It really depends on what you are wanting to do with the drive. Just about everybody on the PS2 forum uses the Pioneer A03 or A04. It seems to work with everything. Like what was said above, usually takes about 30-40 min. to burn a DVD-R. IF you are still wanting to burn CDR's I would suggest getting a seperate drive because the A03-A04 will not burn sub-channel data. I would get the LG GCE-8320B. It writes at 32x, safedisc 2 compatible, and writes ALL subchannel data correctly. Cost about $90-$100 US. Hope this helps!!!