HP 9.5mm Slim SuperMulti DVD Writer Drive

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If you’ve got an older desktop or small form-factor PC that still needs an internal optical drive, the HP 9.5mm Slim SuperMulti is a sensible, no-fuss replacement. At £57.55 ex-VAT, it sits in the “get it working again” bracket rather than the “future-proof investment” bracket—so you’re basically paying for reliability and fit, not features. The slim 9.5mm format matters in real deployments where cases and drive bays are tight, and “SuperMulti” is the right kind of flexible when you’re supporting mixed media workflows (backup discs, software installs, legacy recovery images).

That said, I wouldn’t buy this for anything new or optical-rare. If your users are mostly downloading installers, using USB media, or running VDI/MDM-driven software, an optical drive is dead weight and you’ll get better ROI by planning to phase it out. Also, if you’re buying for lots of machines, sanity-check the compatibility with the exact model/BIOS expectations—slim notebook-style units can be picky compared to standard bays. Bottom line: good value for maintaining legacy hardware and keeping business-critical install/recovery paths available; unnecessary expense if your environment doesn’t actively use optical media.