LG GCC-4480B

The exterior of this model won’t make you chassis look any worse. Although the front panel is made of standard white plastic, the manufacturer tried to make its creation look unique. The tray of the drive has rounded corners and a small convexity in the center. The tray is decorated with the manufacturer’s logo and speed characteristics of the drive. Below the tray there is the eject button, the audio jack for the headset and volume control wheel. A single design theme goes through the entire device: rounded elongated shapes. Even the LED is made in this fashion. The back of the drive is quite standard, though: interface and power supply connectors, digital and analog audio outputs, and the jumper pins block for drive configuring. On the upper lid of the drive case you can see a circle covering the spindle and a few imprints to make the device more robust.

This model boasts pretty attractive specs. The manufacturer claims 16x DVD read speed and 48x CD burn speed. Re-writing is performed at 24x. Access time equals 120ms for DVDs and 110ms for CDs. It features 2MB buffer and supports ATA/33 interface.

The model supports SuperLink technology that provides buffer underrun protection.

The OEM version of the drive comes without any accessories.

LG GCC-4320B

One more cutie from LG. It looks like a “lighter” version of the previous model considering its slightly lower speed parameters. The difference in their designs is minimal. There are two LEDs under the tray in this model and the plastic of the face panel is gray rather than white. The tray itself is darker than the front panel. All other things are identical. The same logo and drive speed label. The tray can be loaded and unloaded with a round Eject button. For playing audio CDs, there is a headphones jack in the front panel and the volume regulator wheel. The backside of the drive follows the standard: power supply and interface connectors, an analog and digital outputs, and the jumper pins block.

As we have said above, this model is less speedy than its elder brother, although DVD read speed is identical: 16x. The maximum CD burn speed of LG GCC-4320B is 32x; CD rewrite speed is 10x. The access time equals that of the other model: 110ms for CDs and 120ms for DVDs. This drive also supports SuperLink technology, ATA/33 interface and features 2MB buffer.

We received an OEM version of the drive for our tests, so the package contained no accessories.