prove to me you arent a millenial >his rig doesnt have

>>386681073
But how else do I play my rollercoaster tycoon I got for my birthday once?

I have a USB 3.0 blu-ray drive for when I need it.

>>386681073
Is misusing "Millenial" some weird /v/ meme now?

>>386681213
That's a meme the entire western world uses.

but I'm a millenial, I'm 30yo

>>386681350
underage

>pcbros will never know the feeling of actually owning a physical game

>>386681073
I was builing a new case yesterday and they done have room for those anymore. It only had space for something the size of an SSD I guess that's fine

>>386681073
A disk got stuck in mine so I took it out, plus it helps save watts and makes my PC cooler... I have a tiny box PC... don't miss it at all, they are obsolete.

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optical drives are useless.

>>386681073
I haven't used mine in years. The last time I recall using it was installing Diablo 2 from disks, but it would probably have been faster to just download it.

>>386681781
>cant burn cds/bluerays/dreamcast games
>cant rip media from cds/dvds/bluerays
>cant write or read media

are you retarded.

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>>386681073

That's cute anon

>>386681596
such a liar not even a pic

>>386681073
>not a bluray drive

>>386681961
no point in not having floppy/sd reader/blueray drive. unstoppable

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>>386681073
i have the very same one

>>386682035
It was a mtx build I couldn't fit it I need to find what's the morsern equivilant. It has it's own eject button on the case too

>>386682213
Clean your fucking computer anon.

>>386681073
Pretty sure everyone in this thread is a millennial senpai

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>>386682213
Dust your computer anon.

>>386681916
I'll tell you it actually is.
Installing from disk takes about twenty to thirty minutes with add on while downloading took me 5 and installing was done in 30 secs

>>386681497
We used to

>>386682949
Not surprised. Is it any wonder physical media is mostly dead?

>>386681918
>>cant burn cds/bluerays/dreamcast games
Who gives a damn about this? Weirdos?

>>cant rip media from cds/dvds/bluerays
Absolutely zero need. The internet exists.

>>cant write or read media
What media? Everything is delivered electronically these days.

Are you a caveman?

>>386682213
>can't slide the mic from side to side
My school computer could do that.

>>386681497
get with the times old timer

>>386681781
>Not backing up your data to blu-rays
All it takes it one failure and it's gone forever.

I am a millennial and I don't have an optical drive
Now what bitch?

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>>386681073
how else do i reinstall my copy of stalker soc every year?

>>386683596
>The speakers are on different heights
How can you deal with this?

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This doesn't make any sense to me.
If a millennial is a person reaching young adulthood by the year 2000 wouldn't you assume they would build a pc with an optical drive regardless if it's practical or not because they grew up on physical media?
Me being a Generation X person have known and grown up on the idea that you can get just about anything in digital format, be the ones not to get it?
I mean regardless, I don't have one in my pc but I have one in my old laptop in storage if I ever needed it.

>>386681073
I still have a 3.5" floppy drive I transfer into every new rig I build. It's my good luck charm.

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>>386683596

Hook that shit up outside of your case with the panel open like someone that isn't a bitch then just unplug it when it's done reading something over the next five hours.

It's quicker to just mount shit on an ssd with a main rig and then boot to that. Oh you just have one computer lol.

>>386681781
jokes on you fag i can burn dreamcast discs and you can't

>>386683852
Whoops, I meant generation Z. Born 1999

>>386681497
I have physical copies of pirated games faget.

ITT faggots don't know about .iso

If you're gen x, you're still a millenial. If you're older than gen x, what are you doing posting on an image board for the discussion of Arabian cartoons?

>>386683372
>backing up to a fucking blu-ray

it's like you want to lose your bits

I have a dvd drive but it doesn't work. I haven't used it in so long I didn't notice until now

>>386681073
How the fuck am i gonna install all the pirated shit i bought from street vendors asshole?

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>using any form of spinning media

Typical console fags. LOL AT YOUR LIFE

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>>386684117
>If you're a gen x, you're still a millennial.

>>386683372
Is this post serious? Backups in optical media? Are you literally kidding me

>>386683876
how many builds ago did you stop having the port to even plug it in?

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>>386683372
External drives hold a hell of a lot more data than blu rays. Also the data transfers are much, much faster. Optical drives are obsolete.

>>386683372
>not backing up your hard drive to another hard drive so that in the event of a failure you can simply slide in the backup and then get a new backup

>>386684285
>uses 2tb of space ever
if you don't have at least 10tbs of data on a nas then you should be underageb&

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>mfw millenials think a floppy disk is a 3D printed version of the save icon

I'm a millenial and I have a floppy drive in my case that I've had since 2001

>>386684568
You can get around it with adapters. At least for now.

