What to look for in purchasing LiteON
 

Well im a complete noob at hardware and i am looking into buying a liteOn 40x-12x-48x cd-rw and have no idea on what other specs to look for like the ID number and such, so far i have looked into one place and here is tyhe info on the burner

Lite On 40X12X48 CDRW Model: RTL40125S-Retail
Specifications:
Recording 40X(6000KB/sec) Z-CLV (20X, 24X@8min, 32X@18min, 40X@53min)
Re-writing 12X High-Speed (1800KB/sec) CLV
Reading 48Xmax (7200KB/sec) CAV (20X~48X)
Interface : ATAPI-E/IDE, support up to Ultra-DMA Mode2, 33.3MB/sec
Buffer Memory Size: 2MB
SMART-BURN® technology Underun protection, (ITEM=NU27106176)

Also is atapi-e/ide what i need for internal installation and is installation ez????

i think the only difference is that cirkutz writes w/CAV while the S one writes with CLV. no biggie.

go to www.cdfreaks.com and look through the forum, from what i've seen you can buy a LiteOn 24x model and overclock it to a 48x model by changing the firmware. So why waste your money?