A-guy 0 Posted April 7, 2000 Hey I got about 200 bucks to spend and want to buy a cd r/w. Im gunna get it from pricewatch cuz prices are so low but I want to make sure that the brand I get is good. Not some p.o.s that im stuck with that doesnt work so good. Any ideas? Share this post Link to post
BladeRunner 0 Posted April 7, 2000 Go forth and purchase ye self a Yamaha Seriously, I have a 4x/4x/16x Internal SCSI Yamaha CD-RW and it's excellent. Had no problems with it, 2MB buffer etc etc. You didn't mention if you were looking for IDE or SCSI, but both types are good. Share this post Link to post
farphle 0 Posted April 7, 2000 I have an HP 8250i (4x4x24) and have had no problems. Share this post Link to post
Hammer_One 0 Posted April 7, 2000 Buy a Plextor 8432A IDE Writer! Writes CD-Rs 8x, CD-RW 4x, reads 32x. Works very well under Win2000 and has all features you need! Share this post Link to post
comdot 0 Posted April 8, 2000 acer has a new 8x4x32 with a 8meg buffer it's going for $349.00 canadian at future shop that should be about $75.00 US right now HAHA! they have us and canadian sites www.futureshop.com or www.futureshop.ca Good Luck ! Share this post Link to post
jra101 0 Posted April 8, 2000 You can get that same Acer with 8MB buffer, etc for $289 at A-Power computers here in Vancouver. Problems is, they are out of stock Jason A. ------------------ I write code. Share this post Link to post
Palos 0 Posted April 9, 2000 Man, for $300 back in January u could have got a DVD-R kit from Creative! 4.7 GB capacity...i guess that could be cheaper by now...look into it! Share this post Link to post
HipsterDoofus 0 Posted April 11, 2000 First of all, Greetings. This is my first post here. I hail from Ars. (I'm not defecting. Just expanding my horizons. ) Anyhoo, if you were to head to Ars, you would see, affirmed repeatedly, what I am about to tell you: PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, PLEXTOR, !!!!!!!! 'Twill cost you a wee bit more than $200, but I assure you, you won't regret it. I recommend http://www.mwave.com . $207 OEM, $221 retail. Shipping is excellent from them. Giddy-up! [This message has been edited by HipsterDoofus (edited 11 April 2000).] Share this post Link to post