LG 24x cd-rw is by far the quietest cdrw I've tried at my buddy's local shop (I've tried Yamaha, HP, Plextor, Lite-On, & etc.). LG's cd-rw was kinda crappy when once introduced several years ago, but their 24x and 32x have all the features you need (burn-proof, overburning). I liked the cd-rw alot and ended up buying it (hard time explaining it to my wife as I already had two cd-rw's in some of my machines). LG may not be the fastest (lost to Lite-On by a couple of seconds burning a full cd) but it sure is the quietest.