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    External Bluray/dvd drive USB 3.0

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Paddon, May 5, 2011.

  1. Paddon

    Paddon Notebook Evangelist

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    If you guys find any good external optical drives use this thread to post them up to help other users.

    please include a link, picture and a price

    Thanks
     
    Paddon, May 5, 2011
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    c1ro Notebook Consultant

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    why do you need a usb3.0 on these things? The port inside the machine is SATA150 which is 1/3 of USB2 bandwidth
     
    c1ro, May 5, 2011
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    Asus External BD-RE Bluray Writer 6X USB Retail: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

    RRP: £155.62
    Price: £100.26

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    C1ro so a USB 2.0 would be equally as fast as the internal one supplied with the M14x ? I was just worried about the USB 2 because i choose the most expensive processor 2820 so that i can do my dvd rips faster and i didnt want it to be bottle necked by the usb 2.0

    Are you 100% sure USB 2.0 will not bottle neck the performance ?
     
    Paddon, May 5, 2011
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    I think you're confusing bytes and bits... "SATA 150" is 1.5 gigabits per second, USB is 480 megabits per second.
     
    humjaba, May 5, 2011
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    480 megabits per second will that bottleneck the speed of my dvd ripping ?

    its the whole reason i got the 2820QM proc for speedy dvd rip :D
     
    Paddon, May 5, 2011
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    THX1138-2 Notebook Enthusiast

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    For what its worth, I just bought a Blu ray burner and placed it in a external optical drive enclosure that has both USB2.0 and eSATA. I ripped two bluray's in about 2 hours on my m14x via USB. I have the 2720QM and didn't notice any issues. I was using the web and had a couple programs running at the same time.
     
    THX1138-2, May 6, 2011
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  8. Paddon

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    what spec was your optical drive ?

    LG BP06LU10 is 12x speed
     
    Paddon, May 6, 2011
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