Are dvd drives worth it anymore

[PCYOYO]

I am stripping a pre-built for upgrades should keep my DVD drive

[Radium_Angel]

1 minute ago, PCYOYO said:

I am stripping a pre-built for upgrades should keep my DVD drive

Do you have any DVD movies you wish to watch on your PC?

 

What is your data backup plan?

[Shreyas1]

If you already have it, why get rid of it? I find that they still come in handy occasionally 

[Dedayog]

2 minutes ago, PCYOYO said:

I am stripping a pre-built for upgrades should keep my DVD drive

Only you know if you need it.

[PCYOYO]

Just now, Radium_Angel said:

Do you have any DVD movies you wish to watch on your PC?

 

What is your data backup plan?

I don’t intend on putting much data on it as it is more for my first time building a PC and I don’t intend on watching any DVDs on it plus It is internal and would rather have and external one for more space in my case

[Princess Luna]

If it is worth it or not only depends on whether you use it or not.

[Radium_Angel]

Just now, PCYOYO said:

I don’t intend on putting much data on it as it is more for my first time building a PC and I don’t intend on watching any DVDs on it plus It is internal and would rather have and external one for more space in my case

Then I believe you have answered your own question

[msknight]

I bought an external USB 3 caddy and keep it to one side, just in case. I do have a blu-ray in my PC which gets reasonable use.

[PCYOYO]

Just now, Radium_Angel said:

Then I believe you have answered your own question

But should Keep it for a future better rig

[keskparane]

I wouldn't. Optical disks are horrible compared to usb. If you ever really need to get something off disk you can usually find a library or similar to copy data to usb.

[keskparane]

I even gave my DVD collection to the library cos netflix etc.

[PCYOYO]

Just now, keskparane said:

I wouldn't. Optical disks are horrible compared to usb. If you ever really need to get something off disk you can usually find a library or similar to copy data to usb.

But this is an old spec rig so all gaming is gonna have to be off of an optical disk

 

[PCturbobutton]

I'd say grab a USB to SATA kit and be running it externally.

 

I use an external disc drive for ripping physical music CDs I buy, and when I buy older games on disc that still work on modern hardware.

It's barely used TBH but handy to have a drive if/when I need it, oh and you never know tech stuff you'll have to do for the family, where a DVD drive is required (At least in my family).

 

 

 

[Velcade]

I have one computer with a DVD drive.  I use it to rip blu rays. 

[keskparane]

7 minutes ago, PCYOYO said:

But this is an old spec rig so all gaming is gonna have to be off of an optical disk

 

So why waste our time asking if you have to have it?

[Mira Yurizaki]

I have an external Blu-Ray drive for the odd instance I buy physical media or need to access one of my CDs or DVDs.

 

That alone made an internal optical drive pointless in future builds.

[PCYOYO]

1 hour ago, keskparane said:

So why waste our time asking if you have to have it?

Cos Gaming isn’t my main priority

[Inversion]

If you don't think you're going to use it can just get rid of it and find a cheap USB one if it turns out you're in need of one. Not having one opens up a lot more options in the case space

[PlayStation 2]

Basically, what would you use it for? I get pretty good use out of my DVD drive for what it's worth so I've kept it around.

[Fire2box]

I built a PC in 2012 and just ditched it for a AMD 3700x based system. I never once had any optical drive in it. However when I needed to get content off a DVD I simply used my dad's PC and transferred the needed files to my PC over LAN. 

[Kawaii Koneko]

6 hours ago, PCYOYO said:

Cos Gaming isn’t my main priority

With every post it becomes more apparent that only you can decide if you should hang onto it.

[Zodiark1593]

On 8/15/2019 at 6:38 AM, keskparane said:

I wouldn't. Optical disks are horrible compared to usb. If you ever really need to get something off disk you can usually find a library or similar to copy data to usb.

Obviously, most libraries won't let you load up MakeMKV on their systems for ripping Blu Rays. For that matter, most library PCs do not have Blu Ray drives either.

 

Sometimes, I'll burn CD-RWs for the car stereo as well, though the availability of portable tools (for encoding) makes it feasible to use library and work PCs for this purpose.