Parasite Posted March 3, 2002 Share Posted March 3, 2002 What should i get?? Ive got $200 australian to save for a 60 gig hdd or buy a burner Ive alredy got a 40 gig hdd and a relly slow external burner that i cant be stuffed using if so wat ones??? So what should i get??? ps. i love file sharing :D thanks for you replies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..... Posted March 3, 2002 Share Posted March 3, 2002 you should get a good 16/24 speed burner imho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k420 Posted March 3, 2002 Share Posted March 3, 2002 I don't like cds, I use Harddrives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtgriffith Posted March 3, 2002 Share Posted March 3, 2002 You can't pass copies of your hard drive around to your friends or listen to you hard drive in the car. I would go with the CDRW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postertoad Posted March 3, 2002 Share Posted March 3, 2002 Get the Burner. If you love file sharing, as do I, keep a list of your files in share and offer to make them available upon request. Then you are essentially sharing your entire cd collection as well. hehe .. sharing is coooool. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariusu Posted March 3, 2002 Share Posted March 3, 2002 i would also recommend a burner... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted March 3, 2002 Veteran Share Posted March 3, 2002 i'd get a burner anyday over another HD. I got a 40GB right now and no burner. I wanna get another 40GB ata-100 7200 RPM drive to do RAID-0 but i'd get the burner so fast! The burner has more advantages and since a burner has unlimted storage (technically) the HD would fill soon and you'd be back to square one so get the burner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomis_nehc Posted March 3, 2002 Share Posted March 3, 2002 I would say it depends. Are you a collector? I am guessing probably not, or else you would've bought a new burner long ago. If you occasionally get ISO's, etc etc, I would recommend you to get a new HDD. For the other type: people that has great bandwith and download like mad. Personally I average 50CD's a week, so obviously I bought a fast burner. Ahh, what the hell, get a new burner :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parasite Posted March 3, 2002 Author Share Posted March 3, 2002 thank you for the replies:) I will get a burner what ones do you recomend?:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted March 3, 2002 Share Posted March 3, 2002 huhuh perthy teenz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtgriffith Posted March 3, 2002 Share Posted March 3, 2002 I like the Plextor PlexWriter 24/10/40A. It has worked perfectly for me. It goes for around $160 in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomis_nehc Posted March 3, 2002 Share Posted March 3, 2002 I believe I saw 40x write for the Plex at newegg for under $200. $160 I think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xcalibur Posted March 3, 2002 Share Posted March 3, 2002 Originally posted by nomis_nehc I believe I saw 40x write for the Plex at newegg for under $200. $160 I think... good luck finding a cd that will burn that fast at a cheap price... i picked up a spindle that said would burn at 24x but only went to 12x on my 16x burner.. but then again, i bought a spindle that said 12x on it, but went perfectly at 16x. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtgriffith Posted March 3, 2002 Share Posted March 3, 2002 I've been using 16x CD's in my Plextor 24x (writing at 24x of course) and I haven't made a single coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postertoad Posted March 3, 2002 Share Posted March 3, 2002 Originally posted by nomis_nehc I believe I saw 40x write for the Plex at newegg for under $200. $160 I think... Carefull: compact disc spontaniously combust at speeds greater than 40x. :cheeky: Anyone got the link to that story? Was here on neowin a few weeks back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neowin_hipster Posted March 3, 2002 Share Posted March 3, 2002 Get a fast internal burner any day. I love mine and use it all the time for cd, movies, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomwarren Veteran Posted March 3, 2002 Veteran Share Posted March 3, 2002 I got two 60gig HDs, one 40gig HD and one 15gig HD and a 24x writer so i would probs spend it on booze or on a new 40x writer mebbe :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..... Posted March 3, 2002 Share Posted March 3, 2002 i got a liteon 32/12/40 recently, and it works great, got it for ?115 so i;m sure you'd be able to get it for $200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeaR Posted March 3, 2002 Share Posted March 3, 2002 Burner would own. Plus how much hds will you keep getting. In the long run the burners the best bet. I recently got a plex 24 x and it owns ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleJ Posted March 3, 2002 Share Posted March 3, 2002 I have a Yamaha 3200EZ that hasn't given me any problems. I've seen it in a Circuit City or Best Buy add for $150. I'm sure it could be gotten for less online somewhere. I bought it for $200 - $40 in rebates 3 months ago... it's cheaper now:( It says it is closeout in the add. Does anyone know if Yamaha is coming out with a 32X already? When I bought the 24X it was almost brand new to the market, although a little late compared to everyone else. Also, I read somewhere that the 3200 controller is capable of 32X speed with only bios updates. Anyone know if that is true or if Yamaha plans on doing that? Anyway, I like my Yamaha, really good quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parasite Posted March 4, 2002 Author Share Posted March 4, 2002 Originally posted by Vlad huhuh perthy teenz lol???? :p Hmm im going to look for a plextor Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheif_Bigfoot Posted March 4, 2002 Share Posted March 4, 2002 I would go with the burner for sure. If you want to keep movies or songs its just as easy to put them on cd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamXP Posted March 4, 2002 Share Posted March 4, 2002 ok i live ion australia 2, u said $200aus for a plextor burner? ARE U CRAZY? A 32X12X8 PLEXTOR IS $800 also, dont get a Sony, you cant burn sony music with them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parasite Posted March 4, 2002 Author Share Posted March 4, 2002 Originally posted by AdamXP ok i live ion australia 2, u said $200aus for a plextor burner? ARE U CRAZY? A 32X12X8 PLEXTOR IS $800 also, dont get a Sony, you cant burn sony music with them lol i dotn think soo, YOu can get dvd burners for that price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted March 4, 2002 Share Posted March 4, 2002 im from aus too, and yeah hes right a dvd burner costs $800 but theres no way your picking up a plextor burner for $200 there a bit dearer then that But in relation to your queury even those youve got enough opnions I was recently in your situation I had a 40G HDD well 50 coz I had a 10 er attached on the second IDE anyway, I brought a new HDD instead of Burner. Big Mistake. If I could go bacxk id take the burner anyday. So many more things you can do with a burner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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