Choosing an Optical Drive... Are the Combos good?

[eqmassa]

Trying to decide on a good optical drive. I definitely need both CD-RW and 16x DVD capability. These combos at Newegg seem like good deals, and since it?s just one drive, would mean less time spent installing hardware.

http://www.newegg.com/app/Viewprodu...escription=16x+dvd&searchdepa=0&srchFor=cd-rw

In case the link doesn?t work, the products are:

TEAC 48X24X48X12 INTERNAL EIDE CD-RW/DVD DRIVE MODEL DW548D002 2MB Cache ? OEM: $60

Samsung CDRW/DVD Combo Drive 52x24x52 CD-RW 16x DVD (Black) 2mb Cache, Model SM-352BENB ? OEM: $69

LG ELECTRONICS DVD COMBO 52X24X52 CD-RW/ 16X DVD-ROM, MODEL GCC-4520B ? Retail: $71

What do you think? Seems like the TEAC runs a little slower for a little cheaper, but I don?t care if my CDs take 5 more minutes to burn. I mostly just want stability and reliability; the specs are all pretty much the same. If you think individual DVD and CD-RW drives are a better bet, please give suggestions.

 

[SUOrangeman]

With the falling prices, go for the gusto!

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=30&threadid=1104182

-SUO

 

[RagingGuardian]

I have the LG combo drive and love it. It's shorter than the average drive and it's real quiet. Will make the move to DVDR when they drop in price.

 

[GGabus]

There's a 8meg (retail) cache version of the Samsung too for about the same money with their version of Burn-proof

 

[StraightPipe]

welcome to the forums

Originally posted by: eqmassa

In case the link doesn?t work,

just so you know, if you click the [http] button (with a chain) you'll be prompted for the address, and then for the text for the link.

sorry if you already know

 

[JetBlack69]

Originally posted by: RagingGuardian
I have the LG combo drive and love it. It's shorter than the average drive and it's real quiet. Will make the move to DVDR when they drop in price.

I had the LG combo drive too, very nice drive.

 

[Zepper]

Yeah the Samsung 352 retail package (8MB buffer) is hard to beat.
.bh.

 

[WTT0001]

I have the Samsung 348B Combo Drive (48x24x48x16x with 8mb cache) and I love it