>>386681073
My rig does not have one, I have a USB optical drive that I use for my desktop and laptop the few times I need it.

I don't have one but that's because of poorfag reasons. They're only 15€ so I'll get one some time in the future because I have quite a few old disc games.

>>386681073
>rig
how old are you OP? 17?

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Didn't use my DVD drive in years
It now says it's a floppy disk drive

>>386684865
>i only call it my battlestation like a grown man
kys my man, where do you think we are

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>he doesn't have a zip drive
It's like you don't want 100mb of storage on a disk the size of a mailbox

>>386684729
You are aware that millennials are people born 85-00, right?

>>386681497
I actually just threw away a bunch of big box PC games. Took up too much damn room on my shelf. I still have a handful of old games in jewel cases, but I doubt half of them would even install on a 64-bit OS.

>>386683959
>make iso at friends house
>mount iso using a virtual drive
>always have iso file on hard drive so never lose it
>sell disc on ebay or throw it away

>>386681073
>that one friend of a friend who has access to a cd burner
>5bux and ill copy any game you want
>disc burns at 8x (out of a 52x max) to avoid write errors
>have to wait outside since his dad doesnt want brats around his pricey rig
>it's pretty much like getting stuff from the weedman
>get your copy and gtfo, hoping your soundcard wont bug out during the install

>>386681349
This. Double cringe for when millennials call each other millennials unironically.

>>386682213
>Middle bay
Disgusting

>>386685085
my stack of like 18 pc games is taller than my stack of 50 ps3 games

>>386681497
I do. It was awful.

>>386683372
>not backing up your data to magnetic tapes that you store in your salt mine
lol

>>386681073
I still use a floppy disk drive on my PC. I put all my financial info on floppy disks because nobody nowadays would have something to read it even if they could find where I stash them. That's also partly why I won't upgrade to windows 10, that doesn't have support for floppy disk drives anymore.

>>386681497
Considering 80% of all PC games require a secondary DRM service (Steam,uPlay,Origin,etc.), wouldn't matter if we had the physical games or not.

Plus, next to no one owns a Blu Ray drive in the PC (I do because I am an idiot) and games like Ghost Recon Wildlands and D44M would be on five DVDs easy at this point.

>>386681497
>tfw you spend 130 bucks for an unopened copy of spore

this couldve been digital

>>386681497
PC used to be the best for physical games, now it's the worst. My most recent physical releases on PC are Starcraft 2 and its expansions, and GTA V.

>>386684994
yes and the latter half (93-00) will still have a hard time naming it

The only use I've had for my dvd drive in the last 5 years have been to burn 4 PS1 games.

>>386685350
https://www.amazon.com/External-Floppy-Portable-Windows-Required/dp/B00RXEWOAA

Certified by Microsoft to work. Unsure if your formats are supported by any modern software tho.

>>386683196
No wonder you guys lose your shit when you temporarily lose connection to the internet. You're dependent and have no backup.

>>386685350
I mean, can't you just encrypt some data and slap it onto an SD card or something? More secure and less bothersome.

I use my DVD drive to watch DVDs.

>>386683738
it's a difference of an inch
>>386683959
nah

I just pirate a version of every single player game I legally own on Steam/uPlay/Origin and back it up to an external drive.

>>386685505
You know you can backup data on hard drives. It's pretty neat actually. You don't even have to use a disk format or anything.

>>386685580
>the peak of anons security is hiding physical media of a dead format around the house instead of just creating encrypted containers on jump drives or something similar
nice

>>386681497
The definition of blinded by nostalgia.

>>386685350
why wouldn't you just bitlocker a USB drive?

>>386685580
>I mean, can't you just encrypt some data and slap it onto an SD card or something?
I lock the info I put on my floppy disks. An SD card to do the same would be redundant and less fun.

>>386685785
>You don't even have to use a disk format or anything.
>hard disk drive
>not a disk format
>not physical storage
the power of da cloud (tm)

>>386685487
Yeah, but the drive itself only costs like 17 bucks. So even if I only ever use it to play Simpsons DVDs now and then, it is still worth having.

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>all these fucking casuals

>>386681073
Too OCD about other peoples re-encodes to rely on pirating for movies, I strictly use my own straight-from-disc .mkv's for movies/TV. Drive doesn't get used for games though. Thought it'd be cool to make my own SATA based cartridges and put games and stuff on 'em, haven't been bothered yet.

