While MSI is better known for their motherboards and video cards, they have started to show the optical storage industry what they can do. The MS-8348A DragonWriter is their latest addition to their line of CD-RW drives. The MS-8348A reads and writes at 48x and is the first drive from MSI to feature 16x rewriting speeds. Of course, MSI's new drive isn't just about speed. This budget priced drive also has features like Oak Technology's ExacLink buffer underrun protection. In this review we take a look at some of the features found on the MS-8348A and then put it up against some of the 48x drives from the competition. How does MSI's new writer stack up? Does the new "DragonWriter" live up to the MSI name? You'll have to check out the review to find out.
MSI MS-8348A DragonWriter 48/16/48 CD-RW
This review has been in the works for awhile. We had a lot of problems with writing quality early on and instead of thrashing MSI's new writer, we gave them a chance to fix the problems. If you have any comments or questions about the drive or the review, please post them in the forum by using the link below.