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Difference between Optical drive and dvd drive

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I want to build a gaming pc but then I suddenly heard that the optical and dvd drive are the same??? 

are they? if so or if not what type of drive would you recommend for a gaming pc with a budget of 45 euros?

 

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Get the cheapest dvd one here it's like 20€ for an Asus one

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An optical drive is the generic term. It could mean a number of things like: Bluray, Compact-Disks (CD), Digital Versatile Disc (DVD), Laserdisk (LD)... etc

DVD Drive is a type of ODD.

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An optical drive is any kind of drive that reads discs using a lens. A DVD drive is a type of optical drive, that reads dvds

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Get the cheapest dvd one here it's like 20€ for an Asus one

He asked what is the difference, not what to buy.

I am curious too.

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He asked what is the difference, not what to buy.

I am curious too.

"if so or if not what type of drive would you recommend for a gaming pc with a budget of 45 euros?"

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He asked what is the difference, not what to buy.

I am curious too.

I also asked what you would recommend

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Optical drive and dvd drives are one and the same, optical (I do believe..) refers to the laser that reads the data on the disc; blu-ray has a blue laser that can read smaller wavelengths of data (smaller wavelengths == more room == more gb of space).

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An optical drive is any kind of drive that reads discs using a lens. A DVD drive is a type of optical drive, that reads dvds

 

For example the seagate Desktop hdd 1tb, would I be able to put for example the sims in there? or a movie?

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For example the seagate Desktop hdd 1tb, would I be able to put for example the sims in there? or a movie?

A desktop HDD is an external hard drive. That's a different thing from an optical drive.

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A desktop HDD is an external hard drive. That's a different thing from an optical drive.

oh wauw I´m a noob, but then whats an external harddrive? the ssd and hdd? but then is an optical drive really needed?

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oh wauw I´m a noob, but then whats an external harddrive? the ssd and hdd? but then is an optical drive really needed?

An external hard drive used to mean an HDD that is outside your PC, usually connected via usb. However, it's kind of an ambiguous term now because people throw external SSDs into the "external HDD" category too. It is just a HDD/SSD in a caddy outside of your PC tower, so you can use it as a removable drive.

You don't NEED an optical drive, as long as you have other means of installing windows and programs. A lot of people build systems this way.

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