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Ionakana
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_ 		1. June 2005 @ 06:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi everyone

As my LiteOn SOHW-1653 no longer works, I am now looking for a new DVD burner. My system is an AMD Duron 950Mhz with 128MB of RAM, running WinXP. Note that this was within the system requirements stated by LiteOn, and the burner previously worked on my system with no problems at all (the fault that killed it was purely mechanical).

I am considering either the LG 4163B or the Pioneer DVR 109 as a replacement. Having looked at LG's and Pioneer's websites, however, I am a little put off by the claimed system requirements. Pioneer specify that at least 256MB of RAM is necessary for their burners, whereas LG recommend 512MB. My question is, do some burners really have higher RAM requirements than others? Or is this simply down to the requirements of the bundled software?

Can I safely take it that if the LiteOn worked satisfactorily in my system, then any other burner should work equally well? Note that I only burn at 4x with no other applications running - I'm not concerned about being able to burn at high speeds.

Thanks in anticipation, any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Rotary
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_ 		1. June 2005 @ 06:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hi

cant say i have heard any bad things on lower end pc's and dvd writers? only say alittle slower burn times maybe but thats it, all still works aok. and i have been around awhile here...
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Nothing here to see, move along folks.

Gringle
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_ 		1. June 2005 @ 07:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Wise words from Rotary, it wasn't all that long ago your specs' were top of the range.
However a cost effective way to, increase your 'wriggle room' is to increase your RAM, see Belarc Advisor,

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

A DIY job is quite easy.

regards gringle.
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baabaa
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_ 		1. June 2005 @ 07:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I think the specs they publish are not realtime specs, just 'joe average' due to the nature of data transfer and bulk of it.

I think you'll be fine, however as Gringle says, 'a little more wriggle room' will please your CPU no end................
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spacedust
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_ 		1. June 2005 @ 19:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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