ASUS ZenDrive U9M optical disc drive DVD±RW Silver

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At £26.71 ex-VAT, the ASUS ZenDrive U9M is the kind of no-drama external DVD±RW drive that’s useful in very specific B2B situations. If you still have legacy kit—POS systems, some industrial software installers, or recovery/archival workflows that require burning or reading DVDs—this will do the job without turning your desk into a science project. It’s also a solid “keep one in the spares cupboard” item for teams that occasionally need optical media but don’t justify a full-time internal drive in every workstation.

That said, I wouldn’t buy it for general-purpose use in 2026. If your users rarely touch DVDs or you’re mostly dealing with downloads/USB-based installers, you’re better off spending that money on something more future-proof (or simply using existing drives you already have). And if you’re expecting blisteringly fast, heavy-duty burning day after day, a basic USB optical drive is not where you want to stake your operations—optical media workflows tend to be the bottleneck, not the hardware. In short: buy it if you have intermittent but real optical needs; skip it if your business is moving on from discs.