DVD Drives

jmedina · 12-08-2007, 07:12 PM

I'm interested in getting a DVD-ROM drive in my computer. I am currently running under Linux, so I'm guessing it is not to hard to get codecs. What is the best drive? The machine is a little older. Would it lag while playing?

colt1911 · 12-08-2007, 08:09 PM

Are you using IDE or Sata? As far as brands go LG, Samsung, HP, Sony and Lite-on are all good brands. I'm running 2 Samsung with lightscribe 20x speed at the moment and mine are Sata.

jmedina · 12-08-2007, 09:34 PM

I currently have IDE.

colt1911 · 12-08-2007, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by jmedina

I currently have IDE.

Then any of those brands would suit you just find.

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jmedina Gold Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 405	DVD Drives I'm interested in getting a DVD-ROM drive in my computer. I am currently running under Linux, so I'm guessing it is not to hard to get codecs. What is the best drive? The machine is a little older. Would it lag while playing? __________________ HP dc5700 Desktop 512 MB 70 GB HD Windows XP Professional Ibook G3 800 MHZ 256 MB 30 GB Hard Drive

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colt1911 Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 643	Are you using IDE or Sata? As far as brands go LG, Samsung, HP, Sony and Lite-on are all good brands. I'm running 2 Samsung with lightscribe 20x speed at the moment and mine are Sata. __________________ Vista Home Premium 64bit Asus P5K Premium Black Pearl Intel Q9450 w/ Zalman 9700 cooler Corsair XMS2 PC 6400C4 DDR2 -800 ( 4 gigs ) Evga 8800GTS 512mb ( G92 ) w/ Acer P221w 22" LCD Seagate 500Gb 32mb cache Sata 2 WD 500gb 16mb cache Sata 2 w/ WD 250 Sata 2 2 Asus Sata DVD Burners Ultra Aluminus Full Tower w/ Antec Neopower 650 watt PSU Asus Xonar 7.1 Pci card w/ Logitech Z5500 speakers

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jmedina Gold Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 405	I currently have IDE. __________________ HP dc5700 Desktop 512 MB 70 GB HD Windows XP Professional Ibook G3 800 MHZ 256 MB 30 GB Hard Drive

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