Hello. yeah 2x is too slow burning at 8x or 4x is the norm , i burn ALL my media at 8x using Taiyo Yuden and get better quality scores at that speed than a slower speed. as said just make sure your firmware on your drive is up to date keep your PC clean (disc cleanup and defragging often) and dont run other programs while in the burning proccess and you should be good to go burning at 8x