[KLUG Members] TheBS' Impluse Buy: TDK 24x CD-R at CompUSA for $199

[Bryan J. Smith]

TheBS' Impluse Buy:  TDK 24x CD-R at CompUSA for $199

Yep, that's TheBS, a hopeless PC hardware fiend.  I wasn't sure if I
wanted a 12x, 16x, 20x or one of those new 24x drives -- especially
since anything >12x must burn at 12x for the inner tracks and only
gets to "speed up" by +4x every 100-125MB or so.  This makes the
performance gains less and less for each grade past 12x.  But the
price on this TDK forced this issue ($199 out-the-door), although
I'm seeing some of those 16-20x drives for $130-170 via mail order. 
The Yamahas have much better specs (like the 4x on-drive buffer)
too.  But as my review found, even small 2MB buffers that cannot
cache more than 0.5 seconds at 24x matter little on a real OS like
Linux.  ;-PPP

Here's the review:
http://www.zepa.net/hypermail/elug/hardware/2001/07/0020.html

And the follow-up using 24x-rated, 74min CD-R media:
http://www.zepa.net/hypermail/elug/hardware/2001/07/0021.html

If you missed the preview post on the Ricoh and Yamaha 20x drive
reviews, they are here:
http://www.zepa.net/hypermail/elug/hardware/2001/07/0012.html

-- TheBS

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