Should let Imgburn decide what speed to burn my BD's ?

[Subzero99]

I the new pioneer DBK-208 and using verbatim BD-R 6x model 97457. When I burn files to disc using Imgburn it automatically sets speed at max, so it burns between 10x-12x. I also verify and it passes the verify. But is it a bad ideal to burn that fast though ? I read often to not go over the max speed the disc is rated at. I'm burning large rar files and I want to keep these disc for at least min 5 years. I like burning at this fast speed saves me time, but I want my discs to be readable in 5 years too. Should I set the write speed to 6X ?

Edited October 23, 2013 by Subzero99

[LIGHTNING UK!]

ImgBurn doesn't decide anything.

 

If you leave the 'Write Speed' set to AWS, it'll use what you've configured in the 'Automatic Write Speed' feature. If you haven't configured anything for that drive/media combo, it'll use 'MAX'.

[Subzero99]

yes thats correct it's set to AWS. Now back to my orginal question, is it a bad Ideal to let it go higher than the rated speed ?

 

 

Update: Hard to explain, but I did some test and it definitely shows that burning faster than recommended max write speed is not a good ideal for long term storage in my opinion, 6x for me.

Edited October 24, 2013 by Subzero99