What is the device called that you need to buy when building a new PC that holds the CD's?

Protectereli · Jan 3, 2014

I just bought a 1TB c drive but I don't believe that's where you put the CD's, trying to word this question without sounding like a total dummy but I honestly don't know, would it have any significance in gaming performance?

legomaster181 · Jan 3, 2014

The device for reading/writing CDs is called the CD Drive, and unless you're running games off of CD's, there won't be any difference.

Protectereli · Jan 3, 2014

legomaster181 :

Hmm, I could of guessed that, any difference between a good and bad CD drive or are they all basically the same?

Thanks!

MongoSmash · Jan 3, 2014

They are typically, generically, referred to as Optical Drives. That encompasses cd drives/burners, dvd drives/burners, and blu ray drives/burners. DVD burners are pretty much the standard, as no one uses plain cd drives anymore.

As far as differences its mainly in supported formats, speeds, and reliability.

MagicPants · Jan 3, 2014

You probably want a dvd-rom or blu-ray drive as they hold more. Really almost any dvd-rom drive will do, they've been out long enough there's no much innovation going on.

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