AOpen CRW1232 CD-R/W review

Jim Noonan van Overclockers Australia heeft een review geschreven over de AOpen CRW1232. Zoals het modelnummer al doet vermoeden leest het apparaatje op 32 speed en schrijft het op 12 speed. De rewrite speed is 10. De brander heeft een E-IDE/ATAPI interface en een buffer van 4MB. Een van de features is een verbeterd 'anti-heat design', wat waarschijnlijk de reden is waarom er geen fan in zit:

I don't know how much of the burn stability is due to the hardware and how much due to Nero/Win2k, but suffice to say Aopen have put together a very solid package. As my tests illustrate you probably don't need Burnproof. I'm not saying I wouldn't like it, but I wouldn't like to pay $250 for it. You aren't going to save yourself $250 in coasters by buying a Burnproof drive if you have a fast CPU and hard drive. And if you don't have a fast CPU or hard drive, you probably shouldn't be getting a 12x burner regardless. For those of you in the market for a fast yet cheap rewritable burner, I don't think you can go past this drive. Definite thumbs up all round.

Pros:

• One of the cheapest 32/12/10x burners available today.
• Very solid for burning while multitasking when coupled with a fast hard drive.
• Excellent software bundle.
• Does not require a cooling fan. Supports 80 minute CD's.

Cons:

• Kinda ugly.
• Eject button indented a little too far from the edge.
• Does not work with Easy CD Creator 4.02c.
• No Burnproof.
• Version of Ghost isn't the latest.