ASUS DRW-24F1ST - DVD SATA SUPERMULTI Burner - SERIAL ATA - BLACK - OEM Bulk Drive

Ive bought a lot of Asus peripherals over the years, and this one lives up my high standards for their devices. It has yet to fail on either reading or writing DVDs, and the direct SATA interface is a helluva lot faster than the USB2 external drive Id been using before. Having one less external box, cable, and DC power supply to muck with is a win. These will likely make it a money saver well into the future, as I dont have to depend on cables, plugs, and DC PSUs - just the unit itself. Recommended. (Thickness? They want it rated on thickness? OK . . . it filled the 5.25 bay correctly, no gaps or overly tight fits.)

The Asus drive is a tad bit on the loud side with its mechanical parts for silent builds but its quick and easy to install and offers great speeds.

I cant believe how well this thing works with no noise or problems. I wish everything I bought was like this.

I would of liked to at least have it in a little more packing , but otherwise all is well

Optical drives are consumable items. Theyre apparently not made to last. I can understand that the optics would get dusty, but optical drives have a short life and often cant be resurrected by cleaning the optics. This ASUS was an inexpensive quick fix. I was back up in a few minutes and its been good about playing just about any CD or DVD, including those from other burners.

The Asus name has always been good to me so I decided to purchase one for my new Dell which has Windows 7. This combination works just fine for DVD formats, reading and writing. The cost is about the same as the other drives and might be made by all one manufacturer somewhere in China. The Quality is right on! Thanks

I built a new computer and had to replace my old CDROM because the new motherboards no longer have the old ATA interface. I tried to used a ATA to SATA adapter but that did not work. The drive works great.

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Happy with the item & speed in which i received it. Works very well. Very happy with my purchase.

The ASUS DRW-24F1ST - DVD SATA SUPERMULTI Burner, was well packed and arrived within a reasonable amount of time. For me this unit has a great price / value. It works as one would expect.