what is a good cdrw drive?

[Kitler]

is there a cdrw drive thats $60.00

[steveyboy]

you should get the best light on you can afford, everyone says they are the best value option

[steveyboy]

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=27-106-177

This is what id get

[Kitler]

thanks man

[PLtNmHeLiX]

yup can't go wrong with lite-on. you can even overclock these babies

[kieronw4]

i have a liteon 48*burner that was originaly a 32 just a quick firmware upgrade and hey presto
:cool:

[CaptBill]

look at pricewatch.com

[Loyalty]

Newegg has the black 40x12x48 for 61. Impressive as usual.

[csu]

I'm using LiteOn 40/12/48. best bang for the buck :)

[Mike K]

When you click on the detail spec on newegg for the $61 black 40x liteon it says somewhere in there 33.3MBs/sec. Does this mean it is ATA33? Or am I wrong?

Under specifications it says:
Interface : ATAPI-E/IDE, support up to Ultra-DMA Mode2, 33.3MB/sec

[Gnufsh]

Right, Ultra ATA 33 interface.

[Mike K]

That doesn't make sense. Why not ATA100? My Sony CD-RW is ATA100 and that is about 1 year old already. I guess it's okay, I have a 32x and it is fast. But ATA33 is old.

[FTC]

Mike,

I very much doubt your CDRW is ATA100... MOST CDROMS and CDRWs are UATA33. Note that this 33MB/sec is the INTERFACE speed.... which is already MUCH more than what's needed to write at 40x : (150Kb/sec x 40 = 6Mb/sec).... This is why most manufacturers are happy and do not go to a 100Mb/sec interface just to transfer at most 6.

Regards
FTC