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    Best Speed CD-ROM I've ever tested!

    Hey All,

    Just thought I'd write and let you know that I've just recently tested a very (repeat Very) fast CDROM drive.

    The Kenwood 52X True-X ATAPI / Ultra SCSI (2 different products) are among the fastest drives I've every worked with.

    I'll try and get some benchmark numbers, although it only took around 2.5 minutes to copy the entire Windows98SE cdrom to an already full hard drive.
    Gaming Rig.

    - Gigabyte GA-7N400-Pro
    - AMD Athlon 3200+ XP
    - 1.5GB Dual Channel DDR 433Mhz SDRAM
    - 6.1 Digital Audio
    - Gigabit Lan (Linksys 1032)
    - 4 x 120GB SATA Drives, RAID 0+1 (Striped/Mirrored)
    - Sony DRU-500A DVD/+/-/R/RW
    - Creative 8x DVD-ROM
    - LS120 IDE Floppy
    - Zip 100 IDE
    - PNY Ultra 5900 (256MB)
    - NEC FE950
    - DTT2500 Cambridge Soundworks
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  • #2
    Thanks for the heads-up. It does look fast.

    Paul
    "Never interfere with the enemy when he is in the process of destroying himself"

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    • #3
      Guyver-Any problems with installing either device?Thanks for the info!Will start pricing them today.

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      • #4
        Any of you have problems with CD Drives that spin too fast? My brother was listening to a CD on a 48x drive and sometimes it would skip.

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        • #5
          Any of you have problems with CD Drives that spin too fast? My brother was listening to a CD on a 48x drive and sometimes it would skip.

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          • #6
            Negative - no problems. Windows 98 detected it with no problems at all.

            - No skips either...
            Gaming Rig.

            - Gigabyte GA-7N400-Pro
            - AMD Athlon 3200+ XP
            - 1.5GB Dual Channel DDR 433Mhz SDRAM
            - 6.1 Digital Audio
            - Gigabit Lan (Linksys 1032)
            - 4 x 120GB SATA Drives, RAID 0+1 (Striped/Mirrored)
            - Sony DRU-500A DVD/+/-/R/RW
            - Creative 8x DVD-ROM
            - LS120 IDE Floppy
            - Zip 100 IDE
            - PNY Ultra 5900 (256MB)
            - NEC FE950
            - DTT2500 Cambridge Soundworks

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            • #7
              That's the cool thing about the Kenwood drive, it only spins at 20x or 24x speed. This also reduces that annoying whine.
              Multiple lasers are cool.

              -Wombat
              Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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              • #8
                Yeah, this ZEN technology is cool. The CD doesn't have to actually spin @ 52X. The drive uses 7 Laser beams and a custom ASIC to read multiple tracks simultaneously and merge them into a single data stream. Couple that with a 2MB buffer and watch out... WooHoo... This thing hauls @$$....

                Windows 95 may require a driver download from Kenwood. DOS drivers are available, however a generic ATAPI driver should work. Windows 98 built in drivers just plain work.

                This drive rocks...


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                Running an ABIT BE6, PIII-450 @ 600Mhz, 128MB (128x1) PC133HSDRAM (running @ 133), Matrox Mystique G200 8MB, SBLive! Full Retail, Adaptec AHA-2940UW (Dual Channel)
                All kinds of other SCSI and ATAPI goodies....
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                Waiting for my G400Max Very Impatiently, Having already maxed system performance to give it a good home.....

                Gaming Rig.

                - Gigabyte GA-7N400-Pro
                - AMD Athlon 3200+ XP
                - 1.5GB Dual Channel DDR 433Mhz SDRAM
                - 6.1 Digital Audio
                - Gigabit Lan (Linksys 1032)
                - 4 x 120GB SATA Drives, RAID 0+1 (Striped/Mirrored)
                - Sony DRU-500A DVD/+/-/R/RW
                - Creative 8x DVD-ROM
                - LS120 IDE Floppy
                - Zip 100 IDE
                - PNY Ultra 5900 (256MB)
                - NEC FE950
                - DTT2500 Cambridge Soundworks

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                • #9
                  Well I had to get another CD Rom to to finish another system for my Brother Inlaw. So I indulged myself and picked up one of these Kenwoods (I'm such a Slut). Damn they are FAST!!!!

                  Paul
                  "Never interfere with the enemy when he is in the process of destroying himself"

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                  • #10
                    YUP! Toldja!
                    Gaming Rig.

                    - Gigabyte GA-7N400-Pro
                    - AMD Athlon 3200+ XP
                    - 1.5GB Dual Channel DDR 433Mhz SDRAM
                    - 6.1 Digital Audio
                    - Gigabit Lan (Linksys 1032)
                    - 4 x 120GB SATA Drives, RAID 0+1 (Striped/Mirrored)
                    - Sony DRU-500A DVD/+/-/R/RW
                    - Creative 8x DVD-ROM
                    - LS120 IDE Floppy
                    - Zip 100 IDE
                    - PNY Ultra 5900 (256MB)
                    - NEC FE950
                    - DTT2500 Cambridge Soundworks

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                    • #11
                      Dammit Paul!!! I can't ever get any of the toys I want before you. Lucky shitzu!!

                      Rags



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                      Some people call me the Space Cowboy.....


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