yeah thats an awsome drive, which is why ive had mine for a good two years now

. ive managed to rip vob files of dvd's at above 15x with this drive, and i could probaly go higher if i left it runing for a bit longer (the drive gradualy gets faster the longer it runs a job for). its also prety damn cheap. one thing thats kinda anoying though is the noise it makes when it opens and closes, which kinda gets to ya when ya first buy it but ya fast get used to it.
in sumary, its cheap, its fast, its reliable. get it