CD-ROM & CD-RW: WHICH ONES?

[Brangwen]

To My Esteemed Colleagues:

I'm building a system and would GREATLY appreciate your input.

If you were to purchase a CD-ROM and a CD-RW today, which would you buy?

I'll be running a Iwill KK266 mobo with 1.2 GHz T-Bird, ATA100 IBM HD, 512 MB PC133 SDRAM, Win98se.

Thx!

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[jak]

go w/ either the tdk velo-cd or the plextor cdrw cause they both have burn proof tech.
as for the cd-rom, u ever think bout going w/ a dvd drive there prices are falling fast u can get the aopen1640pro for like i think $130 these days. aopen has awesome support seeing as i jjust blew one up w/ a crappy cdr that exploded but aopen didnt even blame it on the cdr co. and is repairing my drive for free.
just sumthin to think bout!
jak

[RayH]

If you're not really gaming, I'd pop for a DVD. Maybe you can use a video card that drives the DVD through hardware and comes with a DVD player! DVD ROMS are fairly inexpensive.

[Brangwen]

Thanks for your thoughts. I'm not into watching DVDs (movies) on my computer, and wouldn't I need to purchase DVD media or will it use CDRs and CDRWs?

Thx!

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[Rockydog]

Well Brangwen, I've recently made the jump and did a lot of research and I think I got some great stuff. I got the Plextor 16x10x40 cd-wr and a Toshiba 6702B cd-rom. They are fast and they are very quiet. It's a sweet combo.
Have fun!

[Brangwen]

Thx, RockyDog. If I may ask, from where did you make these purchases?

Thx.

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[Rockydog]

The Plextor I got from PCMall.com and the Toshiba from CompuVest.com. The prices were as good as any around.
Buy good stuff..... you won't regret it in the end.

Take Care.

[ArnoldLLerch]

TEAC

ARNi LEE
Waiting for FMD

[Lebo]

Plextor are generally considered to be the Rolls Royce of CD-r/CD-rw.

If I was purchasing either right now, I would make sure that the cd-rw was supported by CloneCD.

There is a program available called CDspeed that gives the actual performanc eof both(I think) cd and cd-rw. Search on the net. this can be important if you wish to copy audio cd on the fly, or even just rip them.

[Brangwen]

Thanks, Lebo and everyone else for the posts!

I went with a Plextor PlexWriter™ 16/10/40A
and a Creative Lab 52X CD-Rom

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PS: You only live once, and how many times can my wife kill me? Does this mean I'll have to find a job soon?!?


[This message has been edited by Brangwen (edited 03-10-2001).]