Need help picking DVD-ROM

[EvilYoda]

Probably going to buy one soon.........and seeing how I'm not doing anything at work, might as well post now. I was looking through newegg, cuz I know they have good prices, and I've dealt with them before. My question is, which of these would you go with?

AOpen 12x
Toshiba 16x

I save ~10 bucks with the AOpen, but how do they WORK? Is the AOpen reliable? Quiet? Get hot?

Stuff like that........anybody with either drive, or can direct me to a review, it would be greatly appreciated.

 

[MrBond]

Aopen is a pioneer drive. They get hot, I have a fan blowing on my open case because DVD's would be warm to the touch after playing

Checm general hardware, someone posted a similar thread today

 

[EvilYoda]

k, thanx.........hmmm, so if it's a Pioneer drive, the speeds are close, so there would really be no point in getting the pioneer on newegg, eh?

 

[kami]

Go with the Toshiba. It's quieter, plus Toshiba's tend to read regular CDs better (sub-channel data), especially if you rip a lot of crap or ever want to make copies of cd's that have any kind of copy protection.