What is the best CD-RW writer u would recommend?

[stoneroses]

My requirements
1.at least 16x
2.value for money aka cheap,which means high end brands like Plextor are out
3.ability to overburn,800mb,900mb?
4.ability to read media that are of inferior quality

can anyone help?

[arkady151]

Buy a LITE-ON 24x10x40 they are really cheap like 150 or less plus they have burn-proof so that u dont have any probs burnign cds. i have a 12x10x32 lite-on it works great no probs . for the cheapest price check out http://www.pricewatch.com . UPDATE I FOUND IT HERE FOR 130 BUCKS
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=5&manufactory=1336
THIS IS A GOOD ONLINE STORE MY FRIEND JUST GOT A HD FROM THERE

[stoneroses]

well,I heard some good things bout the iomega 24x CDRW
some claim that it is a plextor OEM

[jazzer]

Plextor is not that expensive.

In fact I just got a Retail Plextor 16/10/40 for $160 + $8 shipping from http://www.newegg.com.

Plextor is offering a $20 rebate right now if you buy a retail package instead of a OEM packaged one.

So this brings the total down to $148 -- that's reasonable for a high-end drive like a Plextor.

Check out this link for drive comparisons:

http://www.feurio.com/English/Writerdb/list_actual_ide.shtml