Arcade, Pro or Elite?

My Xbox 360 just got the Red Ring of Death for the 4th time. My warranty expired in August of last year so Microsoft wants to charge me $100 to get another broken Xbox. To have to pay $100 I would rather buy a brand new console....but which package do I buy?

Arcade, Pro or Elite?

Does anyone know if a certain model has a lower failure rate than others? Or if the value for what you get simply makes more sense for one over the others.

i got arcade and have never had a prob.... but buy a hdd instead of stupid memory cardsbobdood99

Does the Arcade model have the HDMI port? My original xbox never did and either did any of the 4 refurbished ones I got when they kept on failing.Link5687

Why do you believe the Elite is the best option?

The money is not really the issue, but I do not like spending it when it makes sense not to. I could easily just get the arcade and throw my HDD onto it but I am trying to decide if there is any real reason to spend the extra cash and upgrade to the Pro or Elite.

Why do you believe the Elite is the best option?

The money is not really the issue, but I do not like spending it when it makes sense not to. I could easily just get the arcade and throw my HDD onto it but I am trying to decide if there is any real reason to spend the extra cash and upgrade to the Pro or Elite.

Link5687

If you already have an HDD there's really no reason to spend more cash on the more "advanced" models. It has everything you need.

All arcades have the new jasper chips in them which makes the less prone to overheating,plus theh have an hdmi out too like the elite.

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Why do you believe the Elite is the best option?

The money is not really the issue, but I do not like spending it when it makes sense not to. I could easily just get the arcade and throw my HDD onto it but I am trying to decide if there is any real reason to spend the extra cash and upgrade to the Pro or Elite.

Epak_

If you already have an HDD there's really no reason to spend more cash on the more "advanced" models. It has everything you need.

Haha, I guess I should've read more... Dude if you already have an HDD, then just get the arcade console and slap on the HDD.

My Xbox 360 just got the Red Ring of Death for the 4th time. My warranty expired in August of last year so Microsoft wants to charge me $100 to get another broken Xbox. To have to pay $100 I would rather buy a brand new console....but which package do I buy?

Arcade, Pro or Elite?

Does anyone know if a certain model has a lower failure rate than others? Or if the value for what you get simply makes more sense for one over the others.

Link5687

This is the reason why xbox thinks they're selling soooo much more that the PS3. Well, fanboy aside.

I believe the newer xbox these days have the cooler nanochips and that extra heatsink branching off the GPU. Some models have a different bigger CPU heatsink.

My 360 has the bigger heatsink. I bought the Pro model with the HDMI off amazon.

Arcade is BY FAR the best deal right now, because you can buy a HDD from Microsoft for $30 in the "memory upgrade" program, making the arcade 229 with a hard drive.Andrew_Xavier

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/hardware/memoryupdate/default.htm

I think they don't have that option for the 20GB HDD anymore :(

I think Arcade is the best option for people who don't mind price shopping and getting different parts from different places. Plus, you already have cables and a HDD, you don't need a second one. Plus, i'm 100% sure that all arcades with internal memory (the only type that they make now) are the latest GPU and CPU.

I'm going to be a first time 360 buyer soon (as soon as I find a Jasper unit).

I think I'm going to go with an arcade model as well. I don't plan to go online with it (no consoles are wi-fi anyways) since I have a ps3 as well and I download demos through that (obviously can't with XB exclusive but I'm cool with that). Since it has an hdmi port, I'll just use the one I have for my ps3 as well.

The only thing I wonder is gaming without a hard drive. I checked a game like Gears of War 2 and it says it requires 10mb for saving. With 256mb I should be ok (I don't play that many games at the same time). However, does having a hard drive quickens loading times and if so how much faster? So for someone who is currently thinking of playing offline only, is a hdd worth it? This sentiment may change in the long run but theres always ebay after that...