jman07_93

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I want to get two drives for my build. I want two drives and I want one to be a dvd writer. I want to read and burn cds and dvds. What is a good top and bottom drive for me? $25 per drive would be nice. thanks
 

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Do you want SATA or IDE? Does it matter?

I've used this for the last couple builds I've done
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106228

Here's a good SATA model
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106070

Or if you want to spend a few dollars more this is one of the best
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827129018
same in SATA
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827129020

There is about a $10 difference between DVD ROM drives and DVD burners. For the extra $10 I would just get 2 burners if I were you or buy 1 burner and a Blu-Ray ROM/DVD burner drive
 

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Ok. The first one which is the samsung is one that I have been interested in. But it says that it uses a PATA interface. What's the difference between PATA and IDE, because I want IDE. Thanks.
And I also want to dvd burners like this.