Information and sources for high-quality barebone computer systems.

XPC Form Factor

 Motherboards

Computer Memory

CDR-CD-RW

Floppy Drive

Hard Drives

Video Cards

Sound/Speakers

Keyboard/Mouse

Printers

Home Page

 

Cheap CD-R Drives

     Since the early 90's, CD players have been fairly common most home computers. CD writers have only been common for the past few years. CDs are ideal for storage because they can store so much data (up to 800Mb compared to a 1.4Mb floppy). So, they are ideal for storing large files and large groups of files like music, images, and other multimedia.

    CD-R is the older technology. Its biggest advantage is that it produces CDs readable by multiple devices like a standard CD player, computer, and now DVD players. The big disadvantage is that they can only be written once. Once you write (burn) to the CD and finalize it, it's done. There some great deals on CD-R drives and supplies here.

    If you plan to use your burned (written) CDs for for making photo archives, music CDs or presentations, then a CD-R is probably the best choice since you probably won't want to write over what you have created.

     CD-RW (CD-Rewritable) is a newer technology. The first CD-RW drives became available in mid-1997.They can read CD-ROMs and can write onto today's CD-R disks, but they cannot write on normal CD-ROMs. This means that disks created with a CD-RW drive  can only be read by a CD-RW drive. A CD-RW disk can be written more than one time. It is a great device for making back-ups of your computer hard drive. You can write to the CD-RW disk and then add to it later on until it is full. Check here for affordable prices here for affordable prices on CD-R and CD-RW drives.

If you get an internal CD drive, get one with an IDE or EIDE interface. they are the easiest to install and very reliable. The speed is really dependent on the drive itself so the IDE interface will work just fine for transfer rates.

CD Interface for external drives

    The interface you choose for your  CD-R or CD-RW largely depends on whether you want the drive to internal to the machine or external. Not many drives are external anymore, but if you do want an external drive consider these interface choices:

1. SCSI (scuzzy) Although less prone to errors, this interface is sometimes harder to set up than others. It also may require a special card inside your computer to connect.

2. USB (Universal Serial Bus) This is a real plug-and-play interface and is easy to set up. But, the throughput, or speed, is not as fast as others.

3. Firewire. These are easy to set up and fast, but are more expensive and not all systems will support Firewire.

Extremely Low
Prices on
Barebone Computer Systems Here

Link To Us

Copyright © 2003 Netjohn.com
All Rights Reserved. No portion of this website may be reproduced in any way without prior written consent of the authors.