Possible Incredibly Hot Plextor CDRW Deal

[JG]

Buy.com has an 8x4x32 CDRW from a company called Que for $154.95 before any coupons. It looks like this may be the same drive as the Plextor 8x4x32.

A review of the drive specs available at Adaptec.com says that the real model number of this drive is QPS CD-R PX-W8432T, which just happens to be the same model number as the Plextor's (except for th QPS at the beginning). The specs appear the same (e.g. it has DAE, the same optimal DAE speed, does disc-at-once, track-at-once, etc.).

The drive comes with the regular Adaptec software bundle.

It's at:
http://www.us.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10227618&loc=101

 

[prodigy]

Can anybody confirm that the two are the same?

 

[tck]

If the specs on the buy.com page are correct it is not, the Plextor has 4MB cache, the Que has 2MB.

 

[dimwit]

It may still be made by Plextor though. If my shaky memory is correct, only the retail Plextor 8x's had the 4MB, the OEM ones had 2MB.

 

[vtrac]

I would be surprised to find out that Plextor sells non-branded stuff to OEMs for rebranding...

 

[Steve0]

You mean like the Imation 8x20 external that CompUSA was selling last January for $200, then a $50 rebate? That was most definitely a Plextor.

Steve

 

[edmeister]

I bought one of those rebadged Plextors and it performs wonderfully...

I would buy this one too if it is a Plextor... They make awesome drives...

 

[edmeister]

Well, according to GameCopyWorld.com, the QPS drive is a rebadged Plextor PX-R8432.. Definitely a good deal if you need another CDR drive...

 

[The_Dude8]

what is the different between 2mb buffer and 4 mb buffer???does this drive have the burn proof???

 

[Hawk]

This is the Plextor, just half the buffer, and it doesn't have burn proof, but supports CloneCD though (I am pretty sure).

 

[tbasset]

I have a Cenedyne CDRW drive that is made by Plextor. It is an 8x4x32
and it has a 2 meg cache. Windows 98se finds it as:

Plextor CDR PX-W8432T

I have had it since March when I spent $210 for it at a Computer show.

I have had absolutely no problems with it.

 

[Angrymarshmello]

Not to mention with that $30 off $150, thats a pretty good price

 

[Diablo6178]

Well guys, and umm ladies that's a great deal but check this one too.
http://www.us.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10255227&loc=101
If I had the money I'd get this one instead. Later

 

[MisterPotatoHead]

As a side note, you can get the 12/10/32 for $228 at buy.com with a coupon, and maybe less somewhere else. I bought this drive when Onvia had coupons and 10% pointclick, which made it just over $200. This drive rocks! No buffer underrunning, and burns a CD in about 5 minutes.

-POT

 

[mikedw]

nice deal..to bad they are all ide drives.

I have scsi hard drives and burn about 100 cds a week..i would never go with an ide drive..except Maybe the new plextors because of the buffer underun technology...but with an ide drive if your hard drive burps, you got a coaster

my .02

 

[moocat]

CS told me Buycom servers were down. I haven't been able to log into my account.

 

[Hossenfeffer]

The gap between IDE and SCSI is closing. I'd go with a 12x plextor IDE instead of a SCSI. Anything less, think I might lean towards scuz.

 

[bosozoku]

I just ordered this and its a Samsung model sw 208.
should I return it? Please let me know soon.

 

[WhiteMouse]

Seems I have to search to bring this thread back.

I just received this drive today. It's packed very nice (compare to my free CD ROMs), with 1 RW and 1 CDR (I think) in a nice box. It shows Que on the box of course, however, on the drive itself, it's only marked Plextor 8x4x32

 

[DragonSlayer81]

Cool!

 

[StevenTodd]

OK, newbie question here....turn your flame throwers off!

How do I do the $30 off $150 at buy.com (or any other site) ?????

I searched and found 0.

-new at Hot Deals.

 

[Shahavchik]

just ordered mine!

 

[bosozoku]

Thats so weird because the one I got had a samsung sticker on it and my bios also detected it as a samsung.

I returned it because it wasn't a plextor

 

[WhiteMouse]

<< Thats so weird because the one I got had a samsung sticker on it and my bios also detected it as a samsung. >>



Maybe yours is newer than mine. Mine was made on Feb. 2000. And from a site (cd media or sth), Que 8x4x32 does use Plextor technology. I was just surprised that they use Plextor's sticker directly on the drive, instead of having their own sticker.

 

[bigbootydaddy]

the whole point of burn proof is that if indeed the hd burps, it will not produce a coaster, otherwise,getting that speed on scsi is way too much money anyways, plextor ide all the way, my 2 with no tax