Pros/Cons of having both a CD-RW and a DVD-RW Drives?

[jimshu1]

Building a new system and will have a ASUS DVD-E616P2 DVD-ROM and a NEC ND-3500A DVD-RW. Are there any pros/cons to also installing my old ASUS CRW-4816A CD-RW Drive? I'll be burning many more CD's than DVD's.

Thanks for any replies!

[pranav81]

I see no problems if you have a empty channel where you can connect the CD-RW drive.BTW,if you have a DVD burner which can burn CD's too,why do you want a CD-RW drive?


::Pranav::

[BuddhaTB]

I see only Pro's with having a CD-RW and a DVD Burner in the same system.

[BoGMan1a]

If you've got the room put it in. I mean why not, you can possibly burn more than one disc at the same time (if you need copies of the same disc). And CD-RW drives typically put out higher quality CD burns than DVD burners, and at higher speeds. Besides, what are you gonna get for that drive? $10-15 maybe if you sell it, or it will just sit in your closet/on your shelf. Unless you can donate it to a friend or relative that can put it to use, you may as well use it yourself. Just my two cents.

[jimshu1]

Thanks folks, it's going in:

-ANTEC Sonana Black Case w/380w TruePower
-ASUS P4C800-E DELUXE. Latest BIOS 1018
-P4 / 3.0C GHZ SL6WK - Not OC'd
-ALPHA PAL S-PAL8952T & 80mm SUNON case80HO FAN (exhausting)
-Corsair TWINX1024-3200C2PT 1GB DDR400
-ATI RADEON 9800 PRO AGP 8X 256MB DDR 256 BIT
-SOUND BLASTER AUDIGY 2 ZS
-MODEM BLASTER Model DI5633 v.92
-2 x MAXTOR DiamondMax Plus 9 SATA 80Gb HD's (non-RAID)
-1 x MAXTOR DiamondMax D740X-6L PATA 40Gb HD
-DVD-ROM: ASUS Model DVD-E616P2
-DVD+-RW: NEC Model ND-3500A
-CD-RW: ASUS CRW-4816A
-19" Monitor: SAMSUNG 955DF / Model PG19JSBL
-LINKSYS BEFSR41 v3 Cable/DSL Router and Cable Modem
-Windows XP Pro 5.1.2600 SP2 Build 2600 w/all updates

[Intimidator]

That is an ANTEC SONATA case not SONANA.

[jimshu1]

Yep, Sonata. Thanks.

[lightningbaron]

I see only Pro's with having a CD-RW and a DVD Burner in the same system.

I can't disagree with what you just said.

In my PC with both a LiteOn LTR-52246S and LiteOn SOHW-812S, I prefer using the LTR-52246S for audio extraction from a copy controlled CD (Cactus Data Shield), where the SOHW812S failed.