Personally and I'm sure most/some will agree, go with a Messiah 2 and ditch the Magic 3.1. Also if you do decide to get a DVD Burner, go with a Pioneer A05 or if you want dual media capability (DVD+/-R) go for the A06 (I myself have a A06 External, and I love it

). Also with Ritek DVD-R, you can't go wrong. For the Messiah 2, PM bighap or dust2dust they can hook you up. Hope this helps!