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Header Cell - Column 0	LG GSA-H42L	Pioneer DVD-112	Samsung SH-S182	Samsung SH-S183	Sony/NEC (Optiarc) AD-7170S
Interface	UltraATA	UltraATA	UltraATA	SATA	SATA
Write Speed
DVD+R	18	18	18	18	18
DVD-R	18	18	18	18	18
DVD+R DL	10	10	8	8	8
DVD-R DL	10	10	8	8	6
DVD+RW	8	8	8	8	8
DVD-RW	6	6	6	6	6
DVD-RAM	12	10	12	12	12
CD-R	48	40	48	48	48
CD-RW	32	32	32	32	32
Labeling	LightScribe	None	LightScribe	lightScribe	none

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System Hardware
Socket 775	Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 (Conroe 65 nm, 2.93 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache)
Motherboard	MSI 975X Platinum PowerUp EditionChipset : Intel 975X, BIOS : 2007-01-24
Common Hardware
RAM	2x 1024 MB DDR2-8000 (CL 4.0-4-4-12)Corsair CM2X1024-6400C3 XMS6403v1.1
Graphics Card	HIS X1900XTX IceQ3GPU : ATI Radeon X1900XTX (650 MHz)RAM : 512 MB GDDR3 (1550 MHz)
Hard Drive	150 GB 10,000 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA/150Western Digital WD1500ADFD
DVD-ROM	Gigabyte GO-D1600C (16x)
Software
Graphics Driver	ATI Catalyst Suite 7.2
Platform Drivers Intel	INF-Treiber 8.1.1.1010
DirectX	Version : 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

Benchmarks and Settings
iTunes 7	Version : 7.1.1.5
Nero CD-DVD Speed	Version : 4.7.0.4
DVD Decrypter	Version : 3.5.4.0ISO WriteISO Read

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Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.