TEAC CD-W552E


 

Go to TEAC website   Review: TEAC CD-W552E (IDE)
Reviewer: Dennis
Provided by: TEAC Germany
Firmware: version 1.05

As most of our readers will know, the current CD-RW recorder market is reaching its peak. CD-recorders have reached their maximum speeds and almost all major CD-RW drive manufacturers have started producing their fastest recorders. The Japanese TEAC company is no exception and has recently released their CD-W552E drive. As the model number suggests the drive supports 52x writing (and reading) speeds, while re-writing is done at a maximum speed of 24x.

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When we
reviewed the TEAC CD-W540E drive, it was the fastest 40x recorder available at that time. In this review we will compare the TEAC CD-W552E drive to other 52x recorders and see if this drive is also a 'speed monster'. Besides that we will of course also take a look at how the drive performs in general and with more advanced tests. Read on to find out what we have to say about this latest TEAC recorder!

Test Machine:



For the tests we'll be using the following configuration:

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Hardware:
  • Motherboard: GigaByte GA-7VAXP
  • Processor: AMD AthlonXP 2100+
  • RAM: 512MB (PC2700)
  • GFX: ASUS V8200 (GeForce 3 Ti200)
  • Hard Disks: DiamondMax 40GB (7200rpm)
System set-up:

    System set-up

The TEAC CD-W552E drive was hooked up as Master to the (onboard) secondary IDE-controller and identifies itself as "TEAC CD-W552E". DMA (Direct Memory Access) was enabled and autorun was disabled for every device.

Used Software:



The Windows XP Professional operating system is installed on our test machine. We'll be using the following software to perform the various tests:

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On the next page of our review we'll take a look at the drive's package, the drive itself and its specifications and features.

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