Need cheap CD Burner...suggestions

[Brian Frank 0]

Well my usb burner crapped out and I need a cheap replacement. When I say "cheap" I mean in price, not in quality. Something under $100 is my target. I don't need it to be superfast either, as I use it for mostly data, so 8x is fine.

 

I can get a Philips or Sony 8x write/4x rewrite/32x read in my target.

I've also seen some Lite-On burners for pretty cheap too, but I'm not sure of the quality.

Plextor would be nice, but I don't have that money to spend, and this is an unexpected expense that I need a fix for.

 

I'll ask around at some shops too of course, but any suggestions or comments would be helpful.

[Brian Frank 0]

Now I think I might be able to get a hold of a 12x/10x/32x burner by AOpen for under $100. Any thoughts?

[CrazyKillerMan 0]

I got an LG 12x8x32 for $119 cdn

 

its sweet, 8 megs of cache, and hey, it was a big step up from mitsumi 2x1x8

[Brian Frank 0]

I may bite if I see that LG drive here--gotta be cheaper in the US, but I'm still trying to keep this as cheap as possible. I'm gonna look tommorrow, and I think that AOpen may be a good shot. I haven't seen any LG drives around town, and there are quite a few pc shops here too.

 

But 8megs of cache...mmmm, cache (Homer Simpson voice). I'll see, and I'll keep LG in mind if I see it in town.

 

I buy locally as I can take it back and let the store deal with it.

[a10thunder 0]

I have a Buslink/Lite On 12/10/32x CD burner for sale. It's about two months old and I only used it a few times. This is a pretty nice burner with Burn-Proof technology. I just got a 16/10/40 HP so I want to get rid of the Buslink. If anyone reading this thread is interested, I'll sell it for $80 + shipping.

 

Jason

[Brian Frank 0]

Errr, no thanks.

I went with the Philips 8x burner. I don't need anything fancy, and once I mail in a rebate It'll cost me $40. Open box buy, and I've seen it run in other machines flawlessly.

Put one in a friends way back, I'm thinkin' a year ago possibly, still running, machine with 98 never reinstalled before.

 

I haven't heard anything about BusLink's quality, so I'll stick with companies I've seen on the market for awhile.

 

If you want to sell that burner, you might get a better shot at selling it over in buy, sell, trade section.

[FrogMaster 0]

Lite-On is cheap and very good stuff. They are one of the biggest suppliers to OEMs. You can find their peripherals (CDs, Burners, LCD screens)packed with a lot of branded pcs.

They sell only a very small part of their production to end-users under their own brand.

[Wolf87 0]

The Lite-On is the same as a Sanyo drive and a very good choice. LG is rather dubious. Sony drives are great.