Advantages: Supports most disk formats, fast, cheap
Disadvantages: I hate installing internal drives

...'s very important as it is what the actual drive does. Writing Speeds: DVD+R: 2.4X, 4X, 8X, 12X, 16X DVD+RW: 2.4X, 4X, 8X DVD+R DL: 2.4X, 4X, 6X, 8X, 10x DVD-R: 2X, 4X, 8X, 16X DVD-RW: 1X, 2X, 4X, 6X DVD-R DL: 2X, 4X, 8x DVD-RAM: 2X, 3X, 5X, 12x CD-R: 4X, 8X, 16X, 24X, 32X, 40X, 48X CD-RW: 4X, 10X, 16X, 24X, 32X Read Speeds: DVD-ROM: 16X Max DVD±R: 10X Max DVD±RW: 8X Max DVD±R DL: 8X Max DVD-RAM: 2X, 3X, 5X Max CD-R/ROM: 48X Max CD-RW: 40X Max Drive Size: 148mm x 165mm x 41.3mm INSTALLATION The one thing that really bugs me about any internal drive is actually getting it inside of the computer and installing it. It only took me a matter of minutes so it wasn't too bad. Optical drives are probably the easiest type of drives to install so don't be put off by this as it's not too bad. It's easy to learn how to do it and once you... Read review

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Advantages: DVD-RAM capability, and fast for other formats
Disadvantages: None

...of their cartridge, but this inclusion is nice to see when other drives prefer to leave the functionality out. The drive I bought was the OEM version, so no software or media were supplied with it, but I prefer to stick to Ritek discs anyway. I haven't used DVD-RAM discs before, but I may be tempted should the price of the discs fall a little more. My hard disk drive is struggling for space at the moment, and having some discs that I can change on a regular basis is becoming more attractive. The OEM version of this drive is around about the £30 price mark, the retail version probably a bit more. The formats supported I have listed below, with the max speeds that the drive can write those formats at: Read speed: 48x (CD) 16x (DVD) Write speed: 48x (CD) 16x (DVD+R) / (DVD-R) 6x (DVD-R Dual-Layer) 10x (DVD+R Dual-Layer) Rewrite speed... Read review

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