whats a good dvd/cd combo drive? | Forums

[aravn4u]

hello havent posted here in awhile I want to install a DVD/CD Burner combo and was wondering if anyone can tell me what would be a good one?

[aravn4u]

hello havent posted here in awhile I want to install a DVD/CD Burner combo and was wondering if anyone can tell me what would be a good one?

[fabulouscoops]

Any cheap drive from NEC, Lite-on, LG are good. There is no need to spend big bucks on a DVD drive these days.

Moved to tech help.

[IceT-Bag]

I would recommend LiteOn drives, never had a problem with them, whereas I've had nothing but trouble with LG drives failing to read discs with copy protection (and thats without any burning software installed on the system!).

[aravn4u]

sorry scoops for posting in wrong forum and thanks I had my eye on one of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Category=...y=1336&SubCategory=5

[fabulouscoops]

Yeah, $30 should get you a fine drive.
The only thing to watch for is if you have a really new system. Some of the newer motherboards have only 1 IDE channel so if you have an IDE hard drive you might have problems running a burner on the same channel. In that case, look for a SATA drive which will be a little more money.

[aravn4u]

ok thanks again