>>386682396
Can I dust your cock instead

>>386685823
>Bitlocker
BitLocker is disabled during the update process, as security expertSami Laiho points out. He reveals that exploiting the bug takes nothing more than pressing Shift + F10 during the upgrade and you can then access the Command Prompt in the Windows PE (Preinstallation Environment) used during the upgrade.

>>386685938
same bruh but for that reason unless it's something i really care about i usually just get the dvd to rip because fuck 20gb blu rays

t.1200 movies 200 series

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>He doesn't back up his data by writing out binary on stone tablets using a chisel

>>386685129
>>386685129

Reminds of when I would sell cds and floppies with hentai to kids on the bus going home in school. I made bank off of urotsukidoji.

>>386685129
>>have to wait outside

that guy sounds like a stuck up cunt bet you didn't even got refreshments or snacks while waiting hours for the shit to finish

>>386682396
>AwakenMyMasters.gif

>>386681073
>prove to me you arent a millenial
Everyone here is a fucking millenial, you retarded faggot.

>>386685896
>police are raiding anons apartment to arrest him for insurance fraud
>suddenly a sound is heard in the distance
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmJEDF0DKgY

>>386685896
>and less fun
Fair enough.

>>386681349
No, that's a meme your stupid ass uses.

>>386686225
I'm sure he meant to say "prove you aren't a gen z" but OP is busy being retarded as always

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>assembled my rig 6 years ago
>thought blue-ray disks are gonna be big
>spend the extra cash on a blue-ray/DVD/CD-combo RW
>have used it like 5 times in all those years

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>>386681596
pl no bully ur case fren

>>386681497
I just threw away my fifa 98 physical copy and some other games.

>>386681073

I'm not a millennial, I use an external now.

>>386686080
what exactly does that have to do with a USB drive? It's still way more secure than hoping someone is too stupid to pay $15 for a USB floppy drive.

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>>386686098
>he doesn't tell tales of the binary to an isolated tribe in the Amazon and make them pass down the legends as an oral tradition to make sure it remains alive forever as part of their culture

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80's aesthetics > all aesthetics

>>386684945
Or you just call it a computer.

>>386686084
Also equally OCD about getting the highest quality version of a movie that exists, and only in 3D if it was filmed / rendered in proper stereoscopic 3D, even if I don't have the means to play it back / get the data off yet (4K), so DVD quality for me is a no go. Need to get a larger drive soon.

>>386681073
The future is now, old man. I have a BD drive in my computer and don't even use it.

>>386686636

yeah that looks REALLY comfortable, enjoy your joint pains

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>>386686539
>Backing up your hard drive on people who will be shot and killed by Dunder Mifflin Death Squads to make more paper
Though I respect the idea.

>>386686636
i have 2 sinclairs. 3d chess on a green and black monitor off a ribbon drive is timeless.

>>386686718
>b-but muh comfort

holy fucking shit you kids these days are such gigantic pussies

>>386686539
where's the money Lebowsky?

>>386686718
back then people weren't weak wristed absolute faggots so it wasn't a big issue.

>>386686784
Not everything needs to be a fucking pain train you masochist.

>>386685905
How is a hard drive not a form of physical storage but a DVD is?

>>386685686
Why though? There's something called downloading again

>>386686718
Want a fucking dome to live in as well?
Fucking wimp.

>>386681073
Does it count if it's not connected by a SATA atm due to MOBO limits?

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>>386686874
>>386686784
>I'm gonna ruin my health out of spite just to show everyone how much of a hardcore nine-to-fiver I am

>>386685785
>physical storage
That's the point you moron.

>>386686749
You just gotta bribe UNESCO to make the entire Amazon a heritage site so people will respect it. Easy.

>>386681073
I have one but I used its connector to plug in my SSD, so now it just sits there collecting dust

>>386687054
Except the point was about optical storage being outdated. Not all physical storage.

>>386687032
>i think everyone who used a computer before late 2000's is now an amputee and needs prosthetic limbs in order to survive

dude you're a little shit, just deal with it or try to be less of a wimpy faggot

>>386681073
This is the video games board, not technology.

Reported.

>>386687032
How is that "ruining" your health?

>prove you aren't a Millennial
>people bring up technology Millennials partook in

Hm?

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>>386685505
No. I keep a "backup" folder full of things like essential drivers, manuals, applications etc on both internal and external storage. I think most people who use computers do this.

>>386687327
Well all of us are millennials so it would be kinda strange if we didn't.

>>386683596
What is that case? Looks nice

>>386681073
>new gayman laptop comes with no drive
>bought an external blu-ray burner

I know where Micro$hit is going with this, not going without one.

