Drives > Samsung Drives

Advantages: Price, Speed
Disadvantages: Sound Level

...decided to go for the samsung - after alll, a drive is a drive, right? However, this has to be the noisiest drive io have ever come across. I mean, seriously noisy. It also doesn't seem particularly well made - the sprung loaded tray seems particularly flimsy - and is not at all attracrive. However the last is something in commone with most drives! However, outwighing all that it is still very cheap - and for the price, fast. I would recommend it ... Read review

Advantages: Quiet, speedy, compatible drive
Disadvantages: Drivers questionable

...for an existing CD player. Samsung supplies a set of DOS drivers, which may be useful for customers with particular requirements, but in most cases the standard Windows drivers will suffice. Samsung has developed a new technology called Acoustic Noise Reduction System (ARS); effectively a muffler that reduces the noise made by the air flow through the drive. It seems to work - we found the drive to be considerably quieter than most we've looked ...
...is fully compatible with all the previous CD formats including multi session photo CD and will read discs created with gold and silver CD-R(W) blanks. We found it to be one of the few drives we've tested that actually achieved the read speeds quoted in the makers specification literature, which makes a refreshing change. In conclusion, this drive is well built, a solid performer and comes at a reasonable price. RRP £71.30 ... Read review

Advantages: Very good "bang-for-buck"
Disadvantages: Basic software doesn't always work

...Halloween, I came across the Samsung SW-248F. For $44.97 the price couldn't be beaten. Even better, this is a 48x24x48 burner that lives up to the hype. The recommended system for this is a Pentium II 400MHz or higher. BAH, BAH I SAY! The target system for this beauty was my whitebox Intel 233MHz system running Win98SE. The end result? Well, I'm not getting 48x burns out of it, but I don't delude myself. What I *do* get is consistant 12x-18x burns. ...
...cache buffer has meant that I haven't had one coaster yet. The directions to install the hardware are fairly straight-forward, and mounting screws are included (but not mounting brackets). 5-10 minutes max will get you going. The slight downside to this package is the bundled Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 Basic and Direct CD. It works well, but, its basic. Good thing I've got a copy of CD Creator 5 Platinum, which is MUCH nicer. Overall I'm very satisfied ... Read review

Advantages: Quick, Easy, Reliable, Small, Fits into any pocket or bag
Disadvantages: Faded out use lately

I originally bought this external floppy drive a few years ago after the standard for laptops was not to have an inbuilt floppy drive already in them however at the time floppy disks were still in use from time to time. It doesn't mean that this can't be used for desktop computers that don't have internal floppy drives. Power ********* Usually when having an external device like an external hard drive or optical drive you would usually need more ...
...the power into a power socket in the wall and a separate cable to send and receive data between the device and the computer however with this external floppy drive it has completely changed. Now all that is need with this floppy drive is simply just one USB cable with a mini USB connected to the drive making it quick and easy to use when your on the move as well as easy to fit and store on the move with no extra cabling which could possibly get tangled ... Read review

Advantages: faster optical drive with 2MB buffer size.
Disadvantages: --

Asus optical drive is more then stable product. With fast reading, fast writing, it make everybody like Asus optical drive. With IDE/ATAPI interface, ASUS DRW 1608P make it always support at all pc. At max operating, this optical drive temperature always stable, and not make a big noise. Make reading faster with 2MB buffer size. If you see with front side at this ASUS DRW 1608P, it look a strong optical drive. Dual compatibility feature make your ... Read review