After experiencing troubles with my ASUS 1401LT burner that caused countless disasters which I did not commit myself, I chose to acquire this famous PIONEER, and I'm not disappointed. Quiet, fast, efficient, reliable mounting (SATA) childish ... That happiness. The burning software NERO 9 Essentials included with the burner is very heavy and very resource hungry, it is better to prefer the great free software: BurnAware, much higher. After a dozen engravings, everything is perfect, I recommend this PIONEER; impeccable ... To avoid surprises read your backups, put the player in time to time, just to check that the data is readable & accessible, otherwise, beware of content that will be lost permanently unless attempt recovery with " IsoBuster ". Burner PIONEER highly recommended to install an emergency on your machines!