Asus 24x DVD-RW Drive, SATA, OEM, Black

MX45542 24x DVD-RW Drive, SATA, OEM, Black
MX45542 24x DVD-RW Drive, SATA, OEM, Black

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Average Rating: 4.2 / 5 With 13 Customer Reviews

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Wednesday, December 5, 2018
By: Richard G
From: Winnipeg, MB

Fine DVD/CD Drive

Strengths:

Fast Read/Write Speed Not Too loud

Weaknesses:

None so far

Additional Comments:

Upgrading from a 8x OEM dvd drive, this is faster by a landslide. Feels good in build quality. A tad bit louder, but not noticeable with case on.
Monday, November 26, 2018
By: Keith F.
From: Edmonton

a perfectly good CD/DVD burner

Strengths:

Works as it should. No problems so far to read CD-ROM, read and write DVD-R, read and write DVD+R (DL), etc.

Weaknesses:

There is a whole lot of precision technology in these drives, for not much money (around $25). What's to complain about?

Additional Comments:

The amount of noise is normal for a drive of this speed, no different than other brands (LG, Samsung, etc).
Friday, June 15, 2018
By: Levi
From: Aldersyde

Works Very Well

Strengths:

The drive itself works very well, is easily installed, I was very satisfied overall.

Weaknesses:

I haven't really found any problems with it yet, and don't really have anything negative to say about it.

Additional Comments:

I got this for a PC I was building, easy installation and doesn't make too much noise. I would highly recommend this as a primary optical drive.
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
By: bob
From: Winnipeg

It's kinda loud but it works

Strengths:

It's very fast at reading my software.

Weaknesses:

A bit loud but if you take out the cd it shouldn't make anymore noise.

Additional Comments:

It works and that's all I want it to do.
Thursday, January 29, 2015
By: Brian
From: Winnipeg

Great drive. Could double as a jet engine.

Strengths:

This drive reads and loads the discs I put in it and it does so relatively quickly. So in that case, it's awesome and I highly recommend it!

Weaknesses:

When I first used it I thought there was a plane flying over my house, then I realized it was the drive. So hopefully you're not loading games from disc or need to use it for your applications because it's very loud. If they could make it half as quiet (which would still be kind of noisy) I'd give 5 stars, but the one shortcoming is the noise.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
By: David Drinnan
From: Calgary

Exactly what it says it is!

Strengths:

-Works perfect -Looks nice

Weaknesses:

-A bit loud as most are

Additional Comments:

It works perfectly. No errors and looks good in any case. Best bang for it's buck and is honestly as close to perfect as you can get.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
By: WL
From: Calgary

Hit and Miss

Strengths:

A very cost effective optical drive.

Weaknesses:

First one I bought was defective. It would read DVDs ok, but cannot read CDs at all. Then the drive itself became unrecognizable as it disappeared from the Windows Device Manager. Took the unit back, and exchanged it for another one. The new drive appears to be functioning as expected.

Additional Comments:

50% success rate.
Monday, September 22, 2014
By: Andy
From: Edmonton

Great budget DVD wrieter

Strengths:

Fast and responsive. Loads DVDs rather quicker than Samsung's equivalent DVD-ROM.

Weaknesses:

Althouh I wouldn't personally describe the noise it makes as "loud" (what DVD-ROM really isn't?) it's noticeable if you are in a recording studio environment.

Additional Comments:

Great drive. I'm switching to these instead of the Samsung in all my future builds.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
By: Laurence
From: Winnipeg, MB

Of course it's loud, do you really expect it to be quieter than a lower speed drive?

Strengths:

Fast, bundled software is a bonus.

Weaknesses:

None really, with the high speed (24X - 48X for CD), of course it will be louder than a slower drive.

Additional Comments:

Excellent drive! No complaints here except keeping them in stock!
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
By: S. D.
From: Calgary, AB

Good

Strengths:

Fast, looks nice

Weaknesses:

None so far