Originally posted by Kerry2Kool4U:
Man, 16x4x16, thats almost extinct. You'd definatley burn/rip faster w/ a 48x24x48, think about it, its 3 times faster than your drive. You can find them real cheap too.




While that is the theoretical raw transfer speed, actual rip/burn times are only about double. Overhead.

I had a 16x and it took about 5m30s to rip/burn 700MB. I have a 52x now and it's about 2m50s for 700MB.