>>386681497
>mfw still have my half life 2 box

>>386687196
No. The point he made was he didn't need physical storage because MUH INTERWEBZ.

>>386687346
>think most people who use computers do this.
I don't. Mostly because I have no essential drivers, manuals and applications ect. At least not any that I could not just wait 10 minutes for the internet to come back for to get.

>>386687346
As you should. Having any form of backup is good but relying exclusively on a backup that you cannot physically access is stupid.

>>386687584
It's mostly for potential emergency situations where there's no internet. Never actually had to use it but it's always good to be prepared.

>>386687504
Where did he say that? All he said is that optical disks are useless since you can just download shit from the internet. He never said anything about never storing it on the hard drive.

>>386687746
I don't think I've ever been without internet for more than a few hours in like 10 years. Though I suppose it might be different where you live.

>>386687745
To be fair it's pretty easy to physically access a hard drive.

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Oh my God who gives a flying fuck if someone has an optical drive or not?!
Your age proves nothing about you, but if you think it does, that certainly proves you're an idiot.

>>386687779
The whole thing where he said there was "absolutely no need" for media to make copies for whatever reason because the internet exists.

>>386688169
Congratulations. You're catching on.

Why would you not have a cd drive?
Theyre still useful nowadays

t. millenial

its better to be prepared than to up shit creek. thats my justification.

>>386688338
No, he said you can just download them off the internet so there's no use in fucking ripping shit from optical media. That's all. He didn't say anything about making copies on the hard drive.

>>386688505
What do you use it for? Because mine has just been sitting unused for the batter part of 4 years.

>>386681073
No need for those anymore since you can get a descent USB drive for $20. That and I ripped all my discs so I don't have load times

>>386688773
i installed windows from it. and i burn xbox 360 games sometimes.

>>386688975
People still install windows using disks?

>>386688665
And he also didn't say anything about not making copies either. And we've come full circle, hence my original statement about relying on the internet. Funny how that works.

>>386681073
I have a blu ray drive.

>>386689046
when you pirate windows. yeah

>>386681073
>something terrible happens to your pc
>have backup discs
>lmao can't use them because no disk drive
good job, retard

>>386689114
You can get legal ISO's though, or one of the installers for newer windows versions.

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Does anyone here know what this is?

>he doesn't recognize this noise

Ba da da cshhhhh ba DUH ba DUH CSSSHHHHHHH

>>386681349
This, I was talking to a girl, "yeah i was born in 1984, so i'm a millennial"
"STOP, that is WRONG, those are people born around 2000!"

we didn't talk much after that.

>>386689105
But he doesn't have to rely on the internet since you can make backups on the hard drive. Funny how that works.

>>386681497
Nigga I will shove a turok 2 box up your ass.

>>386689263
the cable that makes the ink machine go?

>>386689263
I have one of those cables for my old as fuck portable HDD I think.

Or it could have been the old as fuck portable DVD drive.

>>386681156

OpenRCT2 you clod!

>>386681497
even diablo 3 had a physical release baka

>>386689306
She is though.

>Millennials (also known as Generation Y) are the demographic cohort following Generation X. There are no precise dates for when this cohort starts or ends; demographers and researchers typically use the early 1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years.

>>386689423
>>386689403
holy newfags

>>386681073
I have one but I used Rufus and a flash drive to install the OS.
The only time I opened it was when the clinic I went to have my eyes fixed mailed me a promo DVD.

>>386687745
>grab external hard drive
>it is now physically accessed

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>>386689263
It's a USB Type B plug.

Well a USB A/B cable to be exact since it has both.

>>386689234
i prefer using the most feature complete version which is fucking retard expensive

>>386689536
she meant soley 2000+ anon.

>>386689542
I've been here since 2008, not really sure what that has to do with a usb cable.

>>386689263
that's kinda vague
yeah it's a usb cable but are you asking about the specific applications or just in general

>>386689720
>I've been here since 2008
Then this should be easy for you anon

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>>386689542
anon isnt wrong. printer cables use A to B

>>386681497
I don't get any physical copies of new PC games sure, but I still have dozens of CDs and DVDs of my older games as well as physical copies of new console games.

>>386689490
you still need the base game though

>>386689775
>>386689720
>>386689637
>>386689542
>>386689423
>>386689403
>>386689263

It's called a USB line. I'll show you later.

>>386689787
Well it isn't. All I see is a cable.

>>386681073
Installed one of those in my rig so I could play my old copy of pinball builder but it only runs on Windows95. I'll get it running again one day.

