i've had this burner for a while now but it has been in my old 1.2 athlon system up till now. when i built the new computer, it of course went in there. well last night i was ripping some wavs from a cd onto my hard drive at.....55x! never have i seen transfer rates that good. i'm seriously in cd-r bliss. burning cds in just about 2 minutes depending on the length (sometimes less, sometimes more). i seriously recommend this burner, its totally awesome and can be had for less than $100.
TDK owns, and i'll be getting all of my future burners from them if they continue to put out such quality products.
jeff