Buying new DVD-rw

[DJ33]

Hi All,

Have built and upgraded most of my PC now, see my spec below.
The only components I have not upgraded are my disk drives, at the moment I have two drivers one is a DVD-ROM and the other is a DVD-rw, These both use IDE cables and are now about 10 yrs old so I guess they are in need of upgrading.
I have searched the internet for options but have no idea what the best option is, I am in to gaming, watch the odd film and listen to music and burn a few Cd'sWas also thinking of changing RAM to something better too.
Any help would be great.
Many thanks Dave

PC Specs:
OS Vista 32bit,
Abit IP35 Pro XE,
Quad CPU Q6600,
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD4870 1GB,
Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II
Crucial Ballistix 4GB(4x1GB)DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz
Sony DVD-ROM,
NEC DVD-RW,

[InFiNiTy]

I Have an LG There fine, i also here a cheaper optopn Lite-on are ok Not sure never tried :D

If you can afford it get a Blu ray, but only if you will use it

Something like this should do you
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?OPT-7240S

[Mike]

Here you go: http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/products/a499x1y0z1p0s0n0m0
Any of those will do the above for you and tbh these days it is not worth buying a plain old dvd rom drive (unless for religious reasons ;) :))

And as KIn_**** says, you could try a Blueray writer or ROM drive but only if your system can deal with Bluray (i.e. it's high spec'd):
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/products/a1075x1y0z1p0s0n0m0

[koolpc]

Samsung DVDRW (http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?SAM-S223LO), sata, lightscribe 22x speed. Bought a few of these for friends etc and myself. Very good drive indeed. Love the lightscribe (http://www.lightscribe.co.uk/)too.