Slot DVD - Pioneer or AOpen? Building another system, want one asap ;-)

[jlee]

I'm looking for a slot DVD drive, these are my current choices:

New OEM Pioneer 106S/2 from Newegg - $57 shipped

Used Retail AOpen 16x slot (ATA/33, not 66) - $50 shipped

I'm leaning toward the Pioneer, just because it's new...any recommendations?

 

[tdawg]

I have had a Pioneer 105S for about 2 years now and it's been great since day one. No problems whatsoever. Also, DAE has been very fast for me, even faster than my 24x12x40 Mitsumi CDRW. So I say get the Pioneer; you won't be disappointed.

tdawg

 

[jlee]

Thanks, I'm leaning toward Pioneer even more now.

How long is their warranty?

 

[corkyg]

Go Pioneer for slot drives - they have been making them for years - as well as tray drives and other drives. A-Open is not known as a drive manufacturer (they make excellent mobos), and new is usually always better than used. (Why buy what someone else dumped?)

I have had Pioneer slot drives (4 of them) over the past 4 years starting with CD ROM and now DVD ROM (106S). They are quite good and using a slot is nice.

 

[BD231]

Pioneer all the way, awsome drives.

 

[Operandi]

I'm not 100% sure on this but I do believe Aopen drives are manufactured by Pioneer. So odds are they are the exact same drive.

**Edit**

Check out the bottom of this page from Newegg.

"Aopen (Pioneer) Internal EIDE 16X DVD ROM / 40X Max CD-ROM Drive"

 

[MWink]

I'm almost 100% sure the Aopen is mfg by Pioneer but I would still spend the extra on the Pioneer. I'm not sure if Pioneer's utility works with the Aopen drive and that is the most important thing to me.

 

[Instagib]

Pioneer 106s unless you want the SCSI model.