Looking for optical drive/s

The Chad

The Chad

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I'm building a new rig and it's now time to chose the optical drive. I use my optical drive to burn music CD's, play games and just general use of a CD drive bay (Installing software etc..). Blu-Ray isn't even in my country yet so I won't be needing one of those :)

Can you please recommend me a CD drive that'll do the job?

Here are a few I've come across, any good?
-LG GH22NP20 Super Multi - Disk drive - DVD?RW (?R DL) / DVD-RAM - 22x/22x/12x - IDE - internal - 5.25" - black
-Samsung Internal Half Height DVD-W Supermulti SATA 22X Lightscribe
-LG Electronics GH22NP20 22X IDE SecurDisc DVD+/-RW Internal Drive with Software - Bulk
-Sony Optiarc AD-7240S-0B 24X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW SATA Drive (Black), Bulk
 
Any cheap DVD burner will do the trick. Buy a retail version also (not OEM) so it will come with burning software and check and make sure your motherboard supports SATA if its a SATA drive or else you need to buy an IDE/SATA converter. I had good use out of Sony optical drives, Philips gave me problems, right now I'm using an Asus and it it works great.
 
konsole said:
Any cheap DVD burner will do the trick. Buy a retail version also (not OEM) so it will come with burning software and check and make sure your motherboard supports SATA if its a SATA drive or else you need to buy an IDE/SATA converter. I had good use out of Sony optical drives, Philips gave me problems, right now I'm using an Asus and it it works great.
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Yeah burners are not expensive either,I highly suggest staying away from any burners made by Sony though.....they are the worst ive ever had.

1 failed on me....wouldnt read or burn anymore so i sent back for replacement.

then a few months down the line my second replacement drive started showing sighns of failure.

get any of the following,they seem okay.

Lite-on
LG
Samsung
 
I'm looking to buy two so I probably wouldn't go for a very expensive one.

Good to know though there isn't really a right or wrong one, thanks for the help. I'll carry on searching and if there any questions I'll ask :)
 
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