Reusing CD/DVD Burners?

[INeverAskedForThis]

Ok people, I will say it right now, I have absolutely no experience with this type of thing, so please be merciful! I am planning on getting a new computer soon. My current one is an HP Pavilion Elite (about 4 years old) and it has a CD/DVD burner that works just fine. My question is, can I take it out and use it in my next computer (that I am building myself and on which I will mainly be gaming), or do I/should I buy a new one? Thank you in advance!

 

[HugoStiglitz]

as long as your old burner is a SATA burner your good to go(One has a power plug and a thin ribbon the other has a power plug and a large ribbon (see pic below)

 

[theonerm2]

Ok people, I will say it right now, I have absolutely no experience with this type of thing, so please be merciful! I am planning on getting a new computer soon. My current one is an HP Pavilion Elite (about 4 years old) and it has a CD/DVD burner that works just fine. My question is, can I take it out and use it in my next computer (that I am building myself and on which I will mainly be gaming), or do I/should I buy a new one? Thank you in advance!

You absolutely can if it's a sata drive. If it's an IDE drive then you either need to have a motherboard that supports IDE/PATA or get a Raid card that has an IDE slot on it. Might as well get a new DVD burner if that is the case though because you're likely to have boot issues if you have to run the drive off of a raid card.

 

[cliffro]

Too slow.....already answered several times over lol.

 

[INeverAskedForThis]

Ok, I just looked and it is a Sata drive! Guess I won't need to be spending an extra $20! Thank you all again.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Get a new Retail one they are real cheap.This is retail not OEM:

LITE-ON 24X DVD Writer Internal 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM SATA Model ihas324-07

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106390

 

[INeverAskedForThis]

Too slow.....already answered several times over lol.

Ugh I meant to click best solution on the post above -.- Oh well, I have no idea how to change it.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Fixed go ahead and choose:

 

[INeverAskedForThis]

Fixed go ahead and choose:

Thank you very much good sir! Do you think it is still worth changing it though, even if it is a SATA drive?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

That's up to you!They are cheap , so I always buy new for my builds.But that's your choice.

 

[INeverAskedForThis]

That's up to you!They are cheap , so I always buy new for my builds.But that's your choice.

Alright, thanks a lot again!