[-=HN=- Wild9]

I just got my state income tax check back and i have been wanting a cdrw for awhile now. what would be a good one to get that is relatively inexpensive? any specific brands? it will be mostly for making audio cd's and for backup purposes also.
any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Malakai]

i have the Lite-on 32x12x40 right now, it is the best CD burner ive ever even seen.....
full ISO in 4min 10sec at 24x with crap CD-R's, under 4min with good CD-r's , and the quality is top notch oon every burned thing.

check out www.cdrlabs.com for a full review of it and many others.

oh, and newegg has a great deal on em, i got mine for 85$ retail with Nero, the latest version even.

-Malakai

[Dieni]

I have an LG 32x10x40x CD-RW and it works great for me

[iihrjin]

I'm using a Plextor CDRW (24X10X40) with Nero.
It has Burn Proof Tech.
I've never had any single error during burning a CD.
And also not noisy at all.

[Malakai]

do a search for "best CD-RW" or something, there was recently a thread that covered this quite well, with lots of good info.......

everyone should make better use of the search key,

*sigh*

-Malakai

[Krieger]

I agree with Malakai, but for the record I have a lite-on 16x that thing kicks ass. It will burn anything. Some of the best moeny I have spent on my computer.

[oc jason]

Lite-On
AOpen
TDK
Plextor

are viewed as "THE" top brands

[A380]

I've got a Traxdata CDR 4x (no rw!!)
It is still working, and never had a prob! (Doesn't have burnproff, too)
I'm going to get a new one: CD-ReWriter - PlexWriter 40/12/40A
This one also supports the new MountRainier! (with firmware upgrade [I asked plextor about that]). I know that is isn't of any use now, but for future it is a good thing to have!
I suggest you to get a plextor, teac/traxdata burner. If you don't want to spend too much money on it, then get one that is a bit slower. Investing in a good one is worth it!!

CU
A380

[The Coolest]

I think that malaki was reffering to my (or gilgamesh's) thread here: http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showth...ht=%2ARicoh%2A
I got the ricoh drive, and I like it a lot, although I didn't really burn a lot of CD-Rs but it does seem to be a really fast and reliable drive (knock on wood ), its a 24x10x40 and it writes a full 700 MBs from start to finish in 4m:28s (including finalizing the CD), and its also very cheap. I heard only good things about Lite-On too, but I couldn't get it for a cheap enough price here, where I live. I use the newest NERO burning ROM with this drive.

[ptwearnhardtfan]

My vote goes for Lite-On. Never had a coaster since I got this burner.

[A380]

obviously everybody tells you something different so they are all good
Keep in mind, thta burning with 40x speed, will save you only a few seconds! so maybe you wanna go with a slower one, without needing to wait much more
Cu
A380

[Vfrjim1]

I got the Lite-On 40x12x48, actually 2 of them, not sure if the deal was listed on this forum but Dell had it on sale and then added coupons, ended up paying 88$ for the first one, 80$ for the 2nd one with Nero included, now I can burn 2 cd's in about 3:12 from .iso gotta love technology, this was a replacement to my 8X burner, very happy!

Jim

[lonewolf1983]

i have a liteon 24x10x40
works great
highly recommended

[takiwa]

none has mentioned TEAC yet, so I'll throw my $.02 in...the 24x10x40 I have has never given me a minute's trouble since I got it...very solid drive...

[Chris]

PLEXTOR the best