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DVD RW- Will it work?

9 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/dvd-rw-will-it-work.52300/

nileshgr
nileshgr Original post #1
Mar 13, 2007 at 8:06 PM
Guys, i have pentium 3 500 mhz 384 mb ram and wxpsp2. My grandpa is coming with some DVD movies to watch. We dont have a DVD player. He says, buy a new one it costs only 1500/- I think those players are very flimsy. So 1st we decided to go for a DVD player for the computer. Its rate is around 1.5k and a DVD RW costs only 2.1k So we're thinking of buying a DVD RW for the computer. I wanted to know that whether the DVD RW will give problems for my computer or it will work fine? Also if we buy DL-DVD RW will it work. My PSU is 450W ATX. Suggest a good company. Is LG fine? Current load on my PSU is-
10gb HDD
40gb HDD
1 USB card
1 LAN card
KB
RAT(MOUSE)
HP PSC
COM1, LPT1, COM2 disabled. :)
techtronic
Mar 13, 2007 at 8:10 PM
Your SMPS should definitely handle the load
I suggest you to buy Sony
nileshgr
Mar 13, 2007 at 8:13 PM
techtronic said:
Your SMPS should definitely handle the load
I suggest you to buy Sony
Please mention the cost. :)
premsharma
Mar 13, 2007 at 9:03 PM
ur smps would be ok. choose your DVD-RW. Sony OEM should be arround 1650
and others like LightON etc will also be 1600 - 1900
nileshgr
Mar 13, 2007 at 9:50 PM
^^ What about Dual Layer DVD RW? Didn't you read my post? :)
Cool G5
Cool G5 #6
Mar 13, 2007 at 10:23 PM
Go for a lite-on LH-20A1P.I have it & it performs gr8 too.You will get it for around Rs.2K.If you want sony take a look at DRU-830A.
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I don't think you will face any problems with Dual layer DVD.
nileshgr
Mar 14, 2007 at 12:22 PM
@all, ok now it is confirmed that a DVD RW/DL-DVD RW will be supported by the PSU. Now tell me whether the CPU and machine config. is ok for it to work.
amitava82
Mar 14, 2007 at 1:12 PM
dude u can close your eyes n buy the Writer. everything is good enough to burn a dvd. my friend has a PC with 128MB RAM runs XP. he burns DVD without any error :)
nileshgr
Mar 14, 2007 at 1:22 PM
amitava82 said:
dude u can close your eyes n buy the Writer. everything is good enough to burn a dvd. my friend has a PC with 128MB RAM runs XP. he burns DVD without any error :)
p3 500mhz?