Need a quiet, black, fast CD-RW drive
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Need a quiet, black, fast CD-RW drive
I need a black CD-RW drive for my system, so if any of you have good suggestions, please let me know. I want a quiet, fast and reliable drive, and i'm willing to spend $30-60.
Lite-On's are very loud. I know, because I've tried three of the latest generation (48246s and 2 pieces of 52327s). Nowhere near "quiet" by any SPCR standard.
Plextor Premium, while much more expensive is also much much quieter. It's available in black.
I'm not sure if LG 48x drives are available in black, but my wife's CDRW LG 48x is also decently quiet, considering it's a 48x CDRW drive.
You will not be able to find a silent new cdrw drive that is fast (48/52x).
Only the least noisy, of which Plextor Premium, LG and perhaps latest Samsungs are among the best choices.
Stay away from LiteOn if you want less noise.
I'm not sure how much drives cost where you live, so I don't know if the above fall within your price bracket.
Plextor Premium, while much more expensive is also much much quieter. It's available in black.
I'm not sure if LG 48x drives are available in black, but my wife's CDRW LG 48x is also decently quiet, considering it's a 48x CDRW drive.
You will not be able to find a silent new cdrw drive that is fast (48/52x).
Only the least noisy, of which Plextor Premium, LG and perhaps latest Samsungs are among the best choices.
Stay away from LiteOn if you want less noise.
I'm not sure how much drives cost where you live, so I don't know if the above fall within your price bracket.
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Well,
I would like to say my bit about the Lite-On drives, when playing media files (DVD, .avi files from CD etc.) the drive is very quiet, almost inaudible in my case (I have the LTC-48161H Combo drive). Ok, when the speed increases to max (Transferring files, installing stuff etc.) it gets a lot noisier. Burning CD´s makes some noice also, not as bad as file transfers though. The good thing is that you can limit the maximum speed via programs like NERO.
So far toasting have been very reliable and fast and the reviews I have seen have been very positive.
manalainen
I would like to say my bit about the Lite-On drives, when playing media files (DVD, .avi files from CD etc.) the drive is very quiet, almost inaudible in my case (I have the LTC-48161H Combo drive). Ok, when the speed increases to max (Transferring files, installing stuff etc.) it gets a lot noisier. Burning CD´s makes some noice also, not as bad as file transfers though. The good thing is that you can limit the maximum speed via programs like NERO.
So far toasting have been very reliable and fast and the reviews I have seen have been very positive.
manalainen
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This http://www.logicalplus.com/logicalplus/ ... cdco2.html got better reviews than it's faster big brother...and has same quiet technology.
Also, it's cheaper, available with 8mb buffer, in black.
Also, it's cheaper, available with 8mb buffer, in black.
ozkar, now that I look at more reviews (I am in the same exact boat as you), I like the Samsung 352b a little better, though it IS hard, if not impossible to find the retail ver (8mb cache) in black.
If you look both drives up at neoseeker.com, and read the neoseeker reviews (for consistency), you will get the idea that they like the faster drive better, primarily for the new CD-MRW ability in the new one.
So if you work with CDRW's , I would def say go for the faster drive (though faster typically means louder, so....)
Anyhoo..I guess it comes down to availability. Good luck!
If you look both drives up at neoseeker.com, and read the neoseeker reviews (for consistency), you will get the idea that they like the faster drive better, primarily for the new CD-MRW ability in the new one.
So if you work with CDRW's , I would def say go for the faster drive (though faster typically means louder, so....)
Anyhoo..I guess it comes down to availability. Good luck!
I'm using the Antec SLK3700BQE case, which was recommended by SPCR members. I'm very satisfied with it, and now i'm trying to get all the extra components to finish building my PC, that's why I need the CD-RW drive. I'll let you know how the Samsung CD-RW Drive performs.kbedwards wrote:out of curiousity, what black case are you using?
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I use a small application called CD-Bremse (or CD-Throttle) to slow down my Samsung SW-252B.
A great application that runs in the systray and loads at startup. It's written by a german (I believe) author so the installation and menus are all a little foreign to me, but it is intuative so installation and configuration are a breeze. Once it's installed and configured, there's nothing left to do.
Good choice with the Samsung....I've been mighty impressed by mine even more so once it's slowed down to 24x which is more than suitable for reading CD's. I never burn at any faster than 6x speed anyhow, just to ensure burn quality.
Hope this helps
A great application that runs in the systray and loads at startup. It's written by a german (I believe) author so the installation and menus are all a little foreign to me, but it is intuative so installation and configuration are a breeze. Once it's installed and configured, there's nothing left to do.
Good choice with the Samsung....I've been mighty impressed by mine even more so once it's slowed down to 24x which is more than suitable for reading CD's. I never burn at any faster than 6x speed anyhow, just to ensure burn quality.
Hope this helps
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I have the Samsung 52X, much louder than i expected it to be, but much quieter than the LiteOn than i had before (that thing makes so much noise and vibration when burning that i always think the whole case is going to fly off the ground). The Toshiba CDRW's found in Dells are the quietest i've heard.
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