Overclockers Online has posted the first review of Plextor's new 12x DVD recordable drive, the PX-712A. Capable of writing at 12x on some DVD+R media, the drive also offers 8x DVD-R and 4x DVD-RW/+RW speeds. Here's a snippet from the review:
After a fair bit of testing, and mammoth amounts of DVD writing, I must say I’m very impressed with this drive. The noise level is quite acceptable and if you have lots of fans going on in your case, you probably won’t notice the drive operating. With an 8 MB buffer onboard coupled with its buffer underrun proof technology this drive leaves no room for coasters.
Advantages
Blazing fast 12X DVD+R, 8X DVD-R
Blazing fast 48X CD-R and 24X CD-RW
GigaRec for massive storage on CDs
Mt. Rainer Technology
Disadvantages
High-speed media is rare and expensive
Drive may be too expensive for some users to afford
You can read the entire review over at the Overclockers Online web site.
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