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Yamaha CRW8424E-VK

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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



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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.

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