Poll: What is your favorite (best) IDE cdrom and why?

[PwAg]

What is your favorite IDE cdrom and why? What do you feel is the best IDE cd-rom available? I'm interested to hear your input as cd-rom's are rarely discussed. This is a somewhat crucial part of the system, as most programs/data/ etc are kept on cd's. Getting the data to the hard drive from the cd is definitely a issue of concern.

As for myself, I like the Acer 50x because it can read anything you throw at it and fast and it's cheap. I bought a Kenwood 62x once, and returned it the next day because it simply could not read sh*t and transfer speed was only "ok."

Let's here what you have to say

 

[PCAddict]

Toshiba. They have been the most reliable I have ever used over the years by far.

If the question were for SCSI, you already know what the answer would be.

 

[macssuck]

Toshiba Why? they work

lite-on Why not? they dont work after awhile and I had one that ejected my cd before spinning down

 

[AMB]

I personally prefer Teac: reliable, fast, quiet. What more could you want?

 

[SiberianTiger]

toshiba 48x
affordable at $45 tops
super quiet
very relaible

only get kenwood if you need the cdrom consistently cuz it's pricey. don't get me wrong, kenwoods are sweet but i rarely use my cdrom.

 

[CHiMPBizKiT]

I agree with everyone, it's definitely Toshiba. I had that drive for a few months hoping to find upgrade my system with the Kenwood 72x drive. This drive, though it may be fast, sucks in so many ways - the obvious being that it has problems reading cd-r and cd-rw's. Oh well - wish i had that toshiba of mine.

 

[pdo]

StorageReview rate TEAC pretty high, definitely up there with the bad boy Plextor.

 

[TonyRI]

Toshiba, Realiable and quite, had mine for a year and two older ones before that. Never failed me once.

 

[xyyz]

Toshiba rules... i've had great experiences with 'em.

 

[chansen]

My Asus 40X was excellent, but I sold it when I went SCSI for the CD and CDRW. Certainly the Plextor 40X Wide that replaced it feels no faster nor quieter. Unfortinately, I understand that their 50X followup is quite loud.

Craig

 

[Rado45]

anything but mitsumi, they suck.

 

[GregMal]

I usually get the cheapest generic C/D ROM I can get.
The last 2 I purchased cost me $20 each after rebates.
They're working just fine.........
Best time for deals is right now, before Christmas.....
Best Buy, CC, CompUSA will have a deal....
Greg

 

[gregshin]

Teac's are awesome!

 

[AndyHui]

ASUS 40x and 45x......very fast, cheap, stable, reliable.

 

[Mattster]

I've always seemed to have decent luck with AOpen CDroms. Started on a 4x when they first came out and currently have a 40x in my secondary computer. The 4x just would not die and I actually sold it in an old machine last year finally.

Just my .02

 

[Priit]

I have used NEC 24x CD-ROM drive over 2 years and it still works perfectly. Liteon, Samsung (Creative Labs) and Cyberdrive died within first month...

 

[Trilobyte1]

Hey everybody...
While were on the topic of cdrom drives, i gotta question...
Are alll cdroms built the same or do they have different architectures?
I was asking a friend of mine who knows all about computers which cd rom has the fastest DAE ( error proof, of course ) and he said " it didn't matter; they're all the same in almost every single way"
Is this true or what?

 

[moolman]

I have the kenwood 72x and its crap with cdr. But its so quiet, I just use by pioneer dvd if it can't read it but with the lastest firmware from kenwood, they fixed it somewhat but its not on par with other drives.

Alex

 

[Trilobyte1]

Hello? does anyone know if my friend is right?

 

[Supergax]

I got myself a Kenwood 72x also. After the firmware updates it is working very spiffy, and extremely quiet.

 

[Cpt. Duke]

I like my Plextor 8/4/32 IDE Burner. It rips audio at about 12x, which is pretty good. Its fairly quiet, loads fast and burns well. As far as readers are concerned, I like Asus drives, which are known for good audio extraction as well. I would definetly stay away from Mitsumi, Afreey, Lite-On, and Toshiba. Reason -- crappy audio extraction. But I guess its all what you use them for.

 

[Viperoni]

I like my Asus 50x.
Had it for over a year, still runs great.
GOtta love 10,400rpm
Louder than my 120mm YS Tech!!!

I also have a 6x plex (ultra quiet...), and a 40x plex (very quick)
Never benched the 2, but I'd probably say the 50x is a tad quicker.

 

[slicksilver]

ASUS 50x kicks ass for me....

Raj

 

[Seeko]

I like my Asus 50x. Why? It is variable speed settings 50x, 40x, 32x, 24x and 8x. Plus it does fast DAE. I exchanged a Toshiba for this drive because of the Toshiba's slow DAE performance.

 

[mattyrug]

I Love Acer's I know a lot of people say that they are junk, but I bought an Acer 4x about 7 years ago, and it still is working in a friends computer (never cleaned, i might add!!), I bought a 32x 3 years as a Christmas Gift for my Mom, and hers still runs flawlessly. And both my systems have Acer 40x's One I bought 2 years ago, the other about a year ago, and they still work!!
And they are cheap!! ($40)