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Plextor PlexWriter PX-504UF

August 25th, 2003 | by Ian Bell

Read and write times where nearly identical to the Plextor PX-504A internal drive, but trailed slightly in some tests. In our speed burst tests, the PlexWriter PX-504UF reached an incredibly high 1MB which is great and goes to show the potential of the USB 2.0 and FireWire interfaces if only CPU usage was lower. We do not recommend multitasking while writing a CD/DVD unless you have 512MB of system memory or higher; this will provide an error free burn. Please click on the performance tab above this review and the link below this review for complete testing results.

For a screenshot of our Ner DVD Speed results, please click here.

Longer bars indicate better performance

System Configurations:

Windows XP Pro; AMD Athlon 1700+; Abit AT7 Max 2 motherboard; 512MB DDR SDRAM 333MHz; PNY GeforceFX 500 video adapter.