>- Plextor 40X.
>- Lite-On
>- Creative CDRW.
>- Yamaha.
>
>Which one the best with my
>limited budget? We only got
>$250
Plextors are the best, period. Extremely reliable, fast and with long lasting high quality parts, you'll never need to buy another CDRW again (unless you need more speed).
Lite-ON CDRWs are also made really well and are really fast, if not quite loud. They are REALLY inexpensive because Lite-ON used to make most of its money selling to OEMs like Dell and Gateway as well as selling "Lite-On in disguise" CDRWs under rebranded titles (like Cynedyne).
Your $250 budget will take you a long way if you're purchasing an IDE drive and can install it for that Sergeant. What you need to do is go to
http://www.pricewatch.com and order the drive direct from one of the shops.
If you're too fucking lazy, you can just buy a Plexwriter 40x12x40x for $150 at
http://www.directron.com/pxw4012ta.html . Most of the 40x12x40x drives cost around that much. A Lite-On will cost you roughly half that much with it being a 48x12x48, but it only has two megs of buffer instead of four like the Plexwriter.
If the guy has a SCSI interface, get him a SCSI plextor ($230). The SCSI interface will keep it so the data writing doesn't affect his machine.
-Xotor-
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