Slimline DVD-ROM in a 5.25" bay
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Slimline DVD-ROM in a 5.25" bay
Hi,
Looked everywhere but can't find an adapter to fit a notebook dvd-rom drive in a 5,25'' bay. Any suggestions ?
Thanks in advance.
Looked everywhere but can't find an adapter to fit a notebook dvd-rom drive in a 5,25'' bay. Any suggestions ?
Thanks in advance.
Why do you want to use a notebook DVD drive in a desktop? Is it quiter than desktop drives? I doubt you intend to place it on foam, or sandwich in between foam since then you probably wouldn't need to/be able to use an adaptor.
What kind of adaptor do you need, just for mounting it, or for connecting the IDE and power cables too?
I would guess that such an adaptor probably isn't available because no-one really sees a need for it. With notebook hard drives, I think most people would agree that the adaptors can be very useful if someone needs to use a hard drive(for the data on that specific drive) which was in a laptop(most likely if the laptop was upgraded, broken or sold).
And WELCOME TO SPCR.
What kind of adaptor do you need, just for mounting it, or for connecting the IDE and power cables too?
I would guess that such an adaptor probably isn't available because no-one really sees a need for it. With notebook hard drives, I think most people would agree that the adaptors can be very useful if someone needs to use a hard drive(for the data on that specific drive) which was in a laptop(most likely if the laptop was upgraded, broken or sold).
And WELCOME TO SPCR.
But if you really want to do it anyway, here's how:
First link
Second link
(Disclaimer : I have no experience with this store)
My suggestion : ebay your slim drive and buy a regular one and pocket the difference, unless you have some compelling reason to use the slim drive.
First link
Second link
(Disclaimer : I have no experience with this store)
My suggestion : ebay your slim drive and buy a regular one and pocket the difference, unless you have some compelling reason to use the slim drive.
The main reason is power requirements. A typical DVD-ROM, when in use, goes to about 20W while a slimline one stays at 5W. The goal here, as you can image, is to build the most silent PC ever (home cinema setup). Here are the main elements I count putting in:
- Notebook HD
- Notebook DVD-ROM
- Pentium M
- Passive cooled VGA card
Thanks for the link, btw !!
- Notebook HD
- Notebook DVD-ROM
- Pentium M
- Passive cooled VGA card
Thanks for the link, btw !!
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I'd recommend getting a regular drive. Who cares about another 15 watt? That's not that much and not likely to affect your power draw. Slimline DVDs on the other hand have lots of disadvantages to offset addtional 15 watts, first, they are usually very slow, no more than 24x for CD/8x for DVD, not a problem when you are watching movies, but believe me, it's a pain in the butt to copy a full 700 CD which takes 10 full minutes. They are also generally much noisier, so if you want a quiet operation you must ensure that your drive support slowing down while watching movies/listening to music. And you also must consider that slimline DVDs are also more fragile, unreliable (I for example seen slim DVD drives that would stop functioning when overheated), and more likely to scratch your DVD. All in all, I don't think it's worth getting slimline DVD, go get a regular drive.
I don't think DVD drives, except "combo drives", which are pretty much gone now, normally use that much power. I can't say how they do use, I tried to check some newegg photos but none are zoomed in very much, and I checked on samsungs and NEC's websites, but the spec lists and datasheets don't give power figures, even the giant TIF photos of the NEC drives aren't clear enough.
Also, I'm pretty sure that speed throtling would reduce power consumption.
Edit: scrach that, found something: http://www.samsungodd.com/eng/Informati ... manual.asp
On samsung's site it says their DVDROM and CDRW drives pull 1.5 amps from both the +12 and +5 rails, and combo drives 1.5*12V and 1.2*5V. They don't give any figures for their DVDRW drives though.
Also, I'm pretty sure that speed throtling would reduce power consumption.
Edit: scrach that, found something: http://www.samsungodd.com/eng/Informati ... manual.asp
On samsung's site it says their DVDROM and CDRW drives pull 1.5 amps from both the +12 and +5 rails, and combo drives 1.5*12V and 1.2*5V. They don't give any figures for their DVDRW drives though.
That's not surprising, Lite-ons are very noisy:
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewto ... ght=liteon
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewto ... ght=liteon
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewto ... ght=liteon
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewto ... ght=liteon
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewto ... ght=liteon
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewto ... ght=liteon
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They are just noisier. My dad owns two laptops, I own one and at max speed they are just as noisy or noisier than various optical drives I have at home in my desktop. Keep in mind though that slim drives are 24/8x at the most, so you are getting half the speed at the same level of noise. Or there is another way to think about it, you can slow down a regular drive down to 24-20x and it will be almost silent, slim drive at those speeds will rev like a turbo jet. Depends on the drive of course, but desktop drives have much better quality nowadays and you always have more choice, because there are very few manufacturers that make slim drives, I can only think of LG and toshiba. All in all, I think regular 5.25 drive will be much better choice for quiet PC.Ephemeron wrote:Could you please verify this with some empirical data? I'm thinking about getting a slim dvd burner for my next rig.They are also generally much noisier. . .
The whine of my full-size lite-on burner when it preps to burn or read is hideous, and it's only a 52x32x52x CD-RW.
NEC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827152028
SONY
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827131254
Your point is good, though, despite the fact that you haven't identified the models you have heard.
Thing is, I could use the lower heat output and small footprint in my next pc to save space.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827152028
SONY
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827131254
Your point is good, though, despite the fact that you haven't identified the models you have heard.
Thing is, I could use the lower heat output and small footprint in my next pc to save space.