Plextor OEM UltraPlex SCSI 32X CD-Rom $39 refurbished

[NeoSolo]

http://www.overstock.com
$20 off $50
http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?cid=2614

i got this deal off www.te*hbargains.com

 

[Kwad Guy]

This is a VERY hot deal on a very good CD-ROM.
It's the previous (discontined) model--the current model is the 40x
SCSI drive--but it's nearly as fast as the 40x and is fast
enough to do 12X CD burns on the fly of either music or
data discs...(for more on CD extraction abilities, go to
kickme.to/cdspeed).

The 40x sells for $90+. This one comes delivered for $39.
Jump on this!

Kwad

 

[alaskadan]

<Playing the Devil's Advocate here>

If it is, &quot;...a VERY hot deal on a very good CD-ROM,&quot; then why has it been refurbished?

 

[randomlinh]

they prolly have like 10 Cuase ppl drop these things and they send them back, that's why, and there will always be manufacturing defects.

Too back i just dropped $85 on a used 40x.

 

[Krunk]

I have an UltraPlex 40X Max and its wonderful. Not too sure about the 32x but it should probably be the same quality.

 

[GeoffS]

Got one (I hope). Hope it doesn't have the funky 3-pin audio connector that my Toshiba does!

 

[dirtweasel]

great find!!!

i just ordered one.

thanks,

dirty

 

[GeoffS]

And thanks for the coupon link too... makes this a hot deal!

These guys http://www.hypermicro.com/store/index.htm also carry Plextor refurbs (in the CD/DVD-ROM category). I've ordered CDRs from them before and had no problems.

 

[Kwad Guy]

Hypermicro wants $62 delivered for a refurbished Plextor 32x
SCSI drive (same one as the one that's at overstock for $39 delivered
after coupon). Not a bad price, but can't hold a candle to
Overstock given the coupon differential.

Kwad

 

[da loser]

nevermind 90 days manufactured warranty.

 

[lokitech]

Overstock.com also carries a night vision scope for $124 after coupon. Not bad, sells locally for $199.
Thanks for the Heads Up...

 

[VTBigBear]

Dang Looks like you found a good deal solo.

^^

 

[dabuddha]

sweet deal i just ordered one myself

 

[Jaybird]

I've already got one but I'll take another! Can never have enough Plextors.

 

[Central Scutinizer]

I need a new cd-rom drive, and was going to get an IDE drive. I have an old Adaptec 1522 ISA scsi card that I could combine with this drive in lieu of an IDE drive.

Question is, will the old ISA scsi card &quot;choke&quot; whatever performance the Plextor drive provides? Thanks.

 

[Vincent]

I don't think the ISA card would work well with this drive. You'd end up using a lot of CPU cycles transferring data through the ISA bus.

 

[rigor]

a kenwood TRUE-X 72X would spank the hell out of a plextor 32x like by a factor of 2x-3x consistenly, even off the ide-ultra-33 bus

 

[AlphaVMS]

There's no way a Kenwood TRUE-X 72X will beat a Plextor 32X if you aren't using IDE. For people that are using SCSI Plextor is the best drive to buy. They are also the best drive to buy if you need more than one or two CDROM drives connected to your system and you don't want a bunch of IDE controllers.

BTW, do the Kenwood TRUE-X drives support bus disconnects and command queuing?

 

[bretta]

wrong. a 72X IDE drive would read faster if that's all you're doing on your computer. However, the difference between SCSI and IDE is that IDE interrupts whatever the CPU is doing everytime it eneds to transfer a small chunk of data to memory. This causes a lot of CPU overhead. SCSI has its own processors on the cards (which is why SCSI cards are somewhat expensive), which does the memory transfer for the CPU. That's why I can burn CD's on a SCSI CDROM burner WHILE playing Unreal tournament. Can you do that on IDE? I don't think so.

 

[VTBigBear]

Dang solo...
i couldnt withstand the force of the plex calling me..
so i had to go and get one..

doh!!!!

haha

 

[Lord Demios]

I already have two of these drives and LOVE them so I had to get the third for this price. As for the 72X vs Plextor. Plextor will only go as fast as they can without losing quality and sustained transfer rate. If you look at high quality CD-Cloneing kits, ALL of the good ones use plextor. That is because of the quality and the proven name.

LD

Thanks Solo for such a great deal!!

 

[Wooster]

Can't find it. Guess it sold out fast. But thanks to NeoSolo for this hot deal.

 

[NeoSolo]

welcome guy. I ordered one ,and I hope that this drive is good as it sounds. =) I know that i am taking chance with refurbished, but for this price i guess it was worth the risk.

Has anyone ordered from overstock before? how are they?

woodster: sorry you missed out, i hope that i can find smilar deal again.

 

[zuffy]

I have two of these drives... best cd-rom you can buy that will last. Big plus if you have a plextor burner... makes burn on the fly a piece of cake.

 

[Tangman]

Nice deal, just ordered me one! Thanks, NeoSolo!