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| System Name | not very good (wants throwing out window most of time) |
|---|---|
| Processor | xp3000@ 2.17ghz pile of sh** /i7 920 DO on air for now |
| Motherboard | msi kt6 delta oap /gigabyte x58 ud7 (rev1.0) |
| Cooling | 1 green akasa 8cm(rear) 1 multicoloured akasa(hd) 1 12 cm (intake) 1 9cm with circuit from old psu |
| Memory | 1.25 gb kingston hyperx @333mhz/ 3gb corsair dominator xmp 1600mhz |
| Video Card(s) | (agp) hd3850 not bad not really suitable for mobo n processor/ gb hd5870 |
| Storage | wd 320gb + samsung 320 gig + wd 1tb 6gb/s |
| Display(s) | compaq mv720 |
| Case | thermaltake XaserIII skull / coolermaster cm 690II |
| Audio Device(s) | onboard |
| Power Supply | corsair hx 650 w which solved many problems (blew up) /850w corsair |
| Software | xp pro sp3/ ? win 7 ultimate (32 bit) |
| Benchmark Scores | 6543 3d mark05 ye ye not good but look at the processor /uknown as still not benched |
i recently bought myself one of these
LG SUPER MULTI BLUE internal Blu-ray Disc Rewriter (Model no BH10LS30)
£129.99 or about 199.82 US$ (using googles conversion)
i bought the drive on a spur of the moment thing (i didn't intend to buy one
)
but i liked the packaging and the speed
(the other drives on the shelf were only 8x speed
)
and because of the capacity of the discs even at the 23gb per disc that they can hold,
it's still nearly five times as much data per disc as a dvd can hold, saving having endless discs around
(remembering that " the size stated on the packaging" isn't the same as a pc's harddrive size)
now from the small amount of time i've had the drive it seems to be ok
only problem is the discs,
they are very expensive and hard to get hold of
example price:
Panasonic 25GB recordable BD-R Blu-ray disc 3 pack. £24.99 or 38.16 US$
which works out to about £8.33 or 12.72 US$
and is a lot more than a pack of dvd discs
(i recently got 2 packs of 50 verbatim 16x speed dvd discs for the same price)
there is also the Panasonic 50GB recordable BD-R Blu-ray disc 2 pack,
at the same price as the above
which makes them slightly more expensive for a massive 47 gigabytes of storage space per disc
the shop i got the drive from only sells maxell bd-roms, which according to the manufacturer LG aren't compatible
(only one shop sells the above discs in my town, afaik)
and beleive me i've looked
now the writer i bought will write a 2x speed 23.5 gb rewritable disc in about 2hours
which is a long time
(bear in mind though, that i only have a 2.16 ghz xp athlon processor, so it might have been quicker on a dual or quad core)
but it can write to one time only discs (bd-rom) at up to 10x speed
which is what i bought it for
so what do you guys think ?
have i bought a white elephant
or do you think these writers are worth it?
have you bought one of these drives and are happy with it
or do you wish you'd never bothered and think it was a huge waste of money
i'd like to hear from
anyone who want's to comment here who isn't a member can join in by signing up "here"
(it's free and will only take a minute to do so)
and tell me how good or bad these drives are,
what problems you've encountered,
i'e finding discs,
disc errors, faulty discs
and what workarounds you had to implement to sort things out
basicaly anything to do with bd-rom writers
LG SUPER MULTI BLUE internal Blu-ray Disc Rewriter (Model no BH10LS30)
£129.99 or about 199.82 US$ (using googles conversion)
i bought the drive on a spur of the moment thing (i didn't intend to buy one
) but i liked the packaging and the speed
(the other drives on the shelf were only 8x speed
)and because of the capacity of the discs even at the 23gb per disc that they can hold,
it's still nearly five times as much data per disc as a dvd can hold, saving having endless discs around
(remembering that " the size stated on the packaging" isn't the same as a pc's harddrive size)
now from the small amount of time i've had the drive it seems to be ok
only problem is the discs,
they are very expensive and hard to get hold of
example price:
Panasonic 25GB recordable BD-R Blu-ray disc 3 pack. £24.99 or 38.16 US$
which works out to about £8.33 or 12.72 US$
and is a lot more than a pack of dvd discs
(i recently got 2 packs of 50 verbatim 16x speed dvd discs for the same price)
there is also the Panasonic 50GB recordable BD-R Blu-ray disc 2 pack,
at the same price as the above
which makes them slightly more expensive for a massive 47 gigabytes of storage space per disc
the shop i got the drive from only sells maxell bd-roms, which according to the manufacturer LG aren't compatible
so in my view the above is something to consider before purchasing such an expensive drive.
(only one shop sells the above discs in my town, afaik)
and beleive me i've looked
now the writer i bought will write a 2x speed 23.5 gb rewritable disc in about 2hours
which is a long time
(bear in mind though, that i only have a 2.16 ghz xp athlon processor, so it might have been quicker on a dual or quad core)
but it can write to one time only discs (bd-rom) at up to 10x speed
which is what i bought it for
so what do you guys think ?
have i bought a white elephant
or do you think these writers are worth it?
have you bought one of these drives and are happy with it
or do you wish you'd never bothered and think it was a huge waste of money
i'd like to hear from
anyone who want's to comment here who isn't a member can join in by signing up "here"
(it's free and will only take a minute to do so)
and tell me how good or bad these drives are,
what problems you've encountered,
i'e finding discs,
disc errors, faulty discs
and what workarounds you had to implement to sort things out
basicaly anything to do with bd-rom writers