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Hello. I cost $15 and am better than an optical drive in every way possible.

I feel ants on my skin but when I try to get them off there's nothing

>>386689314
Now that's funny. Here you are arguing the same point I originally made.

>>386687054

>>386689263
>le CP

>>386689971
based anon working the new fags

>>386689869
>usb line
who the fuck even says that
retard

>>386690052
Lurk m0ar

>>386689839
You only need that if you want the original graphics and music.

>>386689898
If you have the time and patience install Linux. Pretty much all the older windows games that are too new for dosbox but too old to run properly on newer windows have worked dandy in Wine for me.

>>386681073
>prove to me you arent a millenial
>uses a PC

>>386690052
>who the fuck even says that

cho-mos, mostly

>>386689263
Isn't that firewire

>tfw poorfag
>tfw finally got a gamecube when piracy was a thing (xeno chips)
>tfw had to ask a friend to record my dvds because didn't have a pc
>buy a certain lg dvd burner model that supposedly was good for burning gc games, never use it
>like 9 years later finally build a proper computer
>burner was IDE, and now everything its sata
Fuck I still have that shit, it cost me like 60bux at the time, kek

>>386689970
Oh I give up. It just isn't worth it.

>>386681073
i have one but it's no plugged in because i don't have any sata port left so i just use an external USB CD/DVDdrive

>>386683596
you can claim them on GOG for free with th

>>386689929
Spotted the millennial

>>386681073
>prove to me you arent a buzzword

>>386689263
i'll tell you when you're older.

>>386690354
the cd key*

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I'm 27 and considered a millennial. If you are much older than that and still here, seek help. If you find help, direct it my way.

>>386681497
Blizzard still release boxed games at least.

>tfw just stole some screws from my optical disc to fasten an SSD drive in a sled

and nothing of value was lost. I would fucking throw it away but I can't find the cover for the front slot, so I guess it can hang around a while.

I want a blue ray drive to watch chinese cartoons.

Any recs?

>>386683596

Use your disc drive to create an ISO and then just keep a folder full of compressed ISOs

>>386681350
>30

Enjoy your ban. This is a 80+ website.

I used to always have some kind of optical disc drive in my computers, but with my last one I realized that I basically never use the thing anymore.
My current computer doesn't even have dvd/bluray/whatever drive.
I just don't use them anymore.
Flash drives are smaller, hold more, and are more durable than optical discs, and computers these days come with built in flash drive support from the bios.

I never thought I'd say this, but optical discs and drives are a relic of technology.

Shit, nintendo switch games use tiny potato chip sized cartridges, and they're not like n64 carts that had barely any space.

>>386690457

Psychiatrist/psychologist and meds. That's the best help you'll get, buddy.

>>386690540
ps3

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the last game I remember buying on PC was EverQuest 2.

It came on about 11 CDs.

I have the exact drive as in OP, but I have not used it once since building the machine a year ago. It's only like $20 I guess, but I can't imagine i would buy one again.

I just back up what I want to save on 2tb externals, nowadays they don't even need a power cord, just a usb line. shit's super handy.

>>386681073
I have one, but it's not even plugged into the motherboard/PSU.
When I upgraded my PC I just couldn't be bothered to do it.
Also my power cables are a mess because I have 3 hard drives, I probably didn't have any connectors left.

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>>386681073
Literally have the exact same port on my computer

>>386690778

>not having a DVD drive in 2004

Lmao

what is that the cupholder?

>>386681073
>tfw 31
>tfw don't fit in with the generation before me
>tfw don't fit in with the generation i'm in.
>tfw stuck in some weird generation gap.

I still have my old Mario Teaches Typing 8 inch floppies sitting in my mom's basement with stuff like Reading Rabbit, 7th Gate, Kings Quest stuff, Age of Empires, etc.

>what millennial actually means

Anyone born between 1985-ish and today who isn't the child of someone born in that period (those are gen Z)

>what people think it means and what it has become in common speech

Anyone younger than me I don't like

>>386681073
Last time I used it I had to get pin to help it open tray for the first time. Also, on topic of Asus, I remember that one time when mom called me in school and said something happened to PC. When I got back, it turned out she wanted to install HoMM1 from cd, and for some reason disc exploded mid-installation.

>>386690745
I said I want to watch chinese cartoons, not talladega night.

I use them all the time. I have 5 HDDs with roughly 10 TBs of space that are pretty much always full from work, movies, etc. So I burn off roughly 22 gigs at a time to a bluray to free up space now and then because I don't have any room for more HDDs in my case.

