Pros: Finally decided to get a DVD-ROM to go with the burner. This one is a very good and well built unit.

Cons: None.

Pros: Very easy install. SATA instead of the bulky IDE like someone else stated. Helped airflow and looks good.

Cons: None at all.

Overall Review: Make sure you have a SATA cable, as this is OEM meaning it's only the drive itself.

Pros: Quiet smooth opening and closing. Seems very reliable and not cheaply built. Very simple look. Rips CD's at faster than expected speeds (see other thoughts). SATA interface is always a plus. A nice shorter body compared the IDE drive I removed. Has been able to read everything I throw at it, scratched or old burned copies.

Cons: I wish the green light on the front bezel was a bit smaller, but that really is just an opinion. I couldn't just leave this space blank.

Overall Review: I was hesitant to replace my old DVD-ROM drive. It has performed very reliably for apx 6 years. I was able to find a tweaked firmware revision to unlock the speed and it ripped very fast but with great results. Unfortunately it was beige colored and IDE interface. This new ASUS SATA unit ripped an entire CD in iTunes in 1:51 minutes, compared to my 2:08 minutes on my old DVD-ROM drive. Previously I couldn't find anything to compare to that kind of speed. With DVD decrypter I am able to rip an entire 7.35GB DVD in less than 13 minutes. Compare that to the DVD burners out there that take nearly 21 minutes to decrypt the same DVD. Obviously DVD burners are much slower for reading, so you should get one of these drives for everyday use. You will love it. I would buy this again. I love how quiet it is.

Pros: I put a disc in and it runs

Cons: Does not always recognize as a drive, comes up removable disc at times, could just be vista problem.

Overall Review: The firmware update helped it to read discs better.

Pros: Works great, had cables so OEM is the way to save money. Good black color.

Cons: None

Pros: Worked long enough to install windows.

Cons: Green Light Always Stays on and Drive Make's a Horrible Clicking sound almost like a dieing HDD

Pros: Low cost,Works as expected,works with XP and vista with no problems.

Cons: None up to this point.

Overall Review: So far has worked fine with all DvD's including burned even from my plextor which is much more costly and does not work with all Dvd's that I have tried.

Pros: Good speeds. Quiet. Good build quality.

Cons: No problems on the install of the os, loaded everything fine.

Overall Review: Guess these are like ide now just plug it in and it works.