Non-Oxford Firewire Enclosure good enough for DVD burning?

[LisaB]

I have an older Pyro 1394 enclosure...I was thinking about putting in it either a 16x DVD-ROM, 4x DVD-RW, or 48x24x48 CD-RW. The only thing that concerns me is that this is an older Firewire case, and so doesn't use the "Oxford" chip. I know that as far as hard drives are concerned, I can only get about half the speed with the non-Oxford as I can with my newer, presumably Oxford-based, case.

Anyone have any suggestions? I like to use the 16x DVD-ROM to rip audio CD's and SVCD's...will putting it in an external case affect either the ripping speed or data integrity?

[ofbarea]

It should work, but you will have to test it. A good option is to place your current internal DVD or CD-R in the external case and test.