>>386691116
disc rot got to it

>>386681073
I'm a millennial born in 1998 and I have one :^) too ez OP

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>>386681073
im a buzzword and i have 3 DVD-R drives in my desktop

floppy drives or pic related will probably be more suitable next time OP

>Millennials unironically say gif and not gif
Fucking idiots.

>>386691515
>he actually says gif instead of gif
Look at him and laugh.

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>>386681073
APOLOGIZE

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>>386691515

What do you need discs for that you can't occasionally pop an external bay in for?

The space is better spent on a SSD for your OS.

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>>386681073
>that feel when you're old enough to see history repeat itself
>if you're old you'll know what i mean

Fuck.

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>>386691408
>turbo button underclocked the processor
>normal mode was faster

>>386691926
Oh god, i'll be one of those Luddites.

>>386681073
I popped my monitor's user disk in today and it was roaring. I'm not sure I want to try that again since I had a Scrabble disk explode once.

>>386691926
What happened to Gen X anyway?

>>386682092
>sd-blueray-whatever
>in the era when you can carry a 1TB ssd

>>386681073
I don't understand why anyone wouldn't have one.

It costs practically nothing and you're going to find it useful at least sometimes.

>>386692331
>-1 sata slot
Is that simple.

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>have optical disk
>buys physical
>CD contains a steam key

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>>386692452
You cant just torrent the shit you want, unless your ISP snoops hard enough to tell to someone else to sue you.

>>386681073
Why yes, I do own a PS2

>I still have the CDs of WoW, BC and WOTLK

I wonder if they would even work, now that Blizzard has the Battle.net thing going on

>>386691960
This is why you don't invert the cable polarity.

>>386690540
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00E7B08MS/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502321870&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=blue+ray+drive&dpPl=1&dpID=416X3wRYtzL&ref=plSrch

'member when the cd drives had headphone jacks in them?

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>>386691926
Fitting music from a fitting year for your post, my friend:

https://youtu.be/yzLT6_TQmq8

I actually just installed a bluray in my PC because I wanted to watch the anime I import on my PC. Yes, I import anime on bluray.

>>386681497
>consolebros think there's a real difference

I will admit that the physical copy of games is nice in that it's not bound to an account, but with the rise in percentage of each video game that is DLC and IS tied to an account, the value of a physical copy is declining. Also, most console games download a huge portion of the game as well as patches after the fact anyway.

So basically console bros are just slower at getting cucked by DRM.

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>>386687441
Corsair 250D

>>386691047

Lucky. I had an old IBM Tandy neatly stored at my parents with my old games, projects and short stories I wrote as a kid on floppy disks. What did my dad do? Chuck the shit no questions asked after I moved out. My mom stopped him from selling or trashing my old vidya, bless her.

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>He dosen't have a CRT

>>386693307
support the media you enjoy.

>>386694008

No old monitors but I do have a crt television I was given for free after helping a neighbor move. I just use it for old vidya since the picture is still good.

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rate my cable management

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>>386695176
Better than mine. I have 4 hard drives and a DVD drive. I have no more plugs on my PSU

>>386681073
>tfw I got this for my build and only used it once to install the OS
no regrets. Just wouldn't feel like a computer otherwise

>>386693018
you would have to download them again since they're unpatched

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>>386695389
jk that's my dad's PC

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>tfw someone copies a floppy

>>386695709
Where's your timestamp?

>>386681073
I have one because I have so many physical games.

>>386695869
I happened to have my dad's PC open on the floor since I'm rebuilding it, I'm far too lazy to take apart my own. That photo is from a while back

>>386696491
Timestamp the exterior of the case then.

>>386681497
That's like, so 2005

>>386695709
>multiple 5.25" drives
>using hard drives
>not using an m.2 ssd
>redundant case fan
>sound card
What is this, 1998?

>>386686539
I wonder how comparable the rates of decay are in the generations-long game of telephone, and the loss of bits in data storage.

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My DVD player stopped working years ago, never bothered replacing it since I can just torrent games.

Just last week, threw out an old PATA cable I had stored away. Good riddance.

>>386696586
Only one 5.25" drive, I use it to rip CDs on the rare occasion. Need hard drives for shittons of vidya and anime. SSD at the bottom, though I doubt it's M 2. Case fan helps marginally with airflow. Sound card helps me output to headphones/speakers separately depending on the situation, also has a built-in headphone amp.

>>386682213
That asus burner is fucking great I own one since 2010 and it still works and burn everything well

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How do I cable management

>>386692396
What are you doing that sata slots are such a premium?

