Sony Optiarc CD/DVD Burner 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model AD-7261S-0B LightScribe Support - OEM

Pros: burned DVDs. read DVDs.

Cons: WAS loud, slow to start, only 1 color LED so you couldnt tell if it was reading or writing just by looking, has big lightscribe logo on front, doesnt last. now discontinued by Sony and they offer no more support.

Other Thoughts: a little over a year, which seems to be when the self-destruct function implements, this thing started giving "Power Calibration area is full" errors and ruining blank discs when attempting to write. i am seeing the same type errors all over the web with these and everyone says it happened a little over a year.
will never be purchasing Sony again unless some support gets offered and i was denied on their support site because it's now considered a "end-of-life" product.

Pros: fast

Cons: lasted one year and than died

Pros: worked good for about a month, decent price

Cons: from day 1 the drive eject door / tray seemed to struggle to open. It was worse without a disk in the drive. Within a month it wouldn't open without the help of a paper clip.

Other Thoughts: I have a stack of old early 90's to 2000's cd-rom drives, no matter how beat or old they are, they still open. This is the 2nd Sony / Lite-on drive that has done the same thing, not opening.

I suffered with this drive, opening with paper clip until one day after I got it open, it tried to close on my disk.... so I yanked the drive tray right out of it.

Pros: None

Cons: Poor built quality, can't write after a year or so.

Other Thoughts: Glad to see this drive is out of market. Very poor quality, after installed for just about one year. It no longer writes. Had to replace it with an Asus DVD drive.

Pros: It was cheap

Cons: Did not use it for a while but was plugged in but when i wanted to use it, it was messed up

Other Thoughts: I found it never worked. I had another one so I guess I never noticed but now my 1 year is over so can't get a replacement :(.

Pros: While works, works.

Cons: One is dead in less than 9 months (stopped recognizing any media whatsoever), the other (bought the same day, just unpacked) works, but sounds like a jet engine.

Other Thoughts: It was a good idea to buy two and have one laying in the drawer just in case.

Pros: Functional properly after installation for about a year. Reasonably priced at the time of purchase.

Cons: No long recognized as a writable device by some application software even it still burns DVD/CDs at much lower speed, 4X on burning DVD, instead of 8X when it was first installed.

Pros: Great price
Standard quality
No problems

Cons: Slight door opening delay

Other Thoughts: Does it's job. I didn't notice any ridiculous noise level using this. Not incredibly fast, but it was like $15 bucks.

Pros: Plugged it in and good to go.

I have burned more than three hundred DVDs with this burner.

Cons: Original firmware caused my system to repeatedly crash.
Firmware update approximately 30 days after installation fixed all problems.

Other Thoughts: This is a total new build.

Corsair Carbide Series 500R Black ATX Mid Tower Case
AMD Phenom II X 1100TThuban Processor
GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD% Motherboard Dual XFX HD-675X-ZMRF Video Cards in CROSSFIRE Mode
16GB Corsair DDR3 1600 Memory
Corsair 1050 WATT ATX12V / EPS12V SLI CROSSFIREREADY Power Supply
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R! CPU Cooler
Patriot Pyro 120GB SATAIII MLC SSD
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 00Z3A0 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EADS 11R6B1 1.5TB SATA 3.0Gb/s
Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EADS 00S2B0 1.5TB SATA 3.0Gb/s
Western Digital AV Green WD20EURS 63S48Y0 2.0TB SATA 6.0Gb/s
LG Blueray / DVD SATA Burner Model WH12LS30 w/ lightscribe
Sony Optiarc CD/DVD SATA Model AD-7261S-OB w/ lightscribe
Hauppauge Colossus - PCI Video Capture / DVR Card
SIIG USB 3.0 Bay Hub+Host Kit Model JU-H40411-S1

Pros: Works. Does what I want it to do.

Cons: none