All said and done, the ASUS 52x24x52x does have a lot of potential and room for improvements. The bundle that comes with the drive is very much standard and acceptable, and the drive's built is top-notch if only it wasn't that noisy. What we really want to see is that ASUSTeK looks into the drive's problem and come out with fixes in regular firmware updates (which we understand that they have been constantly updating) to improve on important areas such as media compatibility as well as writing quality.