disc drive What disc drive should I get?

[Master Splinter]

I'm looking into maybe building my own gaming PC & I'm stuck on what type of disc drive to get.

 

What should I get Blu-ray or DVD?

 

[ProjectBox153]

Well, what do you use more? DVD SATA drives can be had for free used, and cheap new. 

[mikeeginger]

Do you have any Bluerays to watch if not you could get a Dvd drive or just go for a external solution 

[iRileyx]

Do you even need a disc drive or use discs?

 

If you're having to ask which to get, it sounds like you don't use them, so no point getting one really. Most cases don't come with 5.25" bays anymore either.

[Master Splinter]

6 minutes ago, RKRiley said:

Do you even need a disc drive or use discs?

 

If you're having to ask which to get, it sounds like you don't use them, so no point getting one really. Most cases don't come with 5.25" bays anymore either.

I do like having physical copies, but if cases these days don't have dvd bays I guess I won't bother.

[iRileyx]

Just now, Master Splinter said:

I do like having physical copies, but if cases these days don't have dvd bays I guess I won't bother.

You can still find some that do, but the majority of "gaming" cases, like tempered glass and windowed ones, don't include bays for them  

[Pokemoneuro]

22 minutes ago, Master Splinter said:

I do like having physical copies, but if cases these days don't have dvd bays I guess I won't bother.

The thing is, they're rarely sold anymore. Physical copies are generally just unhandy.

[Santo22]

Asus makes a nice external slim drive. If anything, I would just grab one of those if you NEED a drive. I have an older LightScribe external drive that I hung onto just incase I ever need it. I think I've used it once in the past 3 years to make a DVD for my daughter. lol

[Phate.exe]

1 hour ago, Santo22 said:

Asus makes a nice external slim drive. If anything, I would just grab one of those if you NEED a drive. I have an older LightScribe external drive that I hung onto just incase I ever need it. I think I've used it once in the past 3 years to make a DVD for my daughter. lol

This is an option, although I personally went with an LG WH14NS40 sata bluray drive, which is $40 on Amazon.  This drive was highly recommended for ripping digital backups of your physical media https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007VPGL5U/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

I put the drive in a Vantec external USB3.0 enclosure:  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MRUN0HQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

This setup works extremely well for ripping mkv's of your DVD and bluray collection.