Can this be used as an optical drive for a tower PC?
810510
Yes, it very much so can. They (Samsung, LG, Sony etc.) have been making slim ODD's for customizable and modular bays for tower PC's (Thermaltake, AeroCool, CoolerMaster etc.) for a few years now, this isn't anything terribly new. So, to answer your question, yes they can, they have been for a while. And no, you don't see them nearly as often, but that's usually the kind of thing that happens when something new is introduced to any world economy, especially the rather ambiguous, and sometimes volatile, market of aftermarket PC products.
810511
Yes, with a Slimline SATA to SATA Adapter ($8-$10) and a Slim ODD Bay Cage ($20-$25).
810512
No, it does not use a standard IDE or SATA connector. It is made to slide into the optical "bay" found in laptops.
810513
Not really. you could physically plug it in, but it is custom fit for a few specific laptops.
2085155
It is my understanding it is both a read and write optical drive, but I haven't actually used it to write a disk yet. Almost every laptop sold now with an optical drive is both a read/write drive. So I'd be really surprised if it wasn't. But I believe I saw some comments about missing tools for optical drives in Win 8. So you might have to get a 3rd party piece of software to use the hardware for some functions.
581701
With that big of a PSU, i don't think you will be able find an optical drive to fit along with it. You need a PSU that is 5.9" in length. 6.5 is too long and will be too close with your optical drive. I had the same issue so I purchased "CORSAIR CX series CX500 500W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply" from a retailer than ends with "egg". It has a rebate right now for $29.99.
1519606
This drive has a usb port. As long as the pc has a usb port, you'll be good to go and it will work just like other usb devices.
967149
They will. Or at least it is said on the box that they will. I have only used desktop drives and it works great. I have a lot of old drives with good stuff on them that now I can use and modify without having to physically install the drive into my tower. You plug them in like Atari Cartridges and it works like a external hard drive. totally worth the money.
704915
Yes it can. These drives are designed for longer run times. But will work fine in desktop
2103296
It should work fine as a general-purpose optical drive for CDs, DVDs, and Blu-Ray disks. This includes installing operating systems. The only caveat is that if you want to watch Blu-Ray movies on your computer you'll need to purchase a software package such as Corel WinDVD Pro 11, or something similar.
1150378
This drive is designed to be used in a tower build. But it can be used with sata to usb connection, and a sata wall power adapter. It would be easier to use a USB cd drive such as this: AGPtEK Slim USB 2.0 External Slim USB 2.0 CD-ROM Drive for all Laptop notebook
1392057
There is no optical drive (DVD-ROM). This is a small hard drive, but the idea is you keep most of your stuff in the cloud.
925716
It depends on what kind of connection your motherboard is using for the cd drive. If it uses SATA than no, you'll need to find a different one.
671284
It should if you position it right. There's a huge space between the HDD/SDD inserts and optical drive, so you should be fine.
349467
I don't see why not, it's a little bit thinner, but as long as the drive is mounted either screwed to the computer or a drive holder it should work fine.
584990
There is a 5.25 bay for your optical drive. There is a 2.5 spot on the bottom of the case in front of the psu. Then there are 2 bays that will hold a 3.5 drive (or two 2.5 drives each). So you will be short a 2.5 bay. There is a lot of space though so you might be able to rig something up for a tiny 2.5 drive.
136914
Not unless you install a wifi board in the tower. There is an open port available and boards are fairly cheap.
1802420
This depends on the size of your tower. If it is a full size or bigger, you might be okay. However, anything smaller than a full size tower I wouldn not recommend it.
1888336
Here is a link to the Asus specifications for this drive. http://www.asus.com/Optical_Drives/DRW24B3ST/specifications/
1978157
This drive is usually for laptops however if the desktop you have is one of those mini mini towers and the optical drive is slim it should fit fine