A Budget PC Under Rs. 25,000

Built on the SATA II platform this drive has adequate storage. With its price now under Rs. 2,500 the drive is more than capable of holding quite a few movies and songs.

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-1608P3S 16X DVD Writer (Rs. 2,250)

We carry forward this drive from our previous roundup as it remains amongst the best choices available at this price range even now.

This drive is an OEM product of Pioneer's 111L drive and offers great compatibility with all kinds of DVD media, which can be burnt easily at 16x without quality issues. The drive is also capable of writing to DL media which can hold more data than any other media solution currently available. Pioneer also has some of the best read speeds of any DVD drives and can easily be made region-free.