Sony CRX320AE/U 52X/32X/52X CD-RW and 16X DVD-ROM Internal ATAPI EIDE Combo Drive

Great Sony quality. This drive is easy to install and flexible to use. I have already purchased two of them and will likely buy one more very soon to replace a factory-installed CD drive in my Gateway PC.

The Samsung that came with my Dell started giving me trouble about a year after I bought the PC. After less than 3 years it stopped working entirely. This Sony installed easily and so far works fine (I've only had it for a month). My only gripe is that the write up said it came with both a black face and a beige face, but mine only has a beige face (and my Dell is black). This cosmetic issue doesn't really bother me, but I can't give it 5 stars for this.

I bought this and obviously from my title it came pretty fast and it works great, easy installation did it on my own so you probably can too.

I've had a DVD drive for 8 years, and it has been having difficulty reading some minor-scratched DVDs, which include some newly purchased ones. So that bothered me a lot. This SONY drive takes care "some" of that problem for me. I am able to play almost all of those minor-scratched DVDs now, excepting only a couple. The actual DVD players that cannot be hooked to a computer can play those scratched DVDs OK, probably because those have a lot higher error tolerance...

Reading speed was great, setup was simply plug-and-play. No software needed unless you want to burn CDs.

If you dont want a DVD burner, this is the drive to get. Good software, easy install and changing enclosed black faceplate a snap. writes and reads CDs and reads DVDs. Amazon has best price on the web (retail version)