Amazon.co.uk Review
A 24 speed CD writer from Memorex, the TwentyFourMAXX offers the performance you'd want and the software to get you going.
With faster drives on the market a 24-speed writer is at the lower end of the CD writer market. The TwentyfourMAXX from Memorex is the entry level drive in the MAXX range of CD burners, with faster 32 and 40 speed MAXX drives now available. This particular drive offers all the basic features youd expect; a fast 24 speed write, a speedy 10x rewrite and a maximum 40 speed-read. It also makes use of Memorexs Just Burn write technology allowing the drive to vary the burn speed depending on system and media limitations. Rounding off the drive is a 2Mb buffer, a full UDMA 33 interface and it can be installed vertically.
Packaged with the drive is Easy CD Creator 5 that comes along with Direct CD. The only media you get is a single high speed Memorex CD-RW disc, a mounting kit and an audio cable is also supplied but no IDE cable. In use we managed to write a complete 640Mb disc in three minutes 58 seconds, while the same amount of data took seven minutes 59 seconds with a CD-RW disc. When it comes to reading discs the peak speed we got was 5.9Mb/sec, while its average speed was equivalent to a 27x drive. CPU use was excellent being a low 30 per cent, access times were also good with random times down to 80ms. The Memorex drive has a low price, though its uninspiring write times and lack of any CD-R media means you might want to consider the cheaper LiteOn 32x drive that also features faster rewrite times.--Nick Baxter
Product Description
The Memorex CD-RW TwentyfourMAXX 24x10x40 usurps the current generation of drives with its blistering speed. This CD-ReWritable drive can write to CD-Recordable discs at 24 speed, CD-ReWritable discs at 10 speed, while reading discs at 40 speed. The burner also supports RAW mode and uses JUST BURN technology, massively reducing writing error rates. If there is any unexpected break in the writing process, the writing picks up exactly where the flow of data had stopped. The average access time is just 80 milliseconds while the data buffer size is 2 MB. The Memorex drive comes with everything you need to get up and running. Roxio Easy CDCreator 5.0 and Direct CD software is bundled with the drive in addition to an audio cable, screw kit and a Memorex CD-RW high-speed blank disc. The assembly kit provided allows the burner to be installed vertically or horizontally - dependent on your case configuration.
The Memorex MAXX stands as a synonym for maximum performance in all sorts of internal optical drives: no matter if you are heading for a state-of-the-art internal DVD or CD-ROM drive or a CD-RW device. All Memorex drives feature not only MAXXimum performance, but also latest optical data technologies for optimum compatibility and data integrity.