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What 5.25" external case should i get?

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burningrave101

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I'm wanting to buy an external case to house a normal sized DVD burner to use with my new laptop since slimline burners are so expensive and dont perform that well in comparion to their desktop counterparts. I want one that is black and preferably for $40 or less. Is it best to get one with firewire to use with a DVD burner or will USB 2.0 be plenty fast for a DVD burner?

Right now i'm looking this Bytecc model here.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817145360
 
As far as the interface goes, USB 2.0 should easily be fast enough. USB 2.0 bandwidth is 480Mbps (60Mb/s). DVD speed 1x=1.321MB/s, so a 16x burner would only need just over 21Mb/s transfer speed, about a third of USB 2.0 bandwidth.
 
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