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Blu-Ray CD/DVD Drives,
Burners
Find the right CD/DVD CD RW/DVD RW Drives, Blu-Ray
Burners
An optical drive could be a Internal CD Burner, DVD Burner, Blu-Ray Drive, Blu-Ray Burner, CD DVD Burner, External DVD Burner, DVD Burners, CD Burners CD drive, a DVD drive, or a combo drive that combines a CD and DVD drive into one unit.
When purchasing any optical drive, you will see several numbers that relate to the speed of the drive. The speed will vary dramatically based on what type of media is in the drive and what you are asking the drive to do. The speed will vary based on whether you are inserting a disk to read from or to write to or burn to. Furthermore, the speed of the drive will vary based on whether you insert a DVD based disk, or a CD based disk.
Examining the various speeds listed for an optical drive, the numbers are listed in the format of a number followed by an X. The exact relation of these numbers to the speed of the drive is meaningless. You should only concern yourself with finding a drive that offers the highest speed for every type of media used. For example, an optical drive that lists its CD-R writing speed of 16X will be faster at writing to the form of media that a drive that lists its CD-R writing speed at 12X. Just look for the highest numbers across the board and you will have the fastest optical drive.
Other consideration that needs to be examined here is the type of interface that is used to connect the multi drive or optical drive to the motherboard. The connections available for use are identical to hard drive. You can choose a multi drive with an IDE (PATA) type interface, or you can choose a multi drive with the newer Serial or SATA based interface. If you have open SATA connectors still available on your motherboard, then I suggest choosing a SATA optical or multi drive. SATA has a faster transfer speed and uses a much smaller connector which eliminates wire mess in the case and allows for better airflow. If you do not have an available SATA connector left, then by all means use the IDE connection. You will not notice any significant difference in speed based on the connector used for an optical drive.
An optical drive could be a Internal CD Burner, DVD Burner, Blu-Ray Drive, Blu-Ray Burner, CD DVD Burner, External DVD Burner, DVD Burners, CD Burners CD drive, a DVD drive, or a combo drive that combines a CD and DVD drive into one unit.
When purchasing any optical drive, you will see several numbers that relate to the speed of the drive. The speed will vary dramatically based on what type of media is in the drive and what you are asking the drive to do. The speed will vary based on whether you are inserting a disk to read from or to write to or burn to. Furthermore, the speed of the drive will vary based on whether you insert a DVD based disk, or a CD based disk.
Examining the various speeds listed for an optical drive, the numbers are listed in the format of a number followed by an X. The exact relation of these numbers to the speed of the drive is meaningless. You should only concern yourself with finding a drive that offers the highest speed for every type of media used. For example, an optical drive that lists its CD-R writing speed of 16X will be faster at writing to the form of media that a drive that lists its CD-R writing speed at 12X. Just look for the highest numbers across the board and you will have the fastest optical drive.
Other consideration that needs to be examined here is the type of interface that is used to connect the multi drive or optical drive to the motherboard. The connections available for use are identical to hard drive. You can choose a multi drive with an IDE (PATA) type interface, or you can choose a multi drive with the newer Serial or SATA based interface. If you have open SATA connectors still available on your motherboard, then I suggest choosing a SATA optical or multi drive. SATA has a faster transfer speed and uses a much smaller connector which eliminates wire mess in the case and allows for better airflow. If you do not have an available SATA connector left, then by all means use the IDE connection. You will not notice any significant difference in speed based on the connector used for an optical drive.