Fastest CD-ROM or DVD/CD-ROM

[technogeeky]

I am going to be dumping my current mobo with built-in SCSI, so I'm going to get rid of my Plextor UltraPlex 40x - it's one of the fastest drives I've ever seen.


What are the fastest CD-ROM / DVD-ROM drives out there (IDE only...) - I want to be able to rip audio as fast or faster than the Plextor. If it's also a DVD reader, that's cool too.

 

[spanky]

as for cdroms.... kenwood truex 72x

 

[NEVERwinter]

careful... Kenwood CDROM is not produced anymore.. beside it has some problems of reading CDRs

for DVD-ROM.. i think the fastest is LiteOn or ASUS.. well Pioneer has better reading capability but ASUS and LiteOn has fastest audio ripping 🙂

 

[technogeeky]

Are there any websites that review this stuff? I just want a good drive that is not laggy like most IDE drives seem to be.


Is it too much to ask?

*sob*

 

[CheungMoKee]

in my eyes .. toshiba sd-m1612 is the best dvd rom at 16x dvd and 48x cd with DVD ram readability unless u guys can find better hehe 😀


EDIT: i dun think the speed is most important compared to DVD RAM readability capability .. i consider the function is important ... u know of any other dvd rom that has this?

 

[eplebnista]

Here is a link to a DAE test results page. IMO, I'd recommend the LiteOn LTD163 16X DVD drive.

My $.02,
eplebnista

 

[VSEKH]

I would get the Liteon 16x/48x dvd-rom. Also, get the 165H version. This is the latest. I just got is from newegg.com. It is much nicer than the older 163 and 163d dvd-roms. The older ones slowed down a lot in the middle of software installations and converting to mp3 files. The newer one hardly ever slows down.

 

[Pardus]

I'm going to get rid of my Plextor UltraPlex 40x - it's one of the fastest drives I've ever seen.

Check out next weeks staples ad, they have a rebaggd Lite-On 48x (CeDyne) for $59.99 after rebates and maybe even lower with a coupon. I have this burner, its 48x write/12x re-write/48x read, it also rips audio very fast.

As for dvd, the lite-on 16x is $37 at newegg, search for N82E16827131102 to find it.

There are 3 combo drives out there right now (plextor, toshiba and samsung), they only do one thing, they save you a drive bay, they dont give you performace over other brands.

 

[Wolfsraider]

i bought the bus link rebadged liteon 40x12x48 at staples clearence for 49.90

wahoo!!!!

just be sure it says smartburn on the box not justburn?as that is the aopen model lol


time to flash the firmware😉