Which CD drive should i get rid of?

[gf4200isdabest]

I just got a Lite On ldw411s 4x DVD +/- burner for sale on 'black friday.' My computer only fits two internal cd drives so i gotta get rid of something. My other two drives are:

Lite On 16x DVD-ROM
Lite-On 48x24x48 CDRW

The DVD burner also functions as a 40x24x40 CDRW so I was thinking of getting rid of the 48x burner...Anyone go through this switch recently? What did you keep? How well would I be able to burn 2 cd's at once (if i keep the burner)? How well does DVD copying on the fly work (if i keep the DVDROM)?

 

[Corporate Thug]

the cd writing capabilities is a bit slow on the dvd burner so i would keep the cdrw and get rid of the dvd (since the dvd burner will play dvds just as good as the dvd-rom)

 

[jdogg707]

ya, take off the DVD-ROM and keep the CD-RW drive.

 

[MrRobercik]

Make sure both recorders can use the same software. I tried once to have 2 cdrw drives, it didn't work out, only one would record, other one was just a reader.

 

[Corporate Thug]

btw, since we on the topic, would using a DVDRW for encoding in anyway "wear out" the drive?

 

[oldfart]

Get rid of the CDRW. You have plenty fast CD burning with the DVD-R drive. 40 Vs 48X is nothing. The Liteon DVD drive has very good DAE speed if you do any MP3 conversion. Having a DVD drive may be handy if you do any DVD to DVD backups.

 

[gf4200isdabest]

I do want to do DVD backups. Is it any more convenient to have two dvd readers? Does on the fly DVD copying work well for commercial DVD's?

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: shady06
btw, since we on the topic, would using a DVDRW for encoding in anyway "wear out" the drive?

ripping?

anytime the drive is accessing something it's putting "wear" on it.

i specifically bought a DVD / CDRW liteon combo drive for ripping.