My first Blu-Ray burner/player...

[Dreams65]

I finally bought a Blu-ray burner/player for my PC. When I looked around the net for test reviews, I discovered that not all Blu-ray drives can play 4K or record on 100GB discs. This discovery helped me in deciding which drive to purchase...I chose the Pioneer BDR-S12UHT. This burner/player is a perfect fit for my ultra wide monitor and my back up needs. It cost double the price (120 Euros) of a standard drive, but it plays Blu-rays in 4K and it can write up to 128GB on one BDXL disc.

 

[Wookiee]

Genuinely curious, what are you writing to the Bluray? I honestly have not seen or heard of any general consumer use case for it between other permanent storage solutions and the fact that USB is generally a lot faster.

 

[Dreams65]

Genuinely curious, what are you writing to the Bluray? I honestly have not seen or heard of any general consumer use case for it between other permanent storage solutions and the fact that USB is generally a lot faster.

Backup of data. I use Verbatim's 100GB Lifetime Archival discs for my important data. The discs have a very long shelf life. They cost around 14 Euros a disc, so I only use those for permanent archival. For all other backups, I use standard Verbatim 25GB discs (cost around 30 Euros for a 50 pack). Mechanical and thumb drives are too unreliable for backups.

 

[Wookiee]

Yeah, that's fair. That was the only use I could think of.

 

[Neostarwcc]

Question, where are you mounting it to? Cases don't come with places to stick dvd/bluray drives anymore. Why I don't know... guess they figure everybody uses flash drives.

I use a flash drive to install windows or to flash bios's or asomething. But... that's about it.

 

[Wookiee]

Question, where are you mounting it to? Cases don't come with places to stick dvd/bluray drives anymore. Why I don't know... guess they figure everybody uses flash drives.

You can still get plenty of brands that do if you don't want a fancy or minimalist looking one:
MasterBox E501L | Cooler Master Australia
COUGAR MX331 Mesh-G - Mid Tower Gaming Case - COUGAR (cougargaming.com)
Carbide Series™ 100R Mid-Tower Case (corsair.com)
V100 with 500W Power Supply (thermaltake.com.au)

(or if you just re-use old cases)

 

[Neostarwcc]

You can still get plenty of brands that do if you don't want a fancy or minimalist looking one:
MasterBox E501L | Cooler Master Australia
COUGAR MX331 Mesh-G - Mid Tower Gaming Case - COUGAR (cougargaming.com)
Carbide Series™ 100R Mid-Tower Case (corsair.com)
V100 with 500W Power Supply (thermaltake.com.au)

(or if you just re-use old cases)

Ah mid towers didn't think of those. I haven't used them since I was in high school. Maybe someday I'll downgrade because getting a full tower case for under $3-$400 is just impossible. I can buy a good motherboard for that.

I just like full tower cases because they're easier to work in (I do a lot of computer repair and upgrading). That, and video cards are the size of king Kong these days. I mean, really. I don't think an rtx 3000 series would even fit inside of a mid tower. Could be wrong.

 

[Wookiee]

I just like full tower cases because they're easier to work in (I do a lot of computer repair and upgrading). That, and video cards are the size of king Kong these days. I mean, really. I don't think an rtx 3000 series would even fit inside of a mid tower. Could be wrong.

Eh, you get a good one and they're fine - huge ones just take up too much space and weight.

I imagine a 3060 and maybe 3070 would. x60 cards are usually more than fine to fit in mid-cases.

 

[Dreams65]

Question, where are you mounting it to? Cases don't come with places to stick dvd/bluray drives anymore. Why I don't know... guess they figure everybody uses flash drives.

I use a flash drive to install windows or to flash bios's or asomething. But... that's about it.

You're right, it's getting harder to find cases with 5.25 external slots. Over the last 15 years I've used cases from the company bequiet!, fortunately they still make a few with the slots for 5.25 drives.

 

[Dreams65]

Ah mid towers didn't think of those. I haven't used them since I was in high school. Maybe someday I'll downgrade because getting a full tower case for under $3-$400 is just impossible. I can buy a good motherboard for that.

I just like full tower cases because they're easier to work in (I do a lot of computer repair and upgrading). That, and video cards are the size of king Kong these days. I mean, really. I don't think an rtx 3000 series would even fit inside of a mid tower. Could be wrong.

The company bequiet! (a German company) sells really good full tower cases with 5.25 external slots (Dark Base 900 Pro - 225 Euros / Dark Base 900 - 170 Euros).

My case is a midi tower...the Pure Base 600

 

[Neostarwcc]

The company bequiet! (a German company) sells really good full tower cases with 5.25 external slots (Dark Base 900 Pro - 225 Euros / Dark Base 900 - 170 Euros).

My case is a midi tower...the Pure Base 600

That looks a lot like the Corsair 780t I bought about 5 years ago. I still have it but I gave it to my wife. 225 Euros is a little over 300 US? It seems every compontent to a computer (besides an SSD I usually don't buy one over 500gbs) costs at least $300 now. I really miss when full tower cases were under $150. At least processor prices are a bit down now. What cost $800 in the past is now under 500 bucks. It's a couple generations old but I have a i9 10850k and I paid like $385 for it about a year and a half ago.

 

[Lost4words]

I like the ITX format.

 

[Neostarwcc]

I like the ITX format.

Sorry what is itx format I'm not familiar.


Oh wait nvm I remember you mean mini-itx motherboards right? Maybe I should invest in one, I hate when your mobo takes up like 70% of your case.

 

[Lost4words]

Sorry what is itx format I'm not familiar.


Oh wait nvm I remember you mean mini-itx motherboards right? Maybe I should invest in one, I hate when your mobo takes up like 70% of your case.

Correct