dot 353 Posted September 7, 2005 :D My second Sony CD burner broke, so I decided to give up on Sony and try another brand. I bought BenQ 5232X CD-RW Burner. It turned out to be much better than sony. While sony claim to burn in 52x speed, in reality it burns in 40x BenQ does burn exactly as it claims, at 52x. Burning a 700MB takes me aout 2min. 32sec. and it comes with Nero express software, an excellent and easy burning tool. I make boot CDs very easily with it. Specifications: Model 5232X Performance [CD] Data Transfer Rate /write: 7800 KByte/sec (52X Max.) Data Transfer Rate /rewrite: 4800 KByte/sec (32X Max.) Data Transfer Rate /read: 7800 KByte/sec (52X, Max.) Access time: 100 ms Interface E-IDE / ATAPI Buffer Size 2MB Firmware Upgrade Flash memory upgradable Writing Mode Disc-at-once, Track-at-once, Session-at-once, Multi-session, Packet writing, Raw writing Disc Size [CD] 80 and 120 mm discs Disc Formats [CD] CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM (mode 1 and mode 2), CD-ROM XA (mode 2, form 1 and form 2), CD-DA, Bootable CD, Photo CD (single & multi-sessions), Video CD, CD-Extra, Mixed-mode CD, CD-text Power Requirement DC: 5V ± 5%, 1.4A DC: 12V ± 10%, 1.9A Environment Conditions Operating temperature: 5°C~45°C at humidity of 8~80% RH Non-operating temperature: -20°C ~60°C at humidity 5%~95% RH Reliability Characteristics MTBF: 125,000 POH (25% duty cycle) Physical Characteristics Dimensionsl: 146 X 41.58 X 179 mm (W x H x D) Weight: 0.8 Kg OS Compatibility Windows XP / 2000 / ME / 98SE Minimum System Requirement ‧IBM PC compatible ‧Pentium 200MHz CPU ‧64MB DRAM ‧1GB free HDD space for image recording, 150MB free HD space for installing writing software. Curently its price is very low, at $20 from here: (www.)"you can't post links until you reach 50 posts_www.nowdirect(contact admin if its a beneficial link)/direct/add_to_cart.tsb?insertLine=BNQ99.B4W12.0C3&addAndActivate=1"]you can't post links until you reach 50 posts_www.nowdirect(contact admin if its a beneficial link)/direct/add_to_car...ddAndActivate=1[/url] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hasib 17 Posted September 16, 2005 :D Try the LG products as well.. they are good and very reasonably priced too. :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chebeya 0 Posted December 19, 2005 Assalmu Alakum, How can you buy a burner seperatly? I thought it had to come with the computer? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baree_ 1 Posted December 22, 2005 assalamaualikum, lol chebeya, you can buy other parts for the computer and add it on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
