Pre owned xbox elite or the new xbox?

wannabedamned · 14 Oct 2010 at 19:59

The place that sells EVERYTHING second hand, Offers 12 month warranties on everything they sell. Could be worth a look if you're going second hand

Legionaire68 · 14 Oct 2010 at 20:32

As long as you get a Jasper 150 watt version its a no brainer if you like Fifa or want to sell or trade to make the console less than a ton. I was tempted by the new one just because it was new, but got a 120gb Elite and if you burn your games onto the hdd its evens reasonably quiet which was my only criticism of my previous Xbox.

pumaz · 14 Oct 2010 at 21:01

No way on gods green earth would I ever buy a used 360, Just get the new one

imb4tman · 14 Oct 2010 at 21:09

I would go with a new one simply because of their unreliability.

Plus the new slim models cannot get RROD.

J1nxy · 14 Oct 2010 at 21:34

I bought a slim 4gb which came with a couple of games and then went and traded them for the 120gb hard drive from a high street store. Total cost was about 145 for the slim with 120gb.

cheets64 · 14 Oct 2010 at 21:51

get on fifa 4p I will show you how to play football

Jony27 · 14 Oct 2010 at 21:55

hey cheets,,,do you have fifa 11, coz i only have world cup

(borrowed from a friend)
id love to play some of my fellow forumers on fifa

or cod,or BFBC 2

Dicehunter · 15 Oct 2010 at 03:41

Thorpy said:
£120 for a pre owned Elite, with Fifa 11.

£210 for the new xbox, with Fifa 11.

Apart from the HDD increase what's the advantage of buying the new one?

Got the new slim 360 with 250GB hdd and i love it, bought it new, remember when you buy second hand your always making a bit of a gamble as to how long it will last as you dont really know how the last person before you treated it, so buy new if you can.

finite · 15 Oct 2010 at 14:25

imb4tman said:
Plus the new slim models cannot get RROD.

That's right its mostly just a bright red dot with some bleed out around the edge.

iv-tecman · 15 Oct 2010 at 14:28

finite said:
That's right its mostly just a bright red dot with some bleed out around the edge.

Yes, sometimes comments like these do make me wonder. Its like all those that say the reason you get screen tear in some titles is down to the HDMI cable or your TV isn’t good enough.

I’m sure the new slim can RROD just as good as the older models, give it time. We’ll see threads about slims giving up the ghost before long.

imb4tman · 15 Oct 2010 at 17:10

iv-tecman said:
I’m sure the new slim can RROD just as good as the older models, give it time. We’ll see threads about slims giving up the ghost before long.

It can't. They have removed the red lights! whether the reliability is any better is yet to be seen.

Jony27 · 15 Oct 2010 at 19:04

it was like when they said that titanic was unsinkable,,where is it now?? exactly..

Demon · 15 Oct 2010 at 19:16

iv-tecman said:
Yes, sometimes comments like these do make me wonder. Its like all those that say the reason you get screen tear in some titles is down to the HDMI cable or your TV isn’t good enough.

I’m sure the new slim can RROD just as good as the older models, give it time. We’ll see threads about slims giving up the ghost before long.

The reasons for RROD are well known, heat + motherboard flex = BAD!

The 175W Falcon version was a big step up in RROD reliability, but not perfect, the 150W Jasper was another big step up in reliability, I think the last Valhalla was probably as bullet proof as you can expect..

Lets see in a couple of years, but as an Engineer it does seem MS have (at last) sorted things out in the RROD respect, but you can't rule out any potential timebombs, it would seem the PS3 Phat is showing an upturn in unreliability with YLOD and Blu-ray drives, the very reason I discounted getting one, and opted for a new Slim as I felt it would be more reliable for the same reasons the 360S is, better CPU/GPU manufacturing process leading to less power consumption, and therefore less heat to stress it..