SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 22X DVD Burner - OEM

Great DVD-RW drive

Reviewed By: Nabeel on 8/8/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: It works. Its fairly quiet, and matches my case. I like how the button is very easy to press, since its not flush with the drive.

Cons: Nothing really

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I love it.

Reviewed By: Stricks on 8/7/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Reads anything... burns anything. Rip lock doesn't seem to be an issue I have been backing up movies a lot with it. No coasters.

Cons: None come to mind.

Other Thoughts: Spend the extra for the bit of speed... but don't try to burn 2 dvd's at once. My IO on the board couldn't keep up.

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Reviewed By: Tim on 8/6/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Does exactly what is advertised: reads and writes CDs/DVDs. Does it well and quickly. Excellent value for the price. Work well in tandem; I have three in my system. Comes with four mounting screws. Sustained 8x or greater speeds for both a drive-to-drive direct copy and a disk-to-drive ISO burn running in parallel. Burn speeds peaked at 13.5x.

Cons: Slightly noisy when burning, but no more so than any other DVD writer. Screws don't come in a plastic bag; they're loose but wrapped against the drive inside the bubble wrap.

Other Thoughts: Test system:
- AMD Phenom 9750 quad-core at 2.4GHz
- ECS Black Series A780GM-A (using onboard 3Gbps SATA for DVD drives)
- 5x Seagate ST3250310AS in RAID5 (using PCI SATA controller)
- Gentoo Linux with 2.6.29 kernel using k3b and growisofs to write
- GQ DVD+R 16x blank media

OEM drive, so remember cables if you need them.

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