elite trade in

Gerard said:
Hmm a certain store is offering only £140 on a premium trade in. :(

Would have thought it would be nearer 170-180 maybe.
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You can get £160 in one store and £165 trade in at another store. £140 in the main store but that is apparently cash or credit.
Elite with bluedragon is around for £299 or elsewhere elite with BD for £309.

Lots of options, might be worth hanging on a couple of weeks to see if things improve, my guess is that they will.
 
So apart from visuals what does the Elite offer that the premium dosent? As my 360 has just ring of deathed on me i may trade in for an elite. Is it only the following

- Its Black (no resist intention :p)
- Bigger HDD
- HDMI

Is it any cooler? quieter? or is it mainly those three things?
 
5bjoshua said:
Thats good to here dude!

When my eventually dies or i when the falcons are out ill probably get an elite or a premium hdmi.

Josh

EDIT- Whats the PSU like, is it loud? Thats the loudest part of mine when im not in a game, its annoying laptop fan whine. Very annoying!
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The PSU is the brick. The fans on the 360 are to take hot air away from the CPU and GPU.

Tbh it's no quieter than my other 360. It's black, has 120gb hdd and HDMI. That's it for me.
 
Tob3z said:
The PSU is the brick. The fans on the 360 are to take hot air away from the CPU and GPU.

Tbh it's no quieter than my other 360. It's black, has 120gb hdd and HDMI. That's it for me.
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Shame you would have thought they would put some real effort in making the Elite. I was expecting to be quieter, shame it isnt really.
 
Sime said:
Shame you would have thought they would put some real effort in making the Elite. I was expecting to be quieter, shame it isnt really.
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I will do a test with my premium I still have. But I don't hear the noise. Either people have the volume off or they have great hearing lol.
 
Tob3z said:
I will do a test with my premium I still have. But I don't hear the noise. Either people have the volume off or they have great hearing lol.
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well i dont notice when playing games it when watching movies that it becomes annoying especially when its late and i have the volume low
 
Yay it has a Hitachi-LG drive!

0726, seems quieter than my 2006-06-28 made Premium, but then, I never found it to be loud anyway. The optical drive is marginally quieter but nothing worth shouting (whispering? :p) about.

Just redownloaded all my downloaded content, too impatient to wait for the transfer thing, LOL...though Live! claims I've never paid for Heavy Weapon, though I've used it to play online with guys on here before?!
 
LadFromWales85 said:
Anyone know the difference of what can be seen with the faceplate off with each of the Tosh-Sam, Hitachi, and BenQ drives. I have a Hitachi in my Premium and it's been faultless *touches wood!*
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Nope, no sarcasm intended.

The Hitachi-LG is loud? Never thought mines loud, and it sits on my desk within arms length in front of me! The Toshiba-Samsungs are loud though, and they caused so much vibration when spinning a disc that it was irritating to use the keyboard and mouse on my PC while it was running. Thankfully they don't put them in Elites (according to someone on this thread :))
 
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As far as I know the original Hitachi's were loud when playing a game, the Toshiba-Samsungs were quieter, the BenQ slightly more quieter still and now the newest Hitachi's are as quiet as the BenQ's.

Some of the problems with the original Hitachi's were that some of them continued to spin at the fastest rate if a 360 game was in the drive (all drives spin at a lower rate with a DVD in the drive).
 
LadFromWales85 said:
Nope, no sarcasm intended.

The Hitachi-LG is loud? Never thought mines loud, and it sits on my desk within arms length in front of me! The Toshiba-Samsungs are loud though, and they caused so much vibration when spinning a disc that it was irritating to use the keyboard and mouse on my PC while it was running. Thankfully they don't put them in Elites (according to someone on this thread :))
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Woh you read my post very very wrong.

You said "Yay it has a Hitachi-LG drive!". However as far as I am aware its the Benq drives which are meant to be more silent. So you having a Hitachi-LG is meh. Nothing to shout about...but w/e :p

I never said the Hitachi was loud. In fact if you read my other posts you will see that I have never found a 360 loud. (and I have owned 5!)
 
Heh I've 'only' owned four...
Two Premiums with Sam-Tosh drives that constantly had dirty disc errors mid game
The Premium I own now, with the Hitachi-LG
And now the Elite, again with a Hitachi-LG

I've no idea how the BenQ drive performs, I didn't find my Premium loud, so my intentions with the Elite was to get the same drive that I have in my Premium, as I know it works! I'm sure the BenQ is fine, afterall, its made by a collaboration of them, Philips, and LiteON, so it can't be bad :) Perhaps it is quieter? But I'll never know unless a mate buys a 360 now and it has one...If it is quieter, then I guess thats good (for the people who find others to be loud), but for me, it's a non-issue :)

Need a black MU, wireless headset, camera, and HD DVD drive now! :(
 
Just to anyone who did this - did you have to provide a receipt?

I have a 3 month old Xbox Premium I'm considering trading in for an Elite - but I've misplaced the invoice. I have an electrical copy (screenshot of the item in order history) but thats it.
 
Zico said:
There are 3 different types of DVD drives fitted to current 360's; Hitachi, Samsung/Toshiba and BenQ.

There isn't any definitive way of finding out before purchase which DVD you will get. Newer Elites are still fitted with any of the above drives but with the latest revision of each drive.

The quietest drives are said to be the BenQ but I can't personally vouch for this as I've only had Hitachi drives (in my launch model and my current replacement which I received on the 10th August - manufacture date of Nov 2006).

Google 360 DVD Drives and see the first link. Can't link directly as it has mod related information as well.
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The benq drives are just as random with noise as the samsungs.
 
Slogan said:
Just to anyone who did this - did you have to provide a receipt?

I have a 3 month old Xbox Premium I'm considering trading in for an Elite - but I've misplaced the invoice. I have an electrical copy (screenshot of the item in order history) but thats it.
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Nope i recently traded in my 2 yr old Premium 360 and they didnt ask for a receipt or anything...in fact they didnt even bother checking that the 360 works lol:p.
Now i got myself a brand new 360 elite sitting in my av table and im a happy bunny:D
 
Spawn said:
Nope i recently traded in my 2 yr old Premium 360 and they didnt ask for a receipt or anything...in fact they didnt even bother checking that the 360 works lol:p.
Now i got myself a brand new 360 elite sitting in my av table and im a happy bunny:D
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Deffently sounds a good deal. Thou the new premiums with hdmi can be had for £194
 
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