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mcmouse
21-11-07, 17:22
Hi,

Please could anyone help with this?

Im looking for a new internal black dvd writer,but my motherboard (asus p5n-e) has lots of free sata sockets and just a few ide's,and im not sure which is best to use,or which of the dvd writers in the £10-20 price range looks decent ? do any of these look ok ?

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CD%2FDVD+Drives/DVD-R%2FRW+Writer/NEC+Optiarc+18x+DVD-RW+RAM+SATA+Black+?productId=26576

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CD%2FDVD+Drives/DVD-R%2FRW+Writer/+LiteOn+LH-20A1P+20x+DVD-RW+%2B+3+Coloured+Bezels?productId=25708

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CD%2FDVD+Drives/DVD-R%2FRW+Writer/LG+GSA-H66NBAL+20x+DVDRW%2FRAM+Black+-+SATA?productId=28969

thanks !
Micky007
21-11-07, 17:28
Get a SATA one.

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CD%2FDVD+Drives/DVD-R%2FRW+Writer/LG+GSA-H66NBAL+20x+DVDRW%2FRAM+Black+-+SATA?productId=28969
mcmouse
21-11-07, 17:59
I'll go for that one ..thanks + for the quick response Micky8)
Micky007
21-11-07, 18:04
np
mac124
21-11-07, 18:18
Just so you know if you buy an oem one (or one that isn't specified as "Retail") you will most likely get NOTHING with it other than the drive, no cables, no software or anything. Just as a heads up, you might want to consider buying nero essentials or similar.
alexnifty
21-11-07, 20:08
http://cdburnerxp.se/

Been using this for a year now and its got all the burny / rippy features I need. Its free.
mcmouse
24-11-07, 16:36
thanks:) looks like a decent little program

+ think i got an extra SATA cable with the mobo luckily

Is a new SATA drive likely to be a bit more stable for dvd playback than my old IDE dvd rom drives ? Im hoping so.
The only problem ive had with my new comp ((apart from nvidia's frickin nightmare 'active armour' firewall,which installs wether you want it or not ! i eventually managed to destroy it just before i reached for the hammer)) is dvd players crashing/quiting with a 'needs to close' box,usually after a few minutes of playback,Ive tried quite a few like power dvd,win media player,klite codec pack's MPclassic player,and they all seem to have the same problem,even worse if i try to adjust anything during playback.I tried unchecking the 'enable write combining' box after reading something somewhere,and that seemed to make some difference last time i tried.