Internal Or External??

[jang]

I am going to buy a new cdrw drive for my comp.Not sure whether to go for an internal or an external and if i went external is it better to get an external ide case or go for just a standard external drive.

What do you recommend i go for?

Thanks in advance.


Oh and comp specs are
Athlon2800,512 2700 ddr RAM,120 gig seagate(out at moment),80 gig wd,ati 9600 pro.

[Livy]

go for internal, alot cheaper, less hassle, and no extra hardware lying about the place.

[Virtualbody1234]

For the price of an extrenal CDRW drive you could buy an internal DVD Burner.

[tesco]

Internal.

[jang]

Thanks.Just ordered this http://www.novatech.co.uk/NOVATECH/SpecPage.html?NEC-ND2500.Only cost £40 too.
I have a dvd burner installed already so need to set new one up as a slave.Will be able to install it fine but not sure if i need jumper like you do with a hdd and if i do how do i find out where to put it on master?Think it might be middle 2 pins out of the five...hope that makes sense....or maybe i am talking jibberish....Any help would be grateful.cheers to all.

[tesco]

on the back of the drive you will see 3 sets of 2 pins...they'll be labelled sl, ma, and cs. simple enough right? :)

[Livy]

why the need for a cd-rw then, if you already have a dvd burner.

£3 more and you could have had a 16x dual format double layer writer

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=2765684577&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=72877

[jang]

Well my dvd burner is a combo and wanted to get another cdrw so my dvd is not over used for just burning cd's.Having looked around i found a good deal for another combo for not much more than i would spend on just a cdrw so i bought another combo.That drive looks good Livy but i need mine to be black.


Thanks Rossco easy when you say it like that.:)

[Tifosi]

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=2769479832&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=73704

Black Pioneer 108

[jang]

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=2769479832&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=73704

Black Pioneer 108
Nice but bit out of my price range.

[Livy]

the black samsing one on ebuyer is only a like £2 more and is the same specs as the one i posted above. apart from its black,

[lynx]

the black samsing one on ebuyer is only a like £2 more and is the same specs as the one i posted above. apart from its black,
But it is a Samsung.

*Shudders at memory of zero support *

[Livy]

never dealt with there support. it looks quite nice though.