Pros: OC'ed to 3.2GHz with 2 sets of Wintec 2 X 512 PC6400 DDR2 800 MHz RAM, Gigabyte GA 965P S3, Arctic Cooler 7 Pro, and CPU vCore of 1.350. 16 hours of two instances of Prime 95 and still going!!! This is an excellent chip!!! Best "bang for the buck" of the Core2Duo lineup...

Cons: None

Overall Review: I was all set to build my first PC based on the AMD chip until the Core2Duo's came out. I am SO glad I went this route instead. Encoded 7.68 GB video rip with CCE set to 3 passes in 78 minutes while it was OC'ed to 3.0Ghz. Should be even faster now!

Pros: One of the best media (along with Taiyo Yuden)!!! Why use anything else?

Cons: none

Pros: Super quiet... Great burns on quality media.. Fast.

Cons: Not really a "con" to me (I use Taiyo Yuden, Verbatim, and sometimes Maxell), but if you use cheap/budget media, don't buy this burner...

Overall Review: Use quality media, and you will not be disappointed!!!

Comments: I recently bought this drive. My 8X burns on Taiyo Yuden media with the 1693SX rival those on my Pioneer with PI Errors 1.52 avg/7 max and PI Failures 0.02 avg/2 max with 95+ Quality scores!!!

Comments: MCC 003. First class media all the way!!!

Comments: These code out as MCC 02RG20. Second only to Taiyo Yuden, but at this price, easily #1!!!