my friend who is up too date and sells computer hardware and services them, says that the Teac CD-RW for it's price is a top  end burner, and plus it's black so it will match the antec case, frig i can wait till i get this comp, then i have 2 high end computers running 24/7
btw rivergod thanx for the added  info on the talking board and no it's not the all in wonder