Quiet DVD Burner

[Kerotan]

As the title suggests, I'm looking to replace my ageing IDE burner with something a bit more modern so looking at SATA, and the main feature I want is quietness when reading discs. I don't care if it's noisy as hell when it's burning but when I'm watching DVD's/Listening to CDs on the PC I don't wanna hear the drive lol.

What are the quiet brands? Like to keep it around the £20 mark and also what is Lightscribe and is it useful- seems to be about £2 extra for a lightscribe drive than standard?

 

[k4p84]

lightscribe and labelscribe mean you can 'draw' graphics on the discs, though they have to be the correct ones.

 

[Kerotan]

ah ok cheers- can't see myself doing that tbh- although for £2 you never know it might come in handy lol.

 

[k4p84]

i'll be selling my ide dvd burner in a couple of days, lightscribe too.

 

[Kerotan]

ah sorry mate- i'm looking to get the thinner cable- it's one of the major reasons i'm upgrading, even with a rounded cable it's a

to route all the way down to the IDE port which is mounted near the bottom of my mobo.