Please help me

[puppetmaster]

I need to order my computer this weekend in order to build it and get it to college in time. For the past month or so I just thought I would buy the PlexWriter Premium, then I found an extra $100 lying around the house yesterday and decided to buy a DVD burner. I am really sorry asking this kind of question, but I just don't have the time to do the reseach myself. What are the top burners out and is there one above the rest?

[dhc014]

A lot of people like, and recommend Sony Dual format burners. From my limited experience with the DRU-510A, it burns well. Ian also was impressed by it in his review. It is one of the more expensive burners, but is a good choice...

I'd also recommend the NEC ND-1300A Dual format burner, or one of its OEM's from TDK or Iomega...

I, myself, ordered a Lite-ON LDW-401S which is a single format (+) burner, but it's incredibly cheap and will hopefully get the job done.

[puppetmaster]

What is the deal with this OptoRite, it looks like it has the faster CD speeds than the NEC in addition to an 8MB buffer. Also, Newegg says it does -RW at 4x, but the box in the pic says 2x... what is up with that?

[dhc014]

I'd tend to trust the specs on the optorite site which say 2x -RW

http://www.optorite.com/dd0203.htm