Buying an Xbox 360?

JustAnotherSaver

Am going to buy one second hand. The Xbox one is too costly & i don't game enough for that outlay.


Q1: Xbox 360 Slim or Xbox 360 E (or Elite)? I read that the Elite came later so is newer but have also read that it isn't as good as the slim.
I don't know if this is true or not so am throwing it out there.

Q2: Hard drive capacity from the get go? I see 4GB, 120GB & 250GB listed. I wont be gaming a great deal. GTA 5 is the one i'll be using to begin with but i've no idea on hard drive capacity needed. Should i just lump for the 250GB or is this really overkill & 120GB is where a not-serious gamer should go?

TheSaint_2

Don't get the 4gb one, I filled that really fast and I don't game much either. If you get xbox live gold you get a couple of free games to download a month, so you will fill it fast!


I have a slim but cant comment on the elite. If you are quite tech savy you can fit a cheaper hard disk to a 4gb xbox and add the special bootloader to the disk to make the xbox think it is an MS genuine product. I went down that route as I didn't want to pay over the odds for a hard disk.

Johnmcl7

1 - I think you're getting confused, the E and Elite are two different models from what I recall - the Elite was a revision of the original larger Xbox 360 while the E is a revision of the smaller Xbox slim. I haven't used the E but as far as I'm aware it's a slightly cheaper version of the slim which loses the spdif port and a USB port. The USB isn't so much of an issue but the spdif could be depending on how you want to use the console.

2 - I'd agree on avoiding the 4GB console, unless there's a huge difference in price I'd be inclined towards the 250GB version. The 360 has a fantastic back catalogue of games which you should be able to pick up cheap and it's definitely a good idea to copy them to the hard drive to speed up loading and cut down on noise. That takes up a fair amount of space along with demos and updates you may find space is being eaten up quicker than expected.

I think the 360 is a good choice, as mentioned above there's a huge library of great games available cheap and I actually prefer the 360 as a console. I had a 360 from the start and played for many, many hours on it so I bought an Xbox One but it feels like several steps back from the 360 and I find myself spending most of my time trying to get it working properly rather than actually playing games.

John

JustAnotherSaver

Ah thanks for that. 250gb is probably where id go then. I was looking at that capacity anyway but wasn't sure if I was going overkill.

Still not sure about the slim & elite though. Depends how I want to use it? Not trying to be smart here but simply to play games.

Oh & yes id be buying xbox live too.

strangeotron

While I agree that next gen consoles are expensive, but the 360 isn't a good substitute. It's ten years old and is really not supported anymore.

JustAnotherSaver

That totally depends.

I want a cheap console to play games available on the xbox 360 with friends who have xbox 360s. I'm not a big gamer so don't care for anything that's coming out in the next x-months/years.

JustAnotherSaver

Hmm. I understand that I've been asking the wrong question?

I should be asking slim or "E" and not slim or Elite? With E being newest.

Either way it'll be an Xbox 360 I'll be purchasing which suits my requirements most.

So, slim or "E"?

StuC75

The 'E' is the newer Revision of the console so would be newer than the Slim.

Really its more a question of aesthetics and what people prefer the look of.

Buying preowned then you need to consider what kind of guarantee may be offered should it develop a fault or have been banned from xbox live (consoles can be banned for a number of reasons)..

Also with preowned you may need to consider how well the console has been looked after (knocks and scuffs and damages disks) , some of which may not have been checked \noticed by the seller when they've appraised it for selling..

JustAnotherSaver wrote: »

Hmm. I understand that I've been asking the wrong question?

I should be asking slim or "E" and not slim or Elite? With E being newest.

Either way it'll be an Xbox 360 I'll be purchasing which suits my requirements most.

So, slim or "E"?

JustAnotherSaver

I don't know if it makes any difference here but I was planning on buying from CEX & not some bloke at a car boot sale or eBay.

PHARR

Dont worry about the size at all. I have the 4gb console and all i did was pruchased a hard drive (that slots into the console not a usb) and this was 50gb. Just look on ebay, if its worth getting a cheap console and spending an extra £15/£20 on a hard drive then go ahead and get one.

strangeotron

JustAnotherSaver wrote: »

I don't know if it makes any difference here but I was planning on buying from CEX & not some bloke at a car boot sale or eBay.

Is there a difference?