Hi guys,

After my Xbox 360 Premium was taken in a burglary i have been looking at a replacement, i have fount the 360 Elite for £225 with an extra controller and Resident Evil 5, or £150ish for a premium... now my question is the £75 extra worth it for the Elite?

many thanks

Darren


**EDIT** please move to correct place, just realsed put in wrong one

I wouldnt pay the extra £75 personally no, but depends if you want a HDMI cable and a bigger hard drive...

IMO Yes! But thats only because its black and my tv is black, the HD is bigger and the components are alot better and quieter.

If you decide against an Elite I would suggest getting the batch numbers to get one with the brand new disc drives and fans

Tris Harris said:

I wouldnt pay the extra £75 personally no, but depends if you want a HDMI cable and a bigger hard drive...

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HDMI cables are on all xbox's now. Bigger hard drive will let you upload loads of your CD's.

is the elite quieter now aswell? I know when it was first released it wasnt

Tris Harris said:

is the elite quieter now aswell? I know when it was first released it wasnt

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It is, but saying that with research you can get premiums with almost elite hardware.

My xbox is an absolute bitch. I can't watch anything at night cos I need the TV so loud it would keep everyone awake!

The new heatsinks that they put in the elite would persuade me to get one of them, should delay getting RROD for a bit longer but with a 3 year warranty on them now i wouldn't bother. Just had to buy a new one myself and ended up going for a premium, thats 3 flexbox's i've had now!!

i got mine in 2005 or 2006 and im still on my first one

im getting "disc is unreadable" a lot now though

Tris Harris said:

i got mine in 2005 or 2006 and im still on my first one

im getting "disc is unreadable" a lot now though

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Same, got mine in 06 still going strong. Regulary fall asleep with it on aswell. Seen an elite get disc unreadable with Pro alot recently, not just one disc?

Slight Hi-jack, but you know you can plug in external hard drives to play music/videos/films?

yeah, even works with ipods

Tris Harris said:

yeah, even works with ipods

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I did not know that. I thought it had to be Fat32, I guess Ipods are

Tris Harris said:

i got mine in 2005 or 2006 and im still on my first one

im getting "disc is unreadable" a lot now though

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Mine did that for a couple of months before they broke, fingers crossed yours doesn't!

dannygp said:

I did not know that. I thought it had to be Fat32, I guess Ipods are

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You just have to download the iPod drivers off of maketplace to use them

mines had a 6 month break, so hopefully it will last a bit longer until i have cash to buy another lol

i dont remember having to download drivers for my ipod though? maybe i did, its so long ago

Get the elite....the big HD comes in handy for games installation which means the Disc drive isn't used while you are playing although you have to have the disc in, its much quieter i'm guessing the disc drive last longer that way. Also you get a unique to elite piece that allows you to hook your 360 to an amp/surround unit while using an HDMI cable.

Probably

Tris Harris said:

i dont remember having to download drivers for my ipod though? maybe i did, its so long ago

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You might not have to now, i just remember i did, but then again that was about 2 years ago...

120gb hd for £49.99 on e-bay with free delivery, kinda seems pointless paying £75 more for an elite ...

Thte black does look kinda sweet though

Halfords spray paint costs less than £75 too

Eklipze3k said:

Halfords spray paint costs less than £75 too

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i'd spend the £25 to save the hassle

custard said:

i'd spend the £25 to save the hassle

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Would rather spend money than bodge?
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