Yamaha CRW8424E-VK |
Internal IDE drive. Rs 17,500 Speeds: 8x/4x/24x Software for CD-R: EasyCD Creator 4 Software for CD-RW: DirectCD Cache: 4 MB Vendor: Matrix Computers and Multimedia Raj Studio 225/45 Bellasis Road Opp. Maharashtra College Mumbai 400008. Telefax: 22-3011288 E-mail: matrix@vsnl.com |
This drive is a swift
solution to quick backups. It’s an ATAPI drive that connects to your
motherboard’s IDE port directly like any other CD-ROM drive. It offers 8x
write, 4x rewrite, and 24x read speeds. It also has a 4 MB buffer. Direct
writes were among the best, taking just 11 minutes to write 652.3 MB of data
on a CD-R disk.
The
time taken to write an ISO image and burning it onto a CD was around 15
minutes, which was again the best of the lot.
For CD-RW disks, it took 37
minutes to format a RW disk, which is average. It was, however, able to
fully utilize the media capacity of the RW media at 533 MB. Data transfer
rate was 0.465 MB/sec, which is average. So, it can be used as an average
data storage and transfer device. The drive does a good job of copying audio
tracks, taking about 13 minutes for 15 of them.
Priced at Rs 17,500, this drive is a good
solution for both small-time multimedia developers and workgroups.