Plextor PlexWriter 8x4x32

Hilbert Hagedoorn · 12-31-2000, 12:12 | posts: 16,989 | Location: Guru3D testlab

Please post your comments on this product in the section.------------------ Hilbert Hagedoorn - Chief Editor - "Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else."

01-01-2001, 00:18 | posts: n/a

No benchmarks?? <IMG SRC="http://www.guru3d.com/ubb/smile.gif">I've got one of these too.. I love it.

01-01-2001, 07:50 | posts: n/a

I recently bought a Plewxriter 8/4/32A.... it is the best $150 I have spent. I have yet to make a coaster with this bad boy. If you're looking for a burner... get a Plextor.. it costs more, but when you are making any major purchase.. you dont want to skimp.

01-01-2001, 17:50 | posts: n/a

Having made more than 300 discs with this drive, I have yet to make a coaster. Furtermore, I can use the computer, even defragment the harddrive, while burning at 8x speed. Highly recommended!

01-01-2001, 21:14 | posts: n/a

It's a great CD-burner (done 50+ CDs without any problems so far) and it works well for CDDA-extraction.However, I don't think it is a replacement for a high performance CD-reader. It takes a long time for my drive to recognize a newly inserted CD and it hangs really bad if there are scratches on a CD.My Acer DVD-ROM is a lot faster when it comes to reading CDs...

01-02-2001, 03:51 | posts: n/a

Did anyone test if it reads 80Min/700MB (Full) CD's last track completely?[This message has been edited by Viper (edited January 01, 2001).]

01-05-2001, 17:33 | posts: n/a

with the plex 8/4/32A firmware 1.07 you can burn 650/700/800 MB

01-12-2001, 08:04 | posts: n/a

The main reason that people discourage having the CDR drive sharing an IDE cable is because IDE cannot read and write simultaneously. If you had your CD drive and CDR drive on the same cable and then tried to copy a CD, the disk buffer would have to work overtime and act as a middleman to store data. If you do not have a powerful computer this becomes a pain in the ass as all system resources get bogged down. The same goes for any device (harddrive..) on the same cable but CD-CDR is the most noticeable.

01-17-2001, 08:32 | posts: n/a

I love this drive for everything except one thing...I can't get this thing to read NEAR 32x speed. My 8x cd-rom installs games and runs them faster than this drive. Is there a fix to this? I've got a 500mhz AMD/K6-2 with 128 RAM and windows me

01-17-2001, 18:21 | posts: n/a

I just purchased the Yamaha 16/10/40/40 (write,rewrite,audio rip, read), let me tell you this much, itsa crazy drive <IMG SRC="http://www.guru3d.com/ubb/biggrin.gif">.

Hilbert Hagedoorn · 01-17-2001, 21:59 | posts: 16,989 | Location: Guru3D testlab

I got one too, Yamaha 16x ReWriter. That baby can burn faster then my girlfriend on fire.------------------ Hilbert Hagedoorn - Chief Editor - "Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else."

02-10-2001, 12:38 | posts: n/a

Evidently the burner got better technique than you, Shorty. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Hilbert Hagedoorn: I got one too, Yamaha 16x ReWriter. That baby can burn faster then my girlfriend on fire.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

02-10-2001, 12:56 | posts: n/a

Har har...! Technique or not that burner rocks like a baby! Never problems and faster than the train!

02-21-2001, 13:05 | posts: n/a

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Hilbert Hagedoorn: I got one too, Yamaha 16x ReWriter. That baby can burn faster then my girlfriend on fire.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I have a Lightspeed 16x40x10 also, along with a SCSI Plextor CD-Rom (40x). Nothing could beat the Plextor in audio ripping, not even the the Zen 72X.....the Yamaha and Plextor run dead even in the audio rip area, and from what I understand, the only thing holding it back from going faster is software (ASPI layer?)....but now with the the DVD-Roms out (Pioneers 6X DVD - Double Sided will burn 50% faster then a 12x CD-R.Cost - about $500.00 USD now, but soon-DVD-Rom is here. The Yamaha will be the last (and fastest) a CDR-W gets. I love mine, it's easy to get spoiled, 4:30 for a burn seems long now. I started back in 1996 with a 2 speed Scsi (I still have it)..It took hours to burn. Thats technology I guess!