Which DVD-RW is quiet? (2 Viewers)

[sgryd]

I plan to build a quiet HTPC. I have some ideas on most of the components, but which DVD should I chose?

I've never had a quiet DVD nor CD-player in a computer.

Any sugestions?

 

[Taipan]

If you use Nero DriveSpeed, you can control the read speed of most CD/DVD drives to make them nice and quiet.

I use a LITEON DVD writer with this utility and it is silent...

However, do not get an LG DVD writer as they do not respond to the Nero DriveSpeed utilty, and thus will be noisy when playing a CD or DVD!

 

[rjaeger]

i have an nec 3520a dvdrw and it's really quiet in my htpc. got it from newegg for ~$45.

 

[Callifo]

I tried DriveSpeed but it didnt seem to work, which Im guessing is because of the way the nforce2 chipset works.

 

[Jowda]

Sony's DRU 800

Hi

Yous should try out Sony's DRU 800, it run's very silently and smooth,
the same you can say about the Tray, when opening at closing the drive
it's very smooth and silent, the funny thing about this is that it's built at the same factory as the Liteon is, but it seems to be a better quality.


Regards Jowda

 

[scoop]

Hi,

Nero DriveSpeed did the trick for me too with my NEC ND-3540. It's not really that noisy, only for CD's it was always spinning at high speed. After installing & configuring DriveSpeed, I hardly ever hear it.

Regards,
Michel

 

[sgryd]

Great!
It'll be a NEC + drivespeed then.

Thanks for your answers.

 

[sgryd]

Hmm. The Sony DRU 810 is about the same price as the NEC 3550. All those choices...

 

[phpchris]

NEC 3520 here, and never heard it!

I can recommend this one, since it never has any problems with whatever CD / DVD format you put in there!

It can read everything, just as it can write everything.