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Old 02-01-2006, 05:23 PM   #1
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i wanted to know if i wanted to save some money could i use the drives off of my dell dimension 5150 to use them for my gaming pc i am building like the dvd rom drive or and the cd rw drive
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Old 02-01-2006, 05:39 PM   #2
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I dont see why not, but you might want a DVD RW, there pretty cheap now so it probally wont save you that much money.
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Old 02-01-2006, 05:59 PM   #3
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Yeah, you could re-use the drives from the Dell - you might need longer IDE cables, but the motherboard of the new computer should have those for you.
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