[JoeMgdi]

Many computers have an empty 5 1/2 inch drive bay, allowing installation of an extra burner. If you have space, might as well keep the cd burner you have. Is nice for quick disc copies, less swapping discs in & out of machine. There are usually extra power plugs, and extra IDE hookups on the existing ribbon cable. If you have SATA inputs to motherboard, would need a new cable for that. The dedicated connection to soundboard via a separate cable is optional, the signal will get there thru the data cable.