Can anyone recommend a DVD Drive

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I don't really burn disks once in a blue moon

It will be used just for gaming/installing game's as my liteon after 2 years has failed which i cant say is bad

Please help me in my quest to find a new DVD drive
 

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Any of the major brand names can be found from $14 to $24 USD.

LG, HP, Samsung, Liteon, etc
 

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Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
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AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
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SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
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2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
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Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
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19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
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6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
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430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
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All Generic Full Towers
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Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
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Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
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Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
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Fast Cable InterNet
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AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
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IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
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Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
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Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
What would you suggest on brands
 

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Custom Build
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Windows 7 64 (bit)
CPU
I7 4790K
Motherboard
Asus Maximus VII Hero
Memory
8GB
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA 770 SC ACX
Monitor(s) Displays
iiyama GB2488HSU
Screen Resolution
1920*1080
Hard Drives
1TB WESTERN DIGITAL BLACK
PSU
850 EVGA Supernova G2
Case
Carbide Series® Air 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case
Cooling
The Black Ice® GT Stealth 240, Alphacool NexXxoS UT60 280
Keyboard
STEELSERIES APEX [RAW]
Mouse
Roccat XTD
Internet Speed
30Meg
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Bitdefender
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Google Chrome
Asus, Lite-On, Samsung, HP, Sony are all very good. I always go cheap with premium Lite-On's and I'm very happy.
 

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A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck.
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Windows 7 Ultimate 64
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i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, also FX 8120 & i5 miniITX
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MSI P67A-GD80 b3
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32 gb G.Skill Sniper DDR3 10-12-12-31 @ 2133
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XFX Radeon 7870 2GB DDR5
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Sound Blaster Z Series Card
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(2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port
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1680 X 1050 p
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Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
(1) 1 tb WD Black
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(2) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 3 tb Seagate Barracuda
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS
(1) Drobo 5N w/5 Seagate 3tb
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EVGA modular 1000G2 80% gold rating & APC 1200 RS
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CoolerMaster Storm Styker
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7 case fans 140mm & 120mm, NZXT Kraken X60
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(2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless
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Logitech G700 & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop
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Basic 120mbps down
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Trend Micro Titanium Max Security & Malwarebytes Premium
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Chrome and IE 10
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Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd/Blu Ray optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro 8630 all-n-one
Hot-swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Netgear Nighthawk router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
Lenovo L420 i5 lappy with m sata
Drobo 5N advanced NAS
BigTabs said:
What would you suggest on brands
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DVD drives have descended to the commodity level. Pick the cheapest of the common brands and hope. You shouldn't have to pay over 15 to 17 bucks. Grab the one on sale.
 

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Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
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Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
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Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
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AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
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8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
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none; graphics are integrated on CPU
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onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
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Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
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1600 x 900
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System: Crucial MX100 series SSD, 128 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD30EZRX-00D8PB0, 3 TB
PSU
Rosewill SilentNight 500 watt fanless, semi-modular
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Antec Solo II
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Noctua NH-U12S; Noctua F12 intake, Noctua S12A exhaust
Keyboard
Microsoft 200 6JH-00001 USB
Mouse
Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB
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Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
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Pale Moon
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All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
Samsung.
 

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Self-Built
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Win10 Pro 64-bit
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AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
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Gigabyte X570 UD
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32 GB Kingston DDR4-2666
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MSI nVidia GT 710 (2GB)
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Creative Audigy FX 5.1
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ViewSonic VG2439Smh 24"
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1920x1080
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3xWD1TB; 1xSeagate 1TB... all spinning rust
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EVGA 100-W1-0500-KR (500w)
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SilverStone PS10 (modified)
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CPU:AMD Wraith Prism. Case:3x Noctua 120mm
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Compaq Professional PS/2
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Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse 2.0
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Fiber 1Gbit/sec down/up
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Avast Free
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FF, Chrome
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2x LG GH24NSC0 DVD burners, Mackie CR3 monitor speakers
I like the Sony Optiarcs. I have an AD-7260S that's over three years old and works great. I went with the Sony because it was a name brand yet it didn't have the white lettering plastered all over the front. It's all black and goes with my all black case.

AD-7260S | Sony Optiarc
 

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Built 2/11/2011
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Windows 7 Pro-x64
CPU
i7-2600 3.4GHz - 3.8GHz Turbo
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Intel DH67BL-B3
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8Gb - 2x4GB, Muskin 991770 PC3-1333
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Integrated Intel HD 2000
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Integrated Intel 10.1 HD, RealTek ALC892
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Asus LCD VH222H, Haier HL24XSL2a
Screen Resolution
1920x1080, 1920x1080
Hard Drives
Crucial SSD C300-128Gb,
Western Digital WD5002AALX - 500Gb,
Western Digital WD7501AALS - 750Gb
PSU
Seasonic 650W 80+ Gold Modular
Case
Rosewill Defender
Cooling
Stock CPU, Four 120mm case fans, PCH fan added
Keyboard
Logitech EX100 Y-RBH94 Wireless
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Logitech EX100 M-RCE95 Wireless
Internet Speed
3.0/1.5 Mbs
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Microsoft Security Essentials
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
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Antec Veris Premier-Multimedia IR Station,
Cyber Accoustics-3602 Speakers,
AFT XM-5U Card Reader,
Hauppauge TV-HVR-2250,
Sony LX300 USB Turntable
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