>>386681073

I've been using the same DVD drive for the last 13 years. I'd show you mine but
I'm phone posting

>>386681916
Last used mine with D2 also, pretty funny, I've done new builds every few years but I always keep putting the old ass disk drive in it every time

>>386697142
Modular power supply.

>>386681073
i do have one and i am a millenial, get fucking pranked my dude

>>386681073
its literally the cheapest part of your pc. i don't get why people complain to others that have them. like its not useful. i still burn cds at times. have old cds ive never used

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>physical media
>2017
Uh.... I have multiple HDDs for that friendo. Are you retarded OP?

>>386681073
I have it so I can burn prog CD's onto itunes

>>386685164
ya and literally every single person I've seen calling someone a millennial on here is one themselves

I have 2 plus diskette drives in my main desktop PC still.

>Not needing a CD drive to get music that isn't available online
Sad.

>>386698941
>Music that isn't available online
I'm curious what kind of music exists as a CD but isn't on Soulseek or What.CD

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>>386685936
>he doesn't rent a warehouse to store his files

filthy peasant.

>>386683196
I burn music CDs for my car all the time because my radio stations are shit.

>>386681596
I built my new rig and all the new cases didn't have space for one. I miss it a ton though.

>>386697180
my uncle gave me a computer he built in 2010, and it had 1 remaining SATA slot out of 6. i have no idea what the other 5 go to, but im afraid to unplug any. one of them is an optical drive, no idea which one though

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How else am I suppose to install windows 7 then you dumb idiot

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>>386700142

you're better off getting one of those FM transmitters if your car stereo doesnt have an aux port

>>386701708
Burn the installation media to a USB drive you mongoloid
Or take the hard drive out, Install windows 7 to the hard drive using someone else's PC and CD drive, and then put the hard drive back in your computer. Bonus points if your computers are extremely similar

>>386701832
This has to sound like shit

>>386681073
Why wouldn't anyone just keep their drives from their last PC? They're still useful for older games you have on disc. If anything i'm debating whether or not to get a blu-ray drive.

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>>386700142
>his car stereo doesn't have a usb socket.

>>386689812
but why though? I never thought about it, but why aren't we just using type C for everything now?

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>>386689812
my printer is wireless

>>386702348
Has anyone bought a printer in the past decade?

>>386701995

i used one for awhile in my old car. It's not bad. The only issue it has is that using it for long trips would be annoying because you would have to play with it frequently for the best channel. But back and forth to work or school was fine for me.

>>386702495
>He doesn't have anything to print
T. neet

The only reason I will miss physical media is because DRM is cancer. But with all the patches being necessary nowadays it doesn't even matter anymore.

>>386702495
the last one I bought was for my mom and it just connected to the wifi.

>>386702694
gore thread?

I've had a disc drive for years and probably won't let it go. You never know what kind of data is still on disc format

I had 2 in my current rig, but they stopped reading discs, so i took them out. Haven't been feeling their absence in over 3 years now.

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>>386702694

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>do atx mini build
>no room for cd drive for OS install
>shit
>try to remove cd drive from broken laptop
>it's trapped in a plastic coffin
>shit
>plug the cd drive's connectors to the motherboard of the new computer while it's still in the laptop
>os installs just fine

>>386689263
That's type B. I still use it to flash microcontrollers

>>386681073
I have a Blu Ray drive you pleb and I'm a proud 90s kid millennial :^)

>>386703019
you do know OS can be installed via usb drive, right?

Does anyone have a POST card they recommend? Or will the shitty chinese brands work just fine?

>>386701924
>installing windows 7
i found your problem

>>386681073
ASUS? It most certainly does not!
I do have a Blu-Ray burner though. I have never once put a Blu Ray disc in it. I burn old videogames so I can play them on the original consoles. I may also occasionally want to rip a CD or DVD. No post-80's PC is complete without a cdrom drive.

>>386681073
Sorry I'm late to this thread, but how could any desktop not have a optical drive? Is this a meme?

>>386703139
>you do know OS can be installed via usb drive, right?

This guy must be 40+ years old. W7 cannot be natively installed through usb anymore, unless you slipstream.

>>386681073
I have three, 2 sata and one pata, though two are in the closet and one in the old music computer which I only use for cubase.
I have four FDDs though.

>>386703305
>anymore
lol, what changed?

>>386689263
Every DAC user knows.

>>386681073
I was born in 77.. So Gen X.

Magnavox Odyssey 2, Atari, NES, Game Boy, PC, GBC, GBA, Playstation, Dreamcast, Playstation 2, DS, Xbox 360.

