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A user faces today a very wide choice - whether to get the up-to-date 40x recorder or go with the golden mean - 32x, or even take an inexpensive 24x drive. 48x recorders are expected very soon. But remember that there are no many discs available today on the market which can be burnt at 48x or even 40x.

Our choice is the CD-RW drive TEAC CD-W540E. This is a modern and reliable recorder which will give you the maximum performance and recording quality. At the same time it isn't very demanding for discs and will let you determine a write speed for your CD-Rs.

If the design is very important for you and you are looking for a compromise between the performance and appearance take a look at the TDK and Philips devices. But remember that if you have a mainboard based on the VIA KT133/133A chipset you must set the drive as Secondary Master to avoid possible problems in operation.

ASUSTeK have made a good high-speed drive. If you like this company or if the price of the CRW-4012A looks attractive, do not doubt of purchasing it.

On the one hand, the Plextor shows very high recording quality even at the maximum speed and works very fast with CD-RW discs; on the other hand, it has some bugs. Of course, it is very difficult to be the first, but if the company will harry up with a new firmware version where all bugs will be eliminated, the PX-W4012A can become a very attractive top solution.