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  • #16
    Ricky-Ray
    Veteran Member
    • Jan 2010
    • 3161

    Originally posted by winnre
    Does it have a hard drive?
    I believe so. I have to go home and check.
    Ray

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    • #17
      StephenhDMRS
      Member
      • Mar 2010
      • 295

      Get the new slim. It's 199 if you want the arcade. Buy a cheap up to 16 gig flash drive for your hard drive. 16 gigs will be plenty for most people if you only want to game with it. I had a ps3. When it died I could either get a new ps3 or a xbox 360. I got a new xbox 360 and with the new graphics card it looks almost as good as the ps3. xbox live works a lot better with friends to. They put a lot of work into it. Also... you can buy the 12 months for about 30 bucks if you look around online. Amazon is usually really cheap.

      Side notes- ps3 use to be REALLY nice. All shiny and with touch buttons. Now it's dull black with actual push buttons.
      New Xbox 360 has touch buttons and is shiny. Just cosmetic things.

      I love my new xbox 360 and will never look back to the ps3. I don't feel i've missed out on any games that ps3 has exclusively either. xbox 360 has it's exclusive games which are just as good.

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      • #18
        C.W.M.V.
        Banned
        • Feb 2010
        • 4647

        I dont get it. People talk about the RROD but I'm still playing happily on my Halo 3 release XBOX 360. Never had any issues with it at all.

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        • #19
          JDay
          I need a LIFE!!
          • Nov 2008
          • 19393

          Originally posted by Juice5610
          Xbox 360 all the way theres a reason you have to pay $60 for xboxlive vs psn being free.....
          This hasn't been true for a year or so. PSN has come a long way since the PS3 launch.
          Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace. -- James Madison

          The Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms. -- Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87 (Pearce and Hale, eds., Boston, 1850)

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          • #20
            JDay
            I need a LIFE!!
            • Nov 2008
            • 19393

            Originally posted by Iknownot
            The issue has gone away with the latest hardware revisions.

            Two pieces of advice if you are going to pull the trigger and buy one:

            1) Get the new slim model. It is whisper quiet and has the latest hardware. You should not experience any RROD (I haven't heard any issues at all with the Slim).
            That's because they removed the red LEDs from the new 360.
            Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace. -- James Madison

            The Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms. -- Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87 (Pearce and Hale, eds., Boston, 1850)

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            • #21
              JDay
              I need a LIFE!!
              • Nov 2008
              • 19393

              Originally posted by C.W.M.V.
              I dont get it. People talk about the RROD but I'm still playing happily on my Halo 3 release XBOX 360. Never had any issues with it at all.
              You lucked out and got one that used the proper solder, most of the RROD issues are caused by the solder joints melting under heat and coming apart.
              Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace. -- James Madison

              The Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms. -- Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87 (Pearce and Hale, eds., Boston, 1850)

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              • #22
                6172crew
                Moderator Emeritus
                CGN Contributor - Lifetime
                • Oct 2005
                • 6240

                Originally posted by JDay
                You lucked out and got one that used the proper solder, most of the RROD issues are caused by the solder joints melting under heat and coming apart.
                My Halo version had to be sent back...still haven't got the face plate back.

                I like to use my xbox more than I do the PS3.
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                • #23
                  hitman13
                  Veteran Member
                  • Sep 2007
                  • 3793

                  I JUST GOT A XBOX360 SLIM.

                  STREAMING NETFLIX = WIN
                  ONLINE MW2 = WIN
                  ONLINE REACH = WIN

                  CAN'T WAIT FOR MOH TIER 1 TO COME OUT.....

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                  • #24
                    radioburning
                    Veteran Member
                    • Mar 2008
                    • 4811

                    Originally posted by C.W.M.V.
                    I dont get it. People talk about the RROD but I'm still playing happily on my Halo 3 release XBOX 360. Never had any issues with it at all.
                    I've been playing the hell outta mine since the first week they were released. It'll happen to yours eventually. Microsoft used 4 heat sinks that were basically like little squares of gummy two sided tape. Eventually they get old and stop conducting heat. 2 pennies, wrapped square in electrical tape are the same size as the heat sink squares. Just peel the little squares off, and replace them with the 2 pennies/electrical tape square, and a little silicon heat sink grease...voila, new heat sinks and no more red ring of death. Did it to mine last month and I've been playing like crazy for the last month with no problems, sometimes 10 hours a day(I've had a lot of days off-this is always a slow time of year for my work).
                    Last edited by radioburning; 09-16-2010, 5:38 PM.
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                    • #25
                      radioburning
                      Veteran Member
                      • Mar 2008
                      • 4811

                      Anybody know if the slim 360 is modifiable like the regular version?
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                      Vote for pro-gun candidates, or lose your rights, and the rights of future generations. That's it. The end.

                      "No one said life would be easy".

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                      • #26
                        ZX-10R
                        Veteran Member
                        • May 2010
                        • 4122

                        Xbox 360...Do it.
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                        • #27
                          ElectronWrangler
                          Member
                          • Jun 2010
                          • 297

                          Had my xbox 360 from 3 months after launch finally fail on me a little over a year ago. Sent it back to MS and had it back in about a month. In the meantime I'd bought an elite so I gave the fixed one to my buddy. Still running fine after being turned on pretty much non stop for over a year.

                          In my opinion get all 3 consoles that way you don't miss out on anything.
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                          • #28
                            Nick1236
                            Veteran Member
                            • Mar 2010
                            • 3843

                            I;ve had my xbox360 for almost 2 years now and Not once have I had a problem. I stream netflix and play MWF2 all the time. Lately I've been playing Red Dead Redemption. Love this game!
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                            Originally posted by dirtykoala
                            dont have a gun, let crack head break your window and super man drop kick you
                            Originally posted by compulsivegunbuyer
                            I grab my zipper and ask if he wants to make a little extra cash

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                            • #29
                              tacticalcity
                              I need a LIFE!!
                              • Aug 2006
                              • 10916

                              Not. Mine keeps getting the RED RING OF DEATH. Its been fixed twice now and still is not working.

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                              • #30
                                shoupdawg
                                Senior Member
                                • Sep 2008
                                • 2362

                                Originally posted by winnre
                                HALO REACH clinched it for me. Getting one this weekend.
                                Halo Reach is pretty darn awesome.
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