BenQ Combo Drive 16X DVD-ROM 52X CD-R 32X CD-RW 52X CD-ROM Black E-IDE/ATAPI Model CB523C BK - OEM

Pros: Does both Burn and Read.... and is cheap...

Cons: Seems to have issues reading burnt CDs of mine, no matter what brand or type I put in it makes ticking noises while reading them.

Overall Review: Is great for price and money and I dont particularly know if mine is the only drive that has those issues.

Pros: This drive was a bargain. Decent CD burning times, but nothing can match a drive I had of another make that did 2:35 80 minute audio (sounded like a bone saw though)

Cons: The drive died. For no foreseeable reason, inserting a blank CD to write to (of any type) causes the drive to lock up, and any applications that try to use it (Nero, for example) to freeze entirely.

Overall Review: I don't know if I got a bad drive or what, but I wouldn't recommend this drive to others. Service life should be at least three to four years, it's not like I burn CDs every day. Actually, I make at most 1 CD a month...just don't buy this thing and save yourself the headache.