You know what? I thought do any of these drives require an 80 pin conductor ide connection to run at their best? That would be a nice thing to know before one went to purchase a new drive. I'm am really leaning towards the LiteOn 165h6s now. Some darn good scanning with the media I like ( verbatim dvd -r 16x). From the review I read over at the LiteOn forum. Still may get the BenQ though. Thanks chas0039 for all the help. I just updated my NEC 3550 with Liggy's 1.06 f/w. See how that goes I can buy some dvd+r's now. But I still got an itch for a new drive.