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My current one is really really loud so I would like a new one. Could anyone reccommend a good one that isn't TOO loud and is black?
Since this one is on quietpc i assume it would be quiet but I don't know how it would perform, since I don't really have a clue about dvd drives.
Also, can you get black fronted floppy drives? This beige one doesn't really work with my black akasa mirage :p
Cheers,
Chris.
You can get black fascia floppy drives... Mitsumi even do their combo card reader n floppy drive in black (available from Scan if you are interested).
As for black DVD writers... Think the older 16x Liteon's are ok (my LG is fairly noisy) and I seem to recall hearing that samsungs / asus are quiet in general...
My NEC drive was silent, although it died suddenly only a few days ago. Placed an order for a lite-on to replace it, i was going to get a plextor but couldnt justify double the price.
I was actually very impressed with the NEC though burned every disc i threw at it, quiet even at full speed and seemed very well built had a quality feel.
I have another sony though pretty, much the opposite to the NEC the only good thig about it is that it cost me £15. I'd stay away from them though.
A vote for the NEC burners. The new ones are quiet and work great...and cheap. :)
such as this one?
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=472566
My plextor is very quiet. But my previous NEC is also very good.
NEC are good, cheap, quiet, and come in black.
Scan do a nice black floppy drive with 7-in-1 card reader if you have any use for the reader.
Already have a card reader, and my digicam has xd picture card which the floppy/card reader combo on scan doesn't have, so i'll just get this.
DVD drive will be that one I gave the link to before (the NEC one on scan).
Cheers for the advice lads :)
I bought the Samsung on QuietPC. It's nice because it's SATA. It's probably the loudest thing in my PC, but I don't think there's such a thing as quiet optical drive.