Internal optical drive used externally?

pinkelephant080605

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Nov 25, 2017
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Hi so in my previous build i had an optical drive installed but after changing the case to the s340 elite with no optical drive cage i didnt have anywhere to install it so i just left it in my storage room. But recently i wanted to buy a video game and it doesn't seem like i can buy it online and download it so i was wondering if i could just leave the optical drive outside (maybe lying on top of table or something) and open the back panel so i can plug the sata cables in and then install the video game on my pc from the dvd. Would this work or would i have to get one of those external drive exclosures...
Thanks