Xbox 360 Arcade - £99.97, 360 Premium - £139.97 and Nintendo Wii - £149.97

Does anyone know if the 360s on offer here are much quieter than my 20GB Premium (bought Oct 2006) I have not switched it on for months and bought no games for it since late last year as the drive and fans are extremely loud so I find it unbearable to use anymore.
 
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Does anyone know if the 360s on offer here are much quieter than my 20GB Premium (bought Oct 2006) I have not switched it on for months and bought no games for it since late last year as the drive and fans are extremely loud so I find it unbearable to use anymore.

Hit and miss really. Some will be quieter than yours, some same volume, some louder!!!

Local Store:

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Bit misleading with the 360's comparing it to the old (pre recent price-cut) prices to show big savings. (£30 off RRP is still HUGE but they are implying even more!!)


rp2000
 
Hit and miss really. Some will be quieter than yours, some same volume, some louder!!!

Local Store:

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Bit misleading with the 360's comparing it to the old (pre recent price-cut) prices to show big savings. (£30 off RRP is still HUGE but they are implying even more!!)


rp2000
Ok thanks think I will wait until a quieter unit comes out then as these deals are almost the same as others except you do not get a game with them but a £30 discount instead.
 
I might go and get a few 360's and wiis, I get 10-15% off from that superstore aswell :), can sell them a few weeks down the road for profit (especially Wiis). Wonder if they still do that spend £50 to get 5p off a litre of petrol that would make it even more worthwhile.
 
Ok thanks think I will wait until a quieter unit comes out then as these deals are almost the same as others except you do not get a game with them but a £30 discount instead.


There won't be any quieter units, they'll run cooler thats it!
 
Just back from my local supermarket and you would never know they had dropped the prices. Only till you read the tiny 2 inch v 2 inch label on the rail would you ever find out! Very crafty! :D
 
Just back from my local supermarket and you would never know they had dropped the prices. Only till you read the tiny 2 inch v 2 inch label on the rail would you ever find out! Very crafty! :D

It's not crafty at all, they lose a massive amount of sales by not advertising it.
 
They had stacks of pro's in the cambridge one but no elites and they said they were not stocking elites again until the 12th when the promotion runs out.

I was tempted but 60gb still isn't big enough for me to install my 5 or 6 favourite games and DLC.

I'm just gonna buy a 120gb drive for £70 and when my 360 dies again an arcade.
 
There won't be any quieter units, they'll run cooler thats it!
No more 360 games for me then its way too loud now. Fans on dashboard are loud & sick sounding then ingame once it heats up super loud and the drive is a Hitachi model which sounds like a Jumbo jet!!

Hopefully it RRODs and I can get it repaired (the drive may meet with an unfortunate accident at the same time;)).
 
There are quieter drivers out such as the benQ but they aren't massively quieter. The cooler running chips will stop the fans speeding up as much but they are still fairly noisy. They'll never be PS3 quiet.
 
I know we talk a lot about quieter drives but anyone with a 20GB HDD or higher is going to be able to copy their game to that HDD come November and then this point will be irrelevant really.
 
I know i cant ask directly, but is this supermarket in Northern Ireland...more accuratly Belfast lol...my bro has been wanting one for ages.

Its ok, figured it out...
 
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Man - I just paid £169 for mine (premium 60GB) 2 days ago, although I got The Force Unleashed for free with it...

This thread is 2 days old. I would return it (assuming you don;t like Force Unleashed and you can't get £30 cash for it which is the price difference).


rp2000
 
My local store doesn't sell 360 hardware. :( I was going to wait for resi evil 5 anywhoo, with the rate the 360 is dropping I'll probably get one free when I buy the game! :D
 
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