Optical Drives

[hartzl0r3]

Greetings and salutations,

I'm taking my first step into the world of PC building and through my travels of searching I have yet to find an answer to something that has been plaguing my mind, so I shall ask those more knowledgeable and competent than I. Is it possible or even plausible to run a home built rig with multiple optical drives, e.g. cd/dvd burner and a bluray player, or would one play the master while the other is not recognized. Thank you in advance

 

[Deleted member 217926]

You can have as many optical drives as you have bays in your case and ports on your motherboard. I usually have 2 in my computer with one being a ROM drive and the other being a burner. That makes disk to disk burning easier than having one drive. For some reason I only have 1 optical drive right now. I have been meaning to get a BluRay burner since prices have come down so much but I just have not got around to it.

 

[hartzl0r3]

That is fantastic news! The following question to this revelation would be has there been an all in one drive created thus far, such as a BD/dvd/cd+/- RW so I do not need to get a reader/writer for both disc formats?

 

[RetiredChief]

Yes, I have both an LG and a Samsung. Both read/write Blu-ray and DVDs and CDs.

Newegg $80 -> $140 http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=600&name=Blu-Ray-Burners

 

[hartzl0r3]

Best answer selected by hartzl0r3.

 

[hartzl0r3]

Positively smashing, thank you for the leads Chief! I shall dig some more into the aforementioned brands! Happy Computing!

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

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