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CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive with SATA!

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Phantasm66, Jun 22, 2004.

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  1. Phantasm66 Newcomer, in training

    After surfing around for a while, I came across this little gem. Its the XA52P - 52x CD-R Writing / 24x CD-RW Rewriting/ 52x CD-ROM Reading / 16x DVD-ROM reading - and with a SATA connection! AFAIK this is the first combo drive with SATA and I don't even believe I've really seen even a regular CD-RW or DVD-ROM with SATA yet - certainly never touched one.

    The shape of drives to come here.
    Phantasm66, Jun 22, 2004
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  2. Tarkus TechSpot Ambassador

    Hopefully with the introduction of more CD/DVD devices supporting SATA, motherboard makers will start putting up to 8 SATA ports on a motherboard. Two ports just doesn't cut it.
    Tarkus, Jun 22, 2004
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  3. ---agissi--- TechSpot Paladin

    Wow cool!! Yeah hopefully this will encourage the new SATA generation to evolve a big quicker.

    Also tark, i think 2 is fine, most people arent going to have more then 1 harddrive, and with 2 ports you got room for a 2nd SATA HD.. and considering there is no floppy/cdrom SATA drives, I think two is good.
    ---agissi---, Jun 22, 2004
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  4. Rick TechSpot Staff

    Looks like a waste of a SATA port to me. ;)

    Just kidding, although the bandwidth really is overkill for an optical drive. Then again, sure beats those big IDE cables!
    Rick, Jun 22, 2004
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  5. Unregistered

    Plextor has one thats out. They are supposedly the first.
    Unregistered, Jun 23, 2004
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  6. Phantasm66 Newcomer, in training

    Yeah Plextor are a really innovative and quick-off-the-mark company, I would not be surprised if they were the first with a SATA CD-ROM / DVD-ROM drive.
    Phantasm66, Jun 23, 2004
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  7. ---agissi--- TechSpot Paladin

    Plextor make the best, most quailty drives hands down.
    ---agissi---, Jun 23, 2004
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