Recommend a quiet cd burner?

[jm0ris0n]

On monday I gave my girlfriend a 52X24x48 Aopen CD Buner. We painted the front black to match her case, installed it, and then heard it!

Her Dell is nice and quiet and she would like to keep it that way. Anyone who is up to date on all the different burners out there have a suggestion on a burner that does not scream ?


Thanks, Brian

 

[dinde]

well, u pretty much gotta live with it. if u want quieter u gotta sacrafice performance (lower the rpm)

 

[newbiepcuser]

My plextor 48X is pretty quiet.

 

[NumbaJuan]

Originally posted by: newbiepcuser
My plextor 48X is pretty quiet.

another vote for plextor

 

[saber800]

I have a Samsung 32X CDRW and its pretty quiet. Its quieter than my Lite-On 16X DVD Drive.

 

[jm0ris0n]

I have a 16x Lite-on cdburner on this machine, and it is very quiet.

The noise problem isn't very important during the burning process, but rather when playing a cd, installing a program...etc it needs to be quiet!

 

[ndee]

how many CDs does she burn an hour?

 

[GnomeCop]

I have a plextor 40x12x40x ..... not loud at all.

 

[Sheriff]

Either the Plextors as mention or Yamaha's are quiet if you can find 1 as they are quitting the CDRW Optical business even though they make quality CDRW's and have the DiscT@2. Another option is if she has USB2.0 or you can add a Card and then use a that Burner at a distance

 

[Booster]

I have a Toshiba SD-R1312 DVD/CDRW drive and I have to say it's absolutely awesome in all respects, provided you use quality discs. I mean stuff like TDK etc, not Smartbuy. If Smartbuy is inserted, it starts to sound quite loud from vibration, but dead silent with TDK and other quality media.

On a side note, absolutely the best drives I ever used were from NEC. I had a NEC NR-7500A CDRW burner, and I swear it was a paragon in all respects. I regret I sold it. It read everything, even discs with holes in them. It never made any audible noise no matter which disc inserted. It never spoiled a single CDR. It absolutely had no single issue, except that it couldn't work as a master on the second channel of the VIA KT133A chipset. Oh boy do I miss that drive... Yes I do. My current Toshiba is a POS compared to that NEC.

 

[Sid59]

plextor 401240 owner .. and it hmmms along. Excellent drive.

 

[magomago]

My liteon48x is pretty damn quiet

 

[chansen]

My last 2 LG burners (15X and 52X) and readers (52X) have been as quiet as my 40X Plextor reader. The 52X burner is very capable - just make sure you update the firmware.

 

[0roo0roo]

my 52x liteon is relatively quiet. i tried a 48x samsung and it sounded like a jetengine.

 

[Looney]

My Liteon 52x is pretty quiet.

 

[dew042]

Originally posted by: Moralpanic
My Liteon 52x is pretty quiet.

you are mental if you think a liteon 52x is quiet in any respect.

dew.

 

[ElFenix]

dell uses liteon!

 

[optimistic]

My experience

12x Liteon CDRW <---- Average
12x LG Combo CDRW/DVD <---- Quiet
16x Liteon DVD ROM <---- Noisey!
24x Sony <--- Eh, it's average

Heard Samsung suppose to the quietest.

Here's a deal for one + reviews.

 

[optimistic]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
my 52x liteon is relatively quiet. i tried a 48x samsung and it sounded like a jetengine.

Really?! Awww....

 

[andrey]

My Yamaha CRW-F1 is extremely quiet. I didn't even know burners can be noisy until i read this thread... But hey, I had Yamaha burners sinse 2x days

 

[FuManStan]

My 52x liteon that i just got is really loud when reading cds. I wonder if its louder than the GeForce FX.

 

[GreenLantern]

No wonder LG puts read and write lights on their burners!
I have to check them to know when its burning its so quiet.

 

[TheCorm]

Lite-ON's are only average when it comes to noise, LG and Plextor are quiter...I am happywith the noise level on my 48x burner but many might not be.

 

[RobCur]

anything above 48x will sound like a jet engine.

 

[jeffrey]

Another vote for the Yamaha CRW-F1 44X24X44!
This thing rocks and comes with great software