Review

[tesco]

Originally posted by Super Dude+7 July 2004 - 20:15--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Super Dude @ 7 July 2004 - 20:15)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-ROSSCO_2004@7 July 2004 - 19:29
and can someone tell me about that 9550?

ATi Radeon 9550 Review [/b][/quote]
aparantly it is positioned between the 9600se and 9600pro...don&#39;t think that&#39;s so great.

Oh well, i think it will probably be a 9600pro or xt im gonna get...

[Joakim Agren]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004+8 July 2004 - 03:35--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ROSSCO_2004 &#064; 8 July 2004 - 03:35)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by Super Dude@7 July 2004 - 20:15
<!--QuoteBegin-ROSSCO_2004

@7 July 2004 - 19:29
and can someone tell me about that 9550?

ATi Radeon 9550 Review

aparantly it is positioned between the 9600se and 9600pro...don&#39;t think that&#39;s so great.

Oh well, i think it will probably be a 9600pro or xt im gonna get... [/b][/quote]
Hello&#33;

Have you decided what to get a HD or a Graphic card?

Regarding the transparent HD mod it is possible to do it yourself. I and a friend did it for his computer and the HD still works one year later. It was fitted with internal lightning and the top of the computer was giving a round transparent window so you could see it up there it looked really cool&#33;.

The trick to avoid dust getting in the drive is to wear a hat over your hair and be naked and wear only your underwear and to do it outdoor on a balcony or something or in a bathroom that has just been cleaned and with the tub water running. The particel density is much lower outside or in recently cleaned bathrooms so the risk for getting it in the drive is greatly reduced. Ofcourse it is not risk free but atleast you have a chance for success and in our case we did succeed with the mod&#33;.
Se mod here

http://www.voidedwarranty.com/modules.php?...showpage&pid=25

Never use thsi mod on your main drive ofcourse only risk it for the second one that you do not keep important data on and that does not carry your main system&#33;.

[clocker]

You&#39;d have to be nutz to try modding a HDD.
ONE spec of dust and it&#39;s history.
Although it&#39;s humorous to imagine you working on it in your underwear and wearing a hairnet, even those ( completely inadequate) precautions wouldn&#39;t work.

If you still decide to try though, you MUST post a pic of the modding process.
You could be as notorious as the "star wars boy".