DVD/BLU-RAY Drive

[carrot_monkey]

Hi all

bit of a naff one but do people get DVD/BLU-RAY Drives in their builds? I have one on on my laptop and it gets used once or twice every few years so I was thought to skip it when I placed the order. I do not have any DVDs in the house that I want to access regularly and I will always have my trusty laptop anyway if I'll have to read one.

Only reason that I can think of is a windows installation (which I haven't had to do in a long long time anyway maybe 7+ years). Will PCS send me the windows in a DVD with my build? or is it USB sticks now?

thanks
c

 

[steaky360]

Only if you ask for one - they don't really come as standard anymore.

If you need to reinstall windows you can install the media onto a USB drive yourself - PCS don't need to send you anything

 

[ubuysa]

External DVD drives are pretty cheap and Sod's Law states that if you don't have one then sooner or later you'll need one!

 

[Martinr36]

I've got 2 external DVD drives, 1 permanently hooked up to my desktop, and the other one is in the laptop bag, so that I've got it when i go away should i need it, I've also got a few blank RW DVD's

 

[PhilGP]

My old desktop has 2 - one DL and one for Lightscribe. They get used twice a year normally but last xmas I needed to produce 80 copies of a DVD for my daughters dance show (with full permission from the author) and then it was invaluable. But I doubt I'll need to do that again.

My new build will not have one.
We have 3 laptops in the house without a drive.
I have bought a cheap external drive that we can use on any of the machines. I just need to remember where I left it !

 

[RichardDavies99]

I've ordered one in my latest computer because I still buy a lot of music on CDs & want to be able rip them to my hard drive.

 

[carrot_monkey]

cheers. I ll save the money then to go towards a beer to celebrate when the PC arrives