CD or DVD drive

[mrman3k]

I want to get a new CD or DVD drive for my new computer I will be building, however for the past 3 years throughout all my upgrades I have hung on to my 16x CD-ROM because it is much much quieter than the 50x+ drives. I want a very quiet drive and I am not sure which one to get. Any suggestions would be appreciated otherwise I will go and buy a used 16x or 24x so i can have a quiet computer.

 

[Jen]

toshiba i would suggest in dvdrom. as it reads about any type of cd from my understanding. the pioneer i have heard gets a little picky on what its reading



Jen

 

[bacillus]

I can recommend the liteon x16 dvd especially if you're into cd copying!

 

[Punker429]

DVD drives are good if you want to watch movies on your computer, not many software titles comes on dvd it never seemed to catch on. I would get a decoder card, much better than useing software. I have the creative encore 12x its not to loud and its got a dolby output and svideo.

 

[Rubenski]

Whats a decoder card im interested

 

[LoneWolf1]

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