MSI CR52-A2 52x24x52x CD-RW Review
In our ever unquenchable need for
speed and performance, CD writers have gotten so fast that that their
CD-ROM/DVD-ROM's counterparts cannot keep up! Unless you have a True-X based
CD-ROM, there's no way you're going to be able to do a 52x CD to CD burn on the
fly. While MSI has been in producing
various computer components for a very long time now, they're still relative newbies
in the optical storage market. Of course MSI has not forgotten what has made such
a successful company, their CR52-A2 52x24x52 CD-RW offers value in the form of
a retail price of $85 CDN ($60 US).
The MSI 52x24x52 CD-RW obviously
offers 52x speed write, 24x rewrite (24x media is almost impossible to find though) and
52x read which is comparable to other 52x CD-RW's currently being
marketed.
The writer boasts a 2MB
buffer, but with BURN-proof (Buffer Under
RuN)
technology, you really don't need to worry about buffer size as much as in the
past. The front bezel is snow white in colour rather then the ugly "pre
beige" some other manufacturers use.
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Ships with the following:
- User's Guide
- Nero Burning ROM 5
- 52x CD-R Disc
- 24x CD-RW Disc
- Audio Cable
- Mounting Screws
Manufacturer:
MicroStar Int.
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Looking
at MSI's official spec page for the CR52-A2, it's obvious the marketing
department had a lot of fun. The other cool catch phrases they use are EXACT-Rec
(Enhanced eXtracting & Adapting Control Technology for
Recording) which monitors the accuracy of the CD-RW's writing to AWSS (Advanced
Weighting Suspension System) which is basically vibration and noise control.
The one thing that caught my
eye when looking at the specifications of the unit is that the MSI
52x24x52x CD-RW natively supports 90 minute (790 MB) CD's! This
is extremely useful if you need to burn something that's a bit larger then 700
MB or longer then 80 minutes in audio!
CD WinBench
99
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