Do I Need Two Optical Drives?

PresidentJFJ · 07-05-2007, 06:40 PM

On my current computer I have one drive for reading DVDs and CDs and one drive for burning CDs. Will a new DVD burner do all of that and save me from buying 2 drives? Like, will it read and write everything?(except for blu-ray obviously)

**dragon2309** · 07-05-2007, 07:02 PM

Most new drives canread write any and all of the major formats now. So yes, one drive would suffice.

But I, like a lot of other people, have 2 identical drives. The reson being because it takes considerably less time to do a one to one copy of a disc with 2 drives than it does to take an image of the disk onto your hard drive with one drive, then replace the CD and burn that image back to an ew CD, all using the same drive, that takes a bit longer...

Drives aren't expensive these days, so if you can, i suggest you get two fo the same drive, it looks nice (not having mis-matched colors and designs) and it will help in copying and burning

dragon

kof2000 · 07-05-2007, 07:09 PM

buy 5 so you dont have to switch cds when installing games

**dragon2309** · 07-05-2007, 07:15 PM

well, you could buy 5, if you really wanted, but dont forget to either buy sata ones or buy IDE controller cards (PCI) because you wont have that many ports...

[-0MEGA-] · 07-05-2007, 07:41 PM

You can get away with one, but I prefer two. For one, like dragon said, you can copy DVD's or CD's without having to make an image and store it on the HD in between. It's also useful if you want to keep a game in one, while using the other for burning music or something.

ThatGuy16 · 07-05-2007, 10:22 PM

I would say get two, right now i only have one.....and well you can survive but you would want two

**The_Other_One** · 07-06-2007, 03:19 AM

I have one and typically it's fine, even making duplicates. However I also have an external USB/Firewire burner around.

07-05-2007, 06:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
PresidentJFJ Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 32	Do I Need Two Optical Drives? On my current computer I have one drive for reading DVDs and CDs and one drive for burning CDs. Will a new DVD burner do all of that and save me from buying 2 drives? Like, will it read and write everything?(except for blu-ray obviously) __________________ My BOMB Computer EVGA nForce 680i SLI Intel E6600 Core 2 Duo 2.4ghz 4GB OCZ DDR2 667mhz 500GB Seagate HDD EVGA 8800 GTS Superclocked

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dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 20 Posts: 8,498	Most new drives canread write any and all of the major formats now. So yes, one drive would suffice. But I, like a lot of other people, have 2 identical drives. The reson being because it takes considerably less time to do a one to one copy of a disc with 2 drives than it does to take an image of the disk onto your hard drive with one drive, then replace the CD and burn that image back to an ew CD, all using the same drive, that takes a bit longer... Drives aren't expensive these days, so if you can, i suggest you get two fo the same drive, it looks nice (not having mis-matched colors and designs) and it will help in copying and burning dragon __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

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dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 20 Posts: 8,498	well, you could buy 5, if you really wanted, but dont forget to either buy sata ones or buy IDE controller cards (PCI) because you wont have that many ports... __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

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[-0MEGA-] VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 20 Posts: 27,389	You can get away with one, but I prefer two. For one, like dragon said, you can copy DVD's or CD's without having to make an image and store it on the HD in between. It's also useful if you want to keep a game in one, while using the other for burning music or something. __________________ Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.1GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 (800/1900) 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 960 (6-6-6-18) 750GB SATAII w/32MB Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 22605

07-05-2007, 10:22 PM	#6 (permalink)
ThatGuy16 Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Age: 99 Posts: 5,450	I would say get two, right now i only have one.....and well you can survive but you would want two __________________ CPU: C2D E8400 @ 4Ghz 1.24v HSF: Apogee GTX MB: Gigabyte X38-DS4 Ram: 2x2GB G. Skill DDR2-1068 HDD: 320GB Seagate PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700w OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit GFX: 2x HD4850 Crossfire LCD: LG 22" L226WTQ 3DMark06: 20826

07-06-2007, 03:19 AM	#7 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 24 Posts: 12,368	I have one and typically it's fine, even making duplicates. However I also have an external USB/Firewire burner around. __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

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