Best IDE CD-ROM Drive - Asus, Teac, or Toshiba?

[ktchong]

Asus, Teac, and Toshiba. Which is the best (in terms of performance, quality, speed, quietness, features, data/audio extration, etc.)?

 

[TSDible]

I'm interested in this one as well....

so here is a bump up.

 

[AndyHui]

ASUS 40x, 45x, 50x. Cheap, very reliable, very fast. The 50x is somewhat louder than the 40x and 45x though.

 

[Rudee]

I have plenty of experience with each and every drive you mentioned, as I build systems out of my home part time.

It is without doubt - in my opinion - that Toshiba CDROM drives are superior in both quality and performace, thus I highly recommend them.

I have yet to have a Toshiba fail on me yet.

 

[Dan]

One other factor to consider: what OS are you using? I agree that Toshiba and Teac make excellent drives. Not many of their models are Win2K-compatible though.

 

[Cpt. Duke]

In my experience Asus is the best -- good audio ripping and quick windup and eject times. I have used Toshiba and Teac as well, and they are both good. I guess it depends on your needs. If its simply reading CDs then any one would be a good choice. Just stay away from Lite-On and Afreey (sp?) drives -- they are noisy as hell!

 

[ktchong]

What about noise level? I want a drive that's really quiet. Most 40x+ CD=ROM drives sound like a jet engine when reading a disc.

 

[co0lbean]

all of them are good so get the cheaper one

 

[billyjak]

I bought a 56x Majic spin at Office max, it was on sale for 39.00, it listed at 70.00 and it's so fricken fast, quiet and reliable.
I wouldn't have paid 70.00 though.
One good thing is that it reads Packet writting, which is beneficial in my case as I store files on this kind of disk such as video drivers and such. I just add them as needed, so I don't have to burn a disk every time.

 

[ktchong]

Thanks for all your responses. Just ordered a Toshiba 48X CD-ROM drive (XM-6702B) from Nxgen.com. Had a really hard time finding the Toshiba drive. Most online resellers have stopped selling it for some reason. I guess Toshiba must have discontinued its 48x drive.

 

[PCAddict]

Nice choice. Toshiba makes a solid drive that performs well. Plus, I find them to be quieter than others with similar performance.