Asus' new drive

[KlumpDud]

I'm building a comp for a friend, and I was going to get him the tried-and-true 5224A when I noticed Asus has a new model out.

Is the new Asus CRW-5232AS the same as the Asus CRW-5224A (besides the 5232 having a faster rewrite speed and having "QuietTrack")?

Thanks.

[KlumpDud]

nobody knows?

[Mesaeus]

Ummm, why are you worrying about a cdwriter ? They all cost about the same anyways and there are no real differences between them anymore. If you want to give him a really good cdwriter, take a look at Plextor drives. All the rest is just about the same these days :)

Edit : I'm just trying to explain why nobody is answering your question, the truth is I wouldn't know which cdwriter is better than the other, they almost don't get reviewed anymore :D

[KlumpDud]

Ummm, why are you worrying about a cdwriter ? They all cost about the same anyways and there are no real differences between them anymore.

No offense intended, but shows how much you don't know. There's many differences. First of all, not all burners are 2 sheep (capable of correct EFM encoding) and even of those that are, not all are capable of reading/writing newer safedisc 3 protection.

I was able to find out the answer to my question: yes, the 5232AS is the same as the 5224A except for rewrite speed and QuietTrack.

[glc]

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