Bought a new 360

Munkyman · 19 May 2008 at 14:58

I bought a 360 a couple of days ago, how can i tell what version it is? Whether it's a Falcon or otherwise?

Faded · 19 May 2008 at 14:59

Look at the power brick.
If it says 175w its a Falcon, if it says 203w its an older version

HarryPainful · 19 May 2008 at 15:05

I'll be very suprised if it isnt.

Munkyman · 19 May 2008 at 15:05

Looks like it's an older version. It says 203w on mine. It's got rev03 on there as well, does that mean anything?

HarryPainful · 19 May 2008 at 15:23

Mine says 203 on both the box and PSU but its a Falcon.

Check with a torch by shining in the bottom of the console and you will see something like this

Its pretty clear with a decent torch.

I got mine in october last year.

Munkyman · 19 May 2008 at 15:28

Thanks for that

I can only see 2 inductors so it must be a Falcon.

Is that the one with the BenQ drive?

HarryPainful · 19 May 2008 at 16:04

No idea about the drive.

Faded · 19 May 2008 at 16:10

Here you go mate: http://www.llamma.com/xbox360/Xbox_360_DVD_Drive_Comparison.htm

PJHUK · 19 May 2008 at 20:06

Got mine two weeks ago - it's a Zephyr.

thedoc46 · 19 May 2008 at 20:13

PJHUK said:
Got mine two weeks ago - it's a Zephyr.

Take it back.... otherwise you'll only suffer down the road..

NightSt@lk3r · 19 May 2008 at 20:16

If its got HDMI its a Falcon is it not?

PJHUK · 19 May 2008 at 20:16

Can I take it back though? It's not broken or anything...

Phemo · 19 May 2008 at 20:19

Munkyman said:
Thanks for that I can only see 2 inductors so it must be a Falcon.

Is that the one with the BenQ drive?

Could be anything these days - BenQ, Hitachi or possibly even one of the new LiteOns. The drive tray comparison linked to above will give you some idea, but BenQ and LiteOn drives have the same tray so that won't help you determine the difference there.

Squark · 19 May 2008 at 20:22

NightSt@lk3r said:
If its got HDMI its a Falcon is it not?

I think I remember hearing that the early HDMI consoles were not falcons. I may be wrong on this though

NightSt@lk3r · 19 May 2008 at 20:24

Squark said:
I think I remember hearing that the early HDMI consoles were not falcons. I may be wrong on this though

Surely all the Arcade and Pro Consoles are Falcons.

Phemo · 19 May 2008 at 20:25

NightSt@lk3r said:
If its got HDMI its a Falcon is it not?

Xenon was the original release without HDMI. Then we had Zephyr which was in the original batch of Elites and has the 90nm CPU and GPU. Finally Falcon as we know has the 65nm CPU (and also clearly has a smaller GPU die yet it's not 65nm - it's possible it's actually 80nm - most people aren't aware that the Falcon's GPU has had a die shrink after all).

PJHUK · 19 May 2008 at 20:26

NightSt@lk3r said:
Surely all the Arcade and Pro Consoles are Falcons.

Mines got HDMI but it's definately a Zephyr.

NightSt@lk3r · 19 May 2008 at 20:27

PJHUK said:
Mines got HDMI but it's definately a Zephyr.

Is yours an Arcade or a Pro tho and not a Core or Premium?

Ive just checked mine and it is a Falcon.

PJHUK · 19 May 2008 at 20:37

Well, it was from a certain catalogue shop - just been on their website to check and they only do arcade or 'Xbox 360 console systems, with 20gb HD, headset etc'.

I got the one with a HD, headset - thought it was a Pro but could be wrong I guess?

Squark · 19 May 2008 at 20:38

They might still be shipping old stock of premiums