Post by: JPKWT on September 07, 2001, 05:46:45 AM
My HP 7100+ CDRW recently turned into a coaster factory, and I\'ve been looking for replacements. There seems to be no doubt that Plextor make some of the best burners, hands down. I am especially interested in the 12/10/32a which seems to be affordable. However, what about SCSI vs IDE here? Yes, I know that SCSI offloads the CPU, blah blah, but with BURN-proof, isn\'t IDE more than adequate, especially since I tend to just let the sucker write away while I\'m doing something else?
What about brands other than Plextor?
Any thoughts, anybody?
Post by: rdc on September 07, 2001, 10:24:51 AM
Data transfer rate 20mb/s synchronous (same as a scsi 2 harddisk) , and plextor 8/2/20s ,
data transfer 10mb/s synchronous , but as you say more expensive than the atapi/ide writers .The advantage with scsi you mentionned in your message (no cpu usage) .
I suppose , if you are not burning lots of cds and do not have scsi harddisks a scsi cdrw is a luxury but then if you like a bit of perfection it adds to your computer\'s performance
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