Samsung blu ray dvd rewriter SH-B083L

Neonlight

I am in the process of upgrading my Dvd writer with the one above as my old has grinded to a halt.I have a Dell optiplex 170L was wondering what specs and requirements i would need for the samsung rewriter to work with my pc.I got the samsung as a present so would it be more realistic to bring this back to exchange for a more simple dvd rewriter.Any positive suggestions very welcome.Thx in Advance

http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/optix/en/spec_optix_170L_en.pdf

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-SH-B083L-Blu-Ray-Reader-Lightscribe/dp/B002RTC46A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1290375018&sr=8-1

cherryghost

For the Samsung you need a SATA connector in your PC, which it has, BUT I think it only has one which the hard drive is using. It's an L shaped connection on the board, so check if you have one. Having a Blu Ray drive is pretty useless unless you either

a) plan on storing big files on blank blu rays
b) have a big ass HD monitor/TV to play back HD movies etc.

Problem is, your PC probably isnt powerful enough to run Blu Ray resolutions anyway. Get it exchanged for a cheap 20 euro DVD drive in my opinon. Hope that clears some things up