You can just buy an internal DVD-ROM drive and install it in your pc. If you lack an IDE port on your motherboard you can use PCIe expansion cards. Power can be supplied by Molex.
Most gaming pc cases now don’t have any bay slots on the front panel. USB power buttons and audio plugs got moved to the top and all the slots for floppy and CD drives just vanished.
Whenever I see a SATA optical drive that someone doesn’t want, I grab it and tuck it away. Shit is rare now.
I’m sure I could go to a shop and just pick one up, but honestly, I don’t have a reason to. Give me an opportunity to snag one for free and I will not pass it up.
You can just buy an internal DVD-ROM drive and install it in your pc. If you lack an IDE port on your motherboard you can use PCIe expansion cards. Power can be supplied by Molex.
Most gaming pc cases now don’t have any bay slots on the front panel. USB power buttons and audio plugs got moved to the top and all the slots for floppy and CD drives just vanished.
But they do have easy open side panels so just chuck the drive in there
… Sata DVD-ROM drives are a thing
Hell I’ve still got one just in case
Whenever I see a SATA optical drive that someone doesn’t want, I grab it and tuck it away. Shit is rare now.
I’m sure I could go to a shop and just pick one up, but honestly, I don’t have a reason to. Give me an opportunity to snag one for free and I will not pass it up.
Oh word?
They are, but now some modern cases don’t have bays so personally I’m still restricted to external if I want one.
Could always plug it in temporarily; do what you gotta do, then remove it again.
I’ve actually done that