[SOLVED] Best Gaming PC that includes Optical drive upgradeability?
WEBJan 10, 2021 · Solution. #2. Hi mynameisjoe1. You can buy an external CD/DVD/Blu-ray player/burner now and it's the same price as an internal one. This does give you more options on the new gaming PC pre-built or not. I'd go for the by the parts and build your PC yourself or with the supervision of someone who already knows everything.
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WEBOct 1, 2019. Solution. #2. Most modern PC cases really dont have room for optical storage, mainly due to the fact that almost everything can be booted thru a USB flash drive or you can just use an external optical drive if ever you do need to install something via a disc and that space is better left for intake fans or radiators. but on top of ...
How do I plug in the cables for my optical drive and hard drive?
WEBDec 5, 2012. The power cable (s) for the optical drive and hard drive are the wide cables. The smaller cable is the data cable. A data cable is required for both the optical drive and the hard drive (2 separate cables - 1 for each drive). You plug one end of the data cable into the drive and the other end you plug into the motherboard.
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external vs internal optical drive performance - Tom's Hardware …
WEB14,847. 9. 81,765. Jun 4, 2014. #4. Real world performance is no difference. As stated, the disk speed is so much slower that the USB chipset will be waiting on it. I dont have a cd drive in my server or my laptop (put ssd drive in laptop and original hard drive in caddy in the place of the dvd-drive). Just use a USB enclousre for my old dvd ...
[SOLVED] 2 bay 5.25" optical drive case recommendations?
WEBApr 3, 2021 · Thus, I am looking for a 2-bay external optical drive case (5.25" full size). SATA internally, with an USB 3.0 external connector. If possible, eSATA would be nice. I am having a hard time finding such an animal, and would appreciate your recommendations. Something similar to the Vantec NexStar DX, but with 2 bays:
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WEBApr 16, 2020 · Fractal Design Define 7 has 1 optical drive bay. The XL has two. USB DVD drives are fine for laptops and if a case doesn't have a drive bay, then that's the only option you have. I personally still mistrust a drive (doesn't matter if its DVD or HDD) that is connected by USB.
[SOLVED] What Gaming PC's Have Blu-ray with lots of USB ports?
WEBJul 22, 2021 · downside is, for practical purposes, it needs a slot loading drive, and there are very few drives to choose from with that mechanism for PC. From the external drives one of best still out there at the moment would be Pioneer BDR-XS07TUHD, it's a USB-C slot-in drive, but will set you back around 200 bucks. 0. C.
[SOLVED] Installing optical drive prevents PC from booting
WEB22,990. Aug 20, 2021. Solution. #4. WuzNab said: I had recently built a pc, which works fine but, had decided to buy an optical drive to be able to play and write on cds and dvds (more specifically an Asus 24x DVD-RW Serial-ATA Internal OEM Drive DRW-24B1ST). However, after installing the optical drive and booting up the PC it just won't turn on.
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WEB2,090. Jul 27, 2023. #4. Your internal optical DVD drive will be 5.25", not 3.5". If you mount your existing DVD drive outside the new computer case, you need to supply it with +5V and +12V poweras well as the data connection (SATA or IDE). You could extend the +5V and +12V rails out from the ATX PSU to the externally mounted drive (messy), or ...