I bought a liteon 52x burner. This is my first time using the brand and I decided to give it a try. I've had it a month now and at first I was having some media problems but after the firmware upgrade there are no problems at all. I'm not a gamer so I can't tell you how it does on cd safeguards. I just bought it for the speed. It burns all my music,vcd's,divx, and data without a hitch. It hasn't made a coaster. Plus I don't think the drive reached it's full potential yet. I don't have any 52x media so, I think that the drive can still do better.