Need the Fastest Cd-Rom Drive [Archive]

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Vio1

11-07-04, 08:54 AM

Hi, I bought the Toshiba 16x dual layer dvd burner a few months ago, and I am not happy at all with its cd-rom reading ability. I want to keep the drive for burning things, but I want to get a secondary cd-rom drive I can use to run programs and install things from.
What is the fastest cd-rom drive available?
I remember the Kenwood true-x 72x drives, but they stoped making them, and only really old drives are available on ebay.

Any recommendations?

Vio1

11-07-04, 10:21 AM

Out of the currently available cd-rom drives,
which would you recommend?

Asus 52X CD-ROM
BenQ 656A 56X CD-ROM
LG 52X CD-ROM
LiteOn 52X CD-ROM
Sony 52X CD-ROM

UndyingClocker

11-07-04, 10:26 AM

Liteon's are very good...atleast from my experiance..

tom10167

11-07-04, 10:50 AM

I've had two Lite-Ons and been less-than-impressed with both. My DVD burner is really noisy when reading stuff, and my old one just crapped out on my really early. I would also stay away from Sony, personally. Asus or the BenQ, they're both going to be just as fast realistically.

Vio1

11-07-04, 11:01 AM

What about LG? Anyone have any experience with BenQ drives?

MasterCraft

11-07-04, 11:32 AM

Go for this one (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-106-235&depa=1)

8mb buffer (will make a difference in speed, currently plextor's are the only 8mb buffered drives out that I know of), 52x read speed, and its a CD-RW burner to boot.
If your looking for speed this is probably your best bet.

Otherwise I'd go with the asus.