New DvD/CD burner

[Jacobman]

Well after my original cd burner went out a year ago i bought a light-on dvd burner and after a few months it wont even burn cd's, i am hardly impressed with it. Now its time to buy a new one cause i cant stand not being able to burn things, i need recommendations on some burners. I think i am going to try samsung because i have used them in my last 2 PC builds and no problems so far , also alot of good reviews on the egg. Another question i have is does SATA do anything for a drive, any performance gains from sata over an ide?

ide-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151133

sata-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151141

 

[Nittenti]

You can update firmware on most of Lite-On's DVD burners ?

Look in Devicemanager, find the exact name and Google for "Exact name firmware"

 

[Jacobman]

Well even when i did burn CD's i would get alot of coasters

 

[Bios24]

I just bought a pair of SATA burners. One Lite-on (cause I've had such good luck with them) The other Samsung. The price difference between the SATA and IDE is pretty small, so I just bought the SATA drives. There isn't a performance difference between IDE and SATA, but SATA is easier to route. (and of course the 'cool' factor of SATA burners of course)

 

[mcoleg]

you won't find any performance gains if you hook up your burner to sata. but if your board supports it, go for it; smaller cables are always good