Battle of the CD-RW Drives

[DuckTape]

Hello folks.

What brands (and models/speeds) of CD-RW Drives are more reliable? more quiet? Best of both worlds? Any to avoid?

Thanks much as always,
DuckTape

 

[BGates2B]

I picked up a Plextor 40x12x40 drive and it's a dream. Very fast (using the 40x sample CD, burned 628MB in 2:36), and surprisingly very quiet. It is no noiser than the 8X4X32 Plextor is replaced.

Did Weird Al write "It's all about the Pentiums" about me?

 

[upec]

I also have good experience with Plextor CDRW drives.

 

[AMD_Man]

Lite-On seem to becoming popular for performance as well as reliability for a good price.

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[Arrow]

Plextor is very, very reliable. However, if you'd like to save some money, a Lite-on should serve you just fine as well.

Rob
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[OldBear]

I have the Yamaha 3200-e, quiet, fast, very reliable. It can make backup copies of the lastest protected
CD's. I really like the cool blue activity light.


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[camieabz]

Agreed. Yamaha. Plextor must be good, cause they're expensive. Oh wait that's Intel.

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[ejsmith2]

The yamaha's and Plex's haul a$$ on right next to everything. And good DAE to boot.

There's a couple of other brands/models that can come close, and will be a heck of a lot cheaper (Liteon). You'll always give up *something*, but if you're not ripping audio every single time you sit down to use the computer, it may not make a significant (>5%) difference in your time.

 

[eagle1]

I currently own a TDK 24/10/40x and a tdk 8/4/32 and never had problems or any issues they work greate also recomend plextor these two are the best out there. The TDK has better software bundle then the plextor. you can also visit this web site for more info


http://www.cdrlabs.com/