Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

ASUS DRW-1608P2S Beige vs BenQ CB523C optical disc drive Internal

9specifications compared
6differ
3identical
29known for one product only

Key differences

CD read speed
- DRW-1608P2S Beige:40x
- CB523C optical disc drive Internal:52x
Operating relative humidity (H-H)
- DRW-1608P2S Beige:5 - 85%
- CB523C optical disc drive Internal:10 - 90%
Operating temperature (T-T)
- DRW-1608P2S Beige:5 - 45 °C
- CB523C optical disc drive Internal:0 - 50 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)
- DRW-1608P2S Beige:-20 - 60 °C
- CB523C optical disc drive Internal:-40 - 65 °C
Weight
- DRW-1608P2S Beige:1 kg
- CB523C optical disc drive Internal:850 g
Dimensions (WxDxH)
- DRW-1608P2S Beige:148 x 180 x 42.3 mm
- CB523C optical disc drive Internal:146 x 41.5 x 178 mm

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Comparison of DRW-1608P2S Beige, CB523C
38 specifications	A ASUS DRW-1608P2S Beige View product	B BenQ CB523C optical disc drive Internal Model CB523C View product
Designidentical
Product colourKnown for one	Beige	Unknown — not stated by the source
MountingKnown for one	Vertical/Horizontal	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performanceidentical
Optical drive typeKnown for one	DVD-RW	Unknown — not stated by the source
InterfaceKnown for one	EIDE/ATA	Unknown — not stated by the source
Drive device, buffer sizeKnown for one	2 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	60000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Writing speedidentical
CD write speedKnown for one	40x	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD rewrite speedKnown for one	32x	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD-R write speedKnown for one	40x	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD-RW write speedKnown for one	32x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R Double Layer write speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R write speedKnown for one	16x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+RW write speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-R Double Layer write speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-R write speedKnown for one	16x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-RAM write speedKnown for one	5x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-RW write speedKnown for one	6x	Unknown — not stated by the source
Reading speed1 differ
CD read speedDiffers	40x	52x
CD-ROM read speedKnown for one	40x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-RAM read speedKnown for one	5x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-ROM read speedKnown for one	16x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16x
Operational conditions3 differ
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Differs	5 - 85%	10 - 90%
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 45 °C	0 - 50 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	5 - 90%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage temperature (T-T)Differs	-20 - 60 °C	-40 - 65 °C
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers	1 kg	850 g
Other features1 differ
Dimensions (WxDxH)Differs	148 x 180 x 42.3 mm	146 x 41.5 x 178 mm
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Windows XP/NT/ME/2000/98SE	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of optical discsKnown for one	1 discs	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	DC: 5V ± 5%, 0.8A DC: 12V ± 10%, 1.9A
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Pentium II 400MHz, 128MB DRAM,150MB free HD space.
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	177.28 Mbit/s
Non-operating relative humidity (non-condensing)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 95%
Technical featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Dual Cooling System (DCS) Seamless Link Technology

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