Posted November 22, 2015 So im planning on getting the NZXT S340 for my 2nd PC Build and I realized the S340 doesnt have an optical drive cartridge, and lets be honest, what else am i gonna use the drive for besides install windows. I've seen videos of installing windows on a flash drive but i dont really want to go that way unless necessary. So can i basically just take off the side panel, plug in the optical drive and power it and plug it with SATA and just put in windows and once it's finished just unplug everything. If not, are there usb optical drives, if so link me to some of them. Hope I find help. Ariana Grande's Leaked Nudes!!!111!11! Spoiler Ayyyyyy Gaming Rig: CPU: i5-4690k Cooler: H80i Mobo: MSI z97 PC MATE RAM: 16gb Fury White Storage: 1TB WD + 120gb Fury SSD GPU: GTX 970 Case: NZXT S340 PSU: NEX 650W Keyboard: K65 RGB Mouse: Mionix Naos 7000 Headphones: ATH-M50x Monitor: 2x VN248h-P + 1x MG248q Setup Photo: (To come) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 22, 2015 So im planning on getting the NZXT S340 for my 2nd PC Build and I realized the S340 doesnt have an optical drive cartridge, and lets be honest, what else am i gonna use the drive for besides install windows. I've seen videos of installing windows on a flash drive but i dont really want to go that way unless necessary. So can i basically just take off the side panel, plug in the optical drive and power it and plug it with SATA and just put in windows and once it's finished just unplug everything. If not, are there usb optical drives, if so link me to some of them. Hope I find help. Sure, you should be able to do that. Also there are USB optical drives. Just search for one on any etailer. In the US, here's a decent looking one. http://www.amazon.com/LG-Electronics-Portable-Rewriter-GP60NB50/dp/B00C2AMK2M/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1448150863&sr=8-2&keywords=usb+optical+drive Sig under construction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 22, 2015 You can use USB if your motherboard supports it, or just external optical drives. That's about your only options. I used to be quite active here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 22, 2015 So im planning on getting the NZXT S340 for my 2nd PC Build and I realized the S340 doesnt have an optical drive cartridge, and lets be honest, what else am i gonna use the drive for besides install windows. I've seen videos of installing windows on a flash drive but i dont really want to go that way unless necessary. So can i basically just take off the side panel, plug in the optical drive and power it and plug it with SATA and just put in windows and once it's finished just unplug everything. If not, are there usb optical drives, if so link me to some of them. Hope I find help. just use a USB flash drive. Install the ISO on your USB drive using the microsoft image creation tool and BAM! you can now install windows. QUOTE ME OR I PROBABLY WON'T SEE YOUR RESPONSE My Setup: Desktop Spoiler CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Motherboard: Asus Prime X370-PRO RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 @3200MHz GPU: EVGA RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA (+50 core +400 memory) Storage: 1050GB Crucial MX300, 1TB Crucial MX500 PSU: EVGA Supernova 750 P2 Chassis: NZXT Noctis 450 White/Blue OS: Windows 10 Professional Displays: Asus MG279Q FreeSync OC, LG 27GL850-B Main Laptop: Spoiler Laptop: Sager NP 8678-S CPU: Intel Core i7 6820HK @ 2.7GHz RAM: 32GB DDR4 @ 2133MHz GPU: GTX 980m 8GB Storage: 250GB Samsung 850 EVO M.2 + 1TB Samsung 850 Pro + 1TB 7200RPM HGST HDD OS: Windows 10 Pro Chassis: Clevo P670RG Audio: HyperX Cloud II Gunmetal, Audio Technica ATH-M50s, JBL Creature II Thinkpad T420: Spoiler CPU: i5 2520M RAM: 8GB DDR3 Storage: 275GB Crucial MX30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 22, 2015 You can use USB if your motherboard supports it, or just external optical drives. That's about your only options. >if your motherboard supports it Yeah, I'm pretty sure all mobos since like 2004 support it. Haven't had an issue yet with installing from USB on old hardware. QUOTE ME OR I PROBABLY WON'T SEE YOUR RESPONSE My Setup: Desktop Spoiler CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Motherboard: Asus Prime X370-PRO RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 @3200MHz GPU: EVGA RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA (+50 core +400 memory) Storage: 1050GB Crucial MX300, 1TB Crucial MX500 PSU: EVGA Supernova 750 P2 Chassis: NZXT Noctis 450 White/Blue OS: Windows 10 Professional Displays: Asus MG279Q FreeSync OC, LG 27GL850-B Main Laptop: Spoiler Laptop: Sager NP 8678-S CPU: Intel Core i7 6820HK @ 2.7GHz RAM: 32GB DDR4 @ 2133MHz GPU: GTX 980m 8GB Storage: 250GB Samsung 850 EVO M.2 + 1TB Samsung 850 Pro + 1TB 7200RPM HGST HDD OS: Windows 10 Pro Chassis: Clevo P670RG Audio: HyperX Cloud II Gunmetal, Audio Technica ATH-M50s, JBL Creature II Thinkpad T420: Spoiler CPU: i5 2520M RAM: 8GB DDR3 Storage: 275GB Crucial MX30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 22, 2015 You said "install windows on a flash drive". Did you mean "install windows using a flash drive". Is there a particular reason that you don't want to? Aragorn (WS): 250D | 6800k | 840 Pro 512GB | Intel 530 480GB | Asus X99-M WS | 64GB DDR4 | Corsair HX720i | GTX 1070 | Corsair H115i | Philips BDM4350UC 43" 3840x2160 IPS Gimli (server): Node 304 | G4560 | ADATA XPG SX8000 128GB | 2x 5TB WD Red | ASROCK H270M-ITX/AC | 8GB DDR4 | Seasonic 400FL Omega (server): Fractal Arc Mini R2 | i3 4130 | 500GB Maxtor | 2TB WD Red : Raid 1 | 3TB Seagate Barracuda | 16GB RAM | Seasonic G-450wAlpha (WS): 900D | 4770k | GTX 780 | 840 Pro 512GB | GA-Z87X-OC | Corsair RM 850 | 24GB 2400mhz | Samsung S27B970D 2560x1440 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 22, 2015 Author Sure, you should be able to do that. Also there are USB optical drives. Just search for one on any etailer. In the US, here's a decent looking one. http://www.amazon.com/LG-Electronics-Portable-Rewriter-GP60NB50/dp/B00C2AMK2M/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1448150863&sr=8-2&keywords=usb+optical+drive Ok I think i'll probably go the USB Optical drive way, Thanks for the help! Ariana Grande's Leaked Nudes!!!111!11! Spoiler Ayyyyyy Gaming Rig: CPU: i5-4690k Cooler: H80i Mobo: MSI z97 PC MATE RAM: 16gb Fury White Storage: 1TB WD + 120gb Fury SSD GPU: GTX 970 Case: NZXT S340 PSU: NEX 650W Keyboard: K65 RGB Mouse: Mionix Naos 7000 Headphones: ATH-M50x Monitor: 2x VN248h-P + 1x MG248q Setup Photo: (To come) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 22, 2015 just hang the optical drive out of your case, install windows then remove it My rig: r7 1700 @ 3.9/1.35v, 16gb ddr4 3200, assorted rando SSDs, hx 1050, vega 64 1650/1025 MY $75 BUILD https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/576889-the-75-build-log/#comment-7547280 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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