Do you use 5.25 bays? (POLL)

[Mac266]

Lets settle this once and for all!

 

[garryash]

YES - DVD/CD player/recorder
Even thinking of 2nd one as I send DVD's to Australia and need different region recorder for that!!

 

[mrmotion]

The last time I needed one was to install Win7. Used a usb to sata connector and just set the dvd rom on the desk. Installed, removed. Nice clean looking PC Case, all I wanted

 

[HiTechObsessed]

The last time I needed one was to install Win7. Used a usb to sata connector and just set the dvd rom on the desk. Installed, removed. Nice clean looking PC Case, all I wanted

Same here. I used a SATA>USB adapter to install Windows and that's it. I'm using an H440 now and haven't had the need to use an ODD bay since.

 

[gumbykid]

I just do everything digitally and put whatever I need on a flash drive. Sparing $20 for a drive is too much for a college kid.

 

[garryash]

Digital downloads are good idea - BUT - what do you do when you cant get an internet connection and need to reinstall operating system or favourite software ?

 

[Pondering]

I did until I bought non-modular power supplies. Those wires are so thick so I bundle them and put them in the optical drive bay however I need to make recovery discs for my windows 8 PCs so I should have done that before I swapped out the power supplies.

 

[Pinhedd]

Yeah,

I have a BluRay burner in my top slot, and a dual-slot reservoir below that

 

[gumbykid]

Digital downloads are good idea - BUT - what do you do when you cant get an internet connection and need to reinstall operating system or favourite software ?

Any disk I have I can put into my laptop and transfer the files to the USB.