Optical drives DVD/Bluray/CD

Victorion · Nov 11, 2015

I see alot of people include optical drives in their new rigs.
I can´t remember when i used mine last, and when I did, if it really was strictly necessary?
USB-storage devices suits my needs, and the transfer rate is faster too.
So unless you´re watching/ripping blu-rays with your optical drive, isn´t it just superflous?

Right now I am thinking of uninstalling my optical drive. Save a few watts, extra room in my case and stick the cables in the old place where the optical drive was, for better air flow.

What do you guys think?

USAFRet · Nov 11, 2015

No, it's not 'necessary'. But for those few times you need it, it is good to have one.

junkeymonkey · Nov 11, 2015

I use mine pretty regular ?? I don't have the bluray [yet], but there only like 20 bucks at most and all it takes is a sata cable and a sata power from the psu??

I never see where it was a big deal to keep one ready to use ?

Supernova1138 · Nov 11, 2015

These days there isn't a huge reason to have them aside from it being a little more convenient to install Windows (until Microsoft starts shipping it on USB sticks) or you have a big collection of physical media you want to use on your computer. I suppose if you have a really crappy Internet connection and still buy games physically for that reason then you'd still want one. You can take it out if you want, though it won't make a huge difference either way. I personally do still have a BluRay drive on my rig, but that's because I sometimes play BluRay movies on my computer and sometimes I want to dust off some old games I have physical copies for.

junkeymonkey · Nov 11, 2015

''I suppose if you have a really crappy Internet connection and still buy games physically for that reason '' lol-- what new hot games can you get fully on the disk that you don't need to run kiss something like steams butt in order to load or play ?? lol

Eximo · Nov 11, 2015

Microsoft does ship it on USB sticks...

I do still have an internal DVD-RW, but I can't recall the last time I used it. Most games are more readily available as digital downloads.

Or day zero patches...what is the point of the disc if you have re-download 90% of the game content so it doesn't crash when you launch it...

Supernova1138 · Nov 11, 2015

junkeymonkey :

Yeah, that is an annoying practice a lot of publishers are taking now, where the physical disk just has a Steam installer on it and you have to download the whole game. Even with day one patches though, a physical disk that actually has the game on it can really cut down on the download times so it might be a few hours instead of a few days for people with crappy internet. Might also be really helpful if you have a cripplingly low bandwidth cap and downloading the full 60GB game would burn through most of it.

junkeymonkey · Nov 11, 2015

well just don't get one until you find a need for it ?? if you never need it your not out anything if you do just run to walmart and grab one they got quick??

USAFRet · Nov 11, 2015

I use mine 2-3 times a week. I still get Netflix movies on DVD as well as streaming, because the DVD selection is so much larger than the streaming library.
Used it just last night.

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