Plays your Disk Formats.

Different Drive's

CD/DVD Burner

These drives both run CD's and DVD's, also they burn each format as well.

Blu-Ray Reader

Most of the time these do everything the CD/DVD burner, but also can play Blu-Rays

Blu-Ray Burner

Same as Blue-Ray reader, but also can burn Blue-Rays

Different Connections

Very Similar to the hard drive, PC Drives will either be IDE or SATA connection.

What one should i get?

Usually picking a PC drive is one of the easiest choices to make when choosing PC hardware parts. Just make sure if you choose a drive that can play Blu-Ray format that you are not using an onboard video card, but instead at least have a video card that supports HD content such as Blu-Ray. Also make sure you have the available slots for either IDE or SATA when choosing your PC Drive.

PC Drive Checklist

1. Make sure to get right connection

2. If going with a Blu-Ray make sure your video card can handle it.

3. If you do a lot of DVD or CD burning, make sure the burning speed is appropriate.