BBS before Internet..

-shrug-

arent physical pc games now just steam installers with a key

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>>386702694

>>386701832
I have a bluetooth version I use in my car because it doesn't have an aux input and it's too expensive to replace because I have a touch screen that controls the GPS, climate, & stereo which is stock. I'd have to replace all of that to get the same functionality.

>>386681073

It doesn't. Mine used IDE. My current motherboard only has SATA. It didn't seem worth buying another drive or a PCI card, considering I hardly used it anymore.

>>386703019
Yeah, it's easier to do frankenstien shit like that sometimes. In the past I've had a couple of PC towers sitting right next to each other using the power supply in one case to power the hardware in the other because it was only a temporary thing. It's not quite Joker level craziness, it's smarter than wasting your time on a temp setup.

That said m8.
>atx mini
>no cdrom
They ought to lock you away for that.

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>>386681781
Spotted the millenial

>>386684950
i begged my dad for one of these, shit, 1.44 mb just weren't cutting it

>>386703779
I wanna hug that buny

>>386703305
Are you talking about UEFI? There are tools out there that do it
I installed Win7 on a new laptop two months ago. took some tinkering but it worked

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>>386681497
The fuck is this, then?

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>>386681073
>prove to me you aren't a millennial

I don't own a phone or any similar mobile device.
Beat that.

>>386704090

that means you are neet

>>386704090
Still using that beeper, eh?

>>386703139

>Laptop harddrive shit itself
>Clowns at ACER put a password on my laptop's UEFI when I sent it out for repairs once, now I can't even access disk recovery or anything.
>Been using a live boot version of Ubuntu for weeks now, and build an emulator USB that runs Lakka

>>386704156

But I have job tho. Been at the same job 5 years now.

I just don't like being at anyone's beck and call.

>>386685482
What school did you go to?

>>386703305
WTF is slipsteam?

>>386704370
>pout a password on the UEFI
Like what the actual fuck, I would be livid. Call and complain

>>386704370
there should be a reset jumper inside the laptops motherboard if you google it.

>>386681073
I am a millenial and I have one

>>386690457

Start crossboarding on /fit/
Drink the coolaid

>>386681073
What do I need a beta drive for?

>>386704382
>I just don't like being at anyone's beck and call.
Yeah ok lmao

>>386704382
Enjoy making shit money

>>386697142

If your case has the space, you run it all behind the motherboard. Also: >>386697378

>>386704370
Reset the CMOS battery. Will put the BIOS back to factory default but won't help if the BIOS is passworded.

only a redditor would ditch an optical drive

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>he doesn't have a 16,000 C.T.C. combo drive with plus four digital upgrade card in his rig

>>386681073

>rig

prove to me you aren't a millennial OP

>>386704545

Yeah, well it's about 3 years old now, so it's out of warranty. I called and complained and they basically told me to fuck off. Doesn't help that the CD/DVD drive is fucked as well. I shipped it off for a failed hard drive before, they fixed it, but it came back with a crapped out dvd/cd drive. Moral of the story is don't buy shit from Acer I guess.

>>386704572

I considered doing a reset, but I can boot live OS's just fine, so I don't want to risk fucking that up as well. I'm hoping that if I get a new hard drive, I can just install Ubuntu on it and be on my way. The live boots are fine for now, but it's very limited as you can imagine. Still, Ubuntu's live version has a MS office-like suite, and I can watch Youtube/Browse 4chan. It's a fine solution for the time being.

>>386702495
I just go to the ups store if I need to print shipping labels which is the only thing I ever need printed

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>they didn't buy into the m-disc meme
haven't burned a single blu-ray or m-disc yet but boy oh fuck have i ripped some hella CDs

>>386689263
>like 9 responses
>only one correct one

sad times upon us.

>>386681073
I don't call my computer a "rig"

>>386705959
>I called and complained and they basically told me to fuck off
How they keep getting away with this? AMD's graphic cards and some laptop motherboards have been found in the latest years to have huge issues with updating drivers (from minor image glitches to total system corruption) and which most of the time don't show until several years later (my netbook from 2013 only started showing it after january 2016, the most up to date I can be on video drivers is december 2015), and it was found out that all the instances came from the same cause; faulty soldering during fabrication.
After a massive amount of threads in the support forums (which are community driven only) the AMD staff actually went in and stated that either you go to the retailer or the pc's manufacturer with your warrant or fuck off; and prohibited more threads of the same issue to be made again and closed all the old ones.
So, yeah, don't buy from AMD either, I guess.
>>386706641
Actually half the responses are all right and the other half are ironic.