Which Xbox?

[Tony]

Well i'm now another unfortunate victim of the Red Ring of Death. Rather then send my Xbox 360 core in for repairs i have decided to just get a new one. so my question is: which version should i get? I'm leaning toward the Arcade version cause it's the cheapest and i don't play Live or have HD but i'm worried about another 'incident'. So what do you guys think?

 

[tschumann]

Which version supports regular XBox games?

 

[giant384]

Which version supports regular XBox games?

all of them do, but you are required to have a hard drive.

 

[Tony]

I dunno but it doesn't matter because I don't own any regular Xbox games.

 

[MrBobbert]

don't buy a new one! don't waste money buying a new one till you try doin an x-clamp mod (and possibly shroud mod). A friend of mine just had hers RROD on her, no longer covered for fixes, so we took er apart, took out the x-clamps n used simple screws n washers and now it runs prefectly again, its actually much quieter too

 

[Raziaar]

Why would you not send it in and get it repaired? It's free...

 

[Iced_Eagle]

Why would you not send it in and get it repaired? It's free...

Actually, it's a 3 year warranty from date of purchase, which for the launch units is now expired (today I believe).

OP: Get the Arcade and either pay I think $30 to get a refurbed 20GB HDD / 3 months of Live, or go get a 60 GB HDD. Link for the offer is below.

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

 

[kazsymonds]

All new versions have hdmi anyway.

Just get an arcade and get a hard drive.

Or...you know...whichever one you want.

 

[Tony]

I'm pretty sure the warranty on mine has expired by now. I'll probably go with the Arcade but does anyone know if they contain the so-called "Falcon Chip"? I heard that prevents the RRoD or at least lowers the chances of getting it.

 

[Iced_Eagle]

I'm pretty sure the warranty on mine has expired by now. I'll probably go with the Arcade but does anyone know if they contain the so-called "Falcon Chip"? I heard that prevents the RRoD or at least lowers the chances of getting it.

That shit has been very over-rated for starters.

Also, yes, if you get a new 360 in stores, chances are it will have the Falcon chipset though. (possibly Jasper, but don't wait just for a freakin' motherboard revision as the current ones are MUCH better already)