Unlike other brands <cough Creative>, the Yamaha CRW8824SZ doesn't destroy CD after CD. Nor does it explode within your computer. Or give off gases containing high levels of arsnic. Some of you might be tempted to buy already, but there's more. Coupled with free software and a decent quality CD-RW disk, this CD-RW drive does exactly what is says on the box - burn CDs quickly, efficiently and without any fuss. Installation is fairly painless, in fact it involves the same amount of skill required to fit a standard CD-ROM drive. Naturally the drive comes with all the correct cables to turn your PC into a CD-burning machine within minutes. An ...  Read the complete review

YES THIS Yamaha screams BUY ME BUY ME! And I did. I love the fact that its 8 write 8 rewrite and 24 read but all because its SCSI. Small Computer Systems interface if you didn't know. It means that with this you can burn and surf the net or do other things with it. As it’s not on your PCI bus and slowing it down so your burn fails. It has a 4mb buffer and burns everything you throw at it. It’s quick. You may get other faster reading speeds out their but its not that relevant. You will have at least a 40x CD room or DVD ROM. Theirs not much else I can say. It looks like any other piece of kit. Beige but you buy for functionality ...  Read the complete review