2 opticals -- Whats best to get along with a DVD Burner?

lokodezine · 09-30-2005, 05:17 AM

I am going to get a pc through monarchcomputer.com and I am for sure getting the NEC 3540 DVD/CD Burner...

My question is it better to get a CD Burner as your second drive or a DVD player as the second drive?

Johnnyboy0056 · 09-30-2005, 05:21 AM

depends a lot on the read speeds of the drives. do u know the speeds?

lokodezine · 09-30-2005, 05:23 AM

well Im just wondering not on a specific drive just if its better to go with a dvd rom drive or a cd burner to go along with a dvd rw drive

Johnnyboy0056 · 09-30-2005, 05:33 AM

well if i were u i would just go with the dvd rom, because almost guaranteed that both can at least read cds, and the dvd rw can write cds, so id go both dvd drives.

Hairy_Lee · 10-02-2005, 03:34 AM

i would just have a single dvd rw as they can handle all of the mainstream types of media

CmoAMD · 10-03-2005, 01:57 AM

I like to get a DVD RW and a CD RW, that way I can burn DVDs, and since I burn alot of CD's, with 2 drives its faster.

robina_80 · 10-05-2005, 04:31 PM

get a dvd burner aswell as the nec because if you get a dvd aswell you ahve to drives so you can copy disk to disk

**Praetor** · 10-17-2005, 03:13 PM

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My question is it better to get a CD Burner as your second drive or a DVD player as the second drive?

If you want to do anything serious with CDs, then a CD drive ... DVDburners wont ever touch the cd-capabilities of good cd burners ... have a look at Plextor, LiteOn and ASUS CDRW drives.

Alternatively, if you want to do DVD dumping, get a DVDROM ... it'll outperform the ROM capabilities of the DVDRW drive and save wear and tear

Nice thing about ROMs is that you can avoid ATIP checks since they dont have the ability to read ATIP

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if you get a dvd aswell you ahve to drives so you can copy disk to disk

Which would be a terrible idea for anyone who does anything remotely serious or quality with an optical drive.

jetster · 10-19-2005, 04:52 PM

I have just bought a dvd rw (LG brand). install it together with my old dvd rom but i can't play a dvd through dvd rw one when they are both connected together but it will play when i disconnected the dvd rom.

anybody knows why ??

spamdos · 10-20-2005, 04:37 AM

i rekon that the cd rom would be the better choice

09-30-2005, 05:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
lokodezine Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 195	2 opticals -- Whats best to get along with a DVD Burner? I am going to get a pc through monarchcomputer.com and I am for sure getting the NEC 3540 DVD/CD Burner... My question is it better to get a CD Burner as your second drive or a DVD player as the second drive?

09-30-2005, 05:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
Johnnyboy0056 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Miami, Florida Age: 23 Posts: 666	depends a lot on the read speeds of the drives. do u know the speeds? __________________ John G. :rolleyes: Sweet Ride- By Me, For Me :) ____________________________________________ ATX Clear Side Tower with 500 Watt Power Supply EPoX 5NVA+sli Motherboard Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.40 GHz 1 GB DDR2 RAM (2 x 512 MB) Seagate 160 GB HDD w/ SATA Connection ATI Radeon X700 PCI Express Video Card

09-30-2005, 05:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
Johnnyboy0056 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Miami, Florida Age: 23 Posts: 666	well if i were u i would just go with the dvd rom, because almost guaranteed that both can at least read cds, and the dvd rw can write cds, so id go both dvd drives. __________________ John G. :rolleyes: Sweet Ride- By Me, For Me :) ____________________________________________ ATX Clear Side Tower with 500 Watt Power Supply EPoX 5NVA+sli Motherboard Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.40 GHz 1 GB DDR2 RAM (2 x 512 MB) Seagate 160 GB HDD w/ SATA Connection ATI Radeon X700 PCI Express Video Card

10-02-2005, 03:34 AM	#5 (permalink)
Hairy_Lee VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Plymouth, UK Age: 25 Posts: 2,553	i would just have a single dvd rw as they can handle all of the mainstream types of media __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 EVGA nForce 650i Ultra mainboard EVGA 7950 GT KO SC 512Mb w/ Zalman VF-900Cu 2Gb of OCZ GOLD XTC SPECIAL OPS Eition Notebook - Acer Aspire 9300 - Turion TL-60/ 2 Gb RAM/ Geforce Go 7600 128 Dedicated (400 Mb turbocache)

10-05-2005, 04:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
robina_80 Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: LONDON Age: 24 Posts: 2,025	get a dvd burner aswell as the nec because if you get a dvd aswell you ahve to drives so you can copy disk to disk __________________ Windows Vista Home Pre x32 AMD 4200X2 S939 512K (2.2) 512M ASUS EN7600GSTOP SILENT 1x80Gb 1x320gb SATA2 2Gb Dual Channel PC3200 Non-ECC DDR Memory Gbyte K8N PRO SLi s939 nF4 530W TAGAN 2FORCE T530-U22 Clabs Aud 2 ZS 7.1 OEM

09-30-2005, 05:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
lokodezine Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 195	well Im just wondering not on a specific drive just if its better to go with a dvd rom drive or a cd burner to go along with a dvd rw drive

10-03-2005, 01:57 AM	#6 (permalink)
CmoAMD Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Miami, FL Age: 21 Posts: 505	I like to get a DVD RW and a CD RW, that way I can burn DVDs, and since I burn alot of CD's, with 2 drives its faster.

10-19-2005, 04:52 PM	#9 (permalink)
jetster Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: uk Age: 28 Posts: 47	I have just bought a dvd rw (LG brand). install it together with my old dvd rom but i can't play a dvd through dvd rw one when they are both connected together but it will play when i disconnected the dvd rom. anybody knows why ??

10-20-2005, 04:37 AM	#10 (permalink)
spamdos Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Canberra Australia Age: 19 Posts: 1,160	i rekon that the cd rom would be the better choice __________________ TROGDOR the BURNINATOR

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