Now in one word this is the BEST writer you can get for your money.
It costs around 2000-2200 in mumbai in lamington road, not very popular but if you want seamless performance, very fast writing capability and noiseless performance buy this and I can vouch you’d never regret your decision. I have added this for your ref:
Lite-On 52x32x52x CD-RW drive with increased RW speeds. It features innovative SMART-BURN technology to automatically check media quality and set limit to burning speed to ensure successful writing sessions and data retainability. Buffer underrun technology ensures error-free recording automatically adjusting writing strategy plus running OPC to meet various burning condition.
SMART-X feature supporting high-speed DAE and VCD extraction is intended for copying and automatically decreasing speed to provide smooth and noise-free playback for CD Audio/VCD titles. The VAS (Vibration Absorber System) reduces vibration and noise during recording and reading. Thie drive supports Fixed Packet, Variable Packet, TAO, SAO, DAO, Raw Mode Burning and Over-Burn modes. Lite On Drives support all current CD media types eg: CD, CD-R and CD-RW media (including 99min CDR).
Basically with more than 200-300 cds I have burnt, not one went wrong do u need to know anything else. My PC is a p4 2.0 ghz so if u have a faster one it will be a very fast write speed
It takes about 2-3 min to write a full 700mb cd.