Drive replacements

h11 · 10-22-2009, 09:59 AM

I'm planning on building my new system soon, and ordering the parts tomorrow. However the DVD drive & HDD that I was going to get are out of order.

Would this DVD drive be okay instead of this drive?

Would this HDD be okay instead of this HDD?

Also while I'm here I might as well ask even though I'm fairly sure that it is possible; can I simply remove the drive from a 3.5" external enclosure and mount it internally? This is the drive that I'll be using (if it's possible), and what cable will I need to do this? (Pretty sure it's SATA?)

h11 · 10-23-2009, 01:39 AM

*Bump*

**grimx133** · 10-23-2009, 02:21 AM

The links didn't work for me. You could try doing them again, and maybe even saying
what the links go to. That way we click on less links, often we know the component, and
don't need to go to a link. Most of the time I just move on to the next post if a person
can't tell what the component is, as well as putting in a link. Looking at a list of parts and
maybe looking at a link or two, is much faster than having to launch a whack of browsers
just to get info that could be read in seconds, if it was there.

h11 · 10-23-2009, 05:24 AM

Alright, I wanted to know if a 'LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM' would be okay as a replacement for a 'Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM' drive.

And whether a 'Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD10EADS)' would be okay as a replacement for a 'Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B 1TB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM'.

h11 · 10-23-2009, 06:48 PM

Bump.

**raptor_pa** · 10-23-2009, 07:15 PM

No reason tehy wouldn't basic specs on both are the same...

h11 · 10-23-2009, 08:25 PM

Alright, thanks. I was pretty sure that it would, just wanted to check before ordering.

10-22-2009, 09:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
h11 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 23 OS: XP	Drive replacements I'm planning on building my new system soon, and ordering the parts tomorrow. However the DVD drive & HDD that I was going to get are out of order. Would this DVD drive be okay instead of this drive? Would this HDD be okay instead of this HDD? Also while I'm here I might as well ask even though I'm fairly sure that it is possible; can I simply remove the drive from a 3.5" external enclosure and mount it internally? This is the drive that I'll be using (if it's possible), and what cable will I need to do this? (Pretty sure it's SATA?)

10-23-2009, 01:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
h11 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 23 OS: XP	Re: Drive replacements Bump

10-23-2009, 02:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
grimx133 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada eh Posts: 3,162 OS: xp mce sp2, xp pro sp2, windows 7 beta My System	Re: Drive replacements The links didn't work for me. You could try doing them again, and maybe even saying what the links go to. That way we click on less links, often we know the component, and don't need to go to a link. Most of the time I just move on to the next post if a person can't tell what the component is, as well as putting in a link. Looking at a list of parts and maybe looking at a link or two, is much faster than having to launch a whack of browsers just to get info that could be read in seconds, if it was there. __________________

10-23-2009, 05:24 AM	#4 (permalink)
h11 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 23 OS: XP	Re: Drive replacements Alright, I wanted to know if a 'LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM' would be okay as a replacement for a 'Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM' drive. And whether a 'Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD10EADS)' would be okay as a replacement for a 'Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B 1TB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM'.

10-23-2009, 06:48 PM	#5 (permalink)
h11 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 23 OS: XP	Re: Drive replacements Bump.

10-23-2009, 07:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,916 OS: XP	Re: Drive replacements No reason tehy wouldn't basic specs on both are the same... __________________

10-23-2009, 08:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
h11 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 23 OS: XP	Re: Drive replacements Alright, thanks. I was pretty sure that it would, just wanted to check before ordering.