CDR-CDRW Drives..which is the best?

[Bman]

I am going to buy a new CDRW drive. Which drive do you recommend?
I saw a Sony 48x drive for cheap and was wondering how good they are. I think it only has 2 meg buffer though.

 

[[CpK]Bastid]

dont really need the big buffers anymore with burn proof tech

tdk, msi, lite on,......all good


woops and cant forget bout good ol plextor

yamaha is good too

 

[Tabula Rasa]

Try buing one with a SCSI controler....faster and more relayeble (usually)

 

[The_Schwarz]

Lite-On all the way, best drives i have ever used, have just changed all of mine over to them and have had no problems.

 

[Rebs]

TDK more bang for the buck.

 

[dpr]

It depends on what you want to do with it, if you want to BACKUP your games ect then get a liteon as they handle Safedisc 2 copy protection.

 

[GhaLeoN]

what about a plextor 40x12x40 ?

 

[pothitos]

40x12x48 lite-on then if you want you can fw upgrade to a 48x12x48 without spending thew extra dosh

 

[Cosmin]

PLextor all the way , I've had an Sony drive for 2 years and no problems

 

[Bman]

I was aiming for the Plex or Sony, but if you guys are raving Lite-ons.....I might go that way.

 

[Timeo27]

Yep, lite-ons are usually cheap and good.

As for me, I walk into office stores, comp usa, etc. And pick the cheapest 24x or 40x, (whatever speed I'm looking for) that I can find. These are the kind that usually have no documentation, drives, etc. so it's fun and frustrating all at the same time. But on the plus side, I usually only pay $40 or $50.

(I even found a $45 "generic" 24x in a grocery store once. I was tempted to buy it. Instead I got a 5" black and white tv for $20. )

 

[dpr]

If you do want a cdrw to back up safe disc 2 games go here http://www.fileforums.com/ then scrool down to CD Media World list and pick cd copy protections and utilities and you will see a stickey called Safedisc 2 compatible burners, look in there and it will give you an idea of what other cdrw drives will backup safe disc 2 games. Hope this helps

 

[prasanth]

I have heard that LG drive are good for over burning.