Building a lan PC, do I need an internal dvd drive?

[Crazymage]

I'm building a pretty unique computer right now, and it's mainly meant for being taken to different places to game on. Most of the games I play are steam games, so always having an optical drive with me isn't very important.

BUT I might be persuaded to sell it if I get any good offers, so my question: Should I take the time to come up with a place to put the optical drive? I'm building the entire computer in a briefcase (monitor included) and it would be much easier to fit everything if I didn't have to worry about it. I don't know how many games these days require you to have the discs in while you play them, so I guess that would be the deciding factor.

So what do you guys think, take the time and try to cram a drive in there, or take the easy way out and just rely on an external drive for installations?

 

[royalcrown]

If your gonna use an external, at least use esata and not usb.

 

[royalcrown]

If your gonna use an external, at least use esata and not usb. Use an elecctronics technicians hard case and you'll have a lot more room for stuff, you could fit an internal in there easy probably.

 

[cjl]

If your gonna use an external, at least use esata and not usb.

There isn't any reason to. USB isn't really a limiting factor on DVD speed, unlike external hard drives. I'd just go with a USB external for when you have to.