With the pound be so strong...

McDaniel · 27 Apr 2007 at 19:38

..any one tempted to import a 360 Elite?

I am

that way i have a UK + US box aswell so can get some NTSC games in.

Any downfalls to this?

TriedandTested · 27 Apr 2007 at 19:41

What US games do you want so badly that you can't wait a few weeks for?

McDaniel · 27 Apr 2007 at 19:43

Some of there sports ones that dont come out over here

TriedandTested · 27 Apr 2007 at 19:46

But, do you want want them bad enough to spend all that money on another xbox..that's black?

McDaniel · 27 Apr 2007 at 19:47

Tried&Tested said:
But, do you want want them bad enough to spend all that money on another xbox..that's black?

I already have 2 xbox360's aswell (though one was £10) - but pretty much...yea

TriedandTested · 27 Apr 2007 at 19:49

Overkill dude.

But your money! Go get one.

McDaniel · 27 Apr 2007 at 19:50

Tried&Tested said:
Overkill dude.

But your money! Go get one.

the £10 is used as a media extender in my front room mind.

I dunno, i wouldnt mind a NTSC box but i might grab a core instead - i just wanna buy why its cheap

Margaret · 27 Apr 2007 at 19:51

Might not be as risky with the Elite, it's revised ain't it? Lower temps and that.

Probably not gonna be as prone to breaking at least, so might be worthy.

Always a risk though.

XPE · 27 Apr 2007 at 19:54

McDaniel said:
Any downfalls to this?

No warranty !

Soulja · 27 Apr 2007 at 19:54

No it's not revised, same noise level and same temp sadly

Margaret · 27 Apr 2007 at 19:58

Soulja said:
No it's not revised, same noise level and same temp sadly

No problem with the noise here luckily, got a quiet drive

Guess the rumours about the smaller core or whatever were false then.

thedoc46 · 28 Apr 2007 at 04:27

Jihad said:
No problem with the noise here luckily, got a quiet drive

Guess the rumours about the smaller core or whatever were false then.

Do you live on a by-pass?

Kreeeee · 28 Apr 2007 at 06:55

thedoc46 said:
Do you live on a by-pass?

No, but he's not pathetic enough to jump into every 360 thread with the intention of acting like a ****.

Bigpig · 28 Apr 2007 at 07:53

Kreeeee said:
No, but he's not pathetic enough to jump into every 360 thread with the intention of acting like a ****.

Nope he just does it to every PS3 one instead

lol

mario2004 · 28 Apr 2007 at 08:25

whereabouts do you buy the import consoles? im also quite tempted for one of the elite consoles.

silversurfer · 28 Apr 2007 at 08:29

Great idea and then play forza with surround screens :cool:

Wyrdo · 28 Apr 2007 at 14:25

thedoc46 said:
Do you live on a by-pass?

You do know they've started using much quiter BenQ drives in some 360's now?

Oh, and stop being a ****.

A5H · 28 Apr 2007 at 14:32

Do it and get forza before all us losers

skullman · 28 Apr 2007 at 16:12

Soulja said:
No it's not revised, same noise level and same temp sadly

Not entirely true:

The upcoming Xbox 360 Elite to reveals component reduction and new signal processors

There were rumors the new SKU would swap IBM’s 90nm Xenon PowerPC processor in favor of a cooler running 65nm variant. Microsoft made no mention of such swap with the official announcement of the Xbox 360 Elite. Popping off the heatsink reveals a different CPU revision. It is unknown if the different revision correlates to a 65nm Xenon, however, other changes to the PCB raises further speculation.

Microsoft has revised power delivery on the new Elite. The Xbox 360 Elite makes use of smaller capacitors arranged in slightly different arrangements. Microsoft has also reduced the amount of MOSFETs installed in the power supply section of the PCB. There are also fewer resistors located above the CPU as well.

However, despite the power changes, the die size remains the same as with the HDMI-less Xbox 360. One could speculate the Xenon CPU is still 90nm but Microsoft has opted to integrate a different thermal bin, similar to how AMD bins its regular Athlon 64 X2 and Energy Efficient models.

Xbox 360 owners have had issues with the red ring of death, including DailyTech staff, which is possibly due to the BGA packaging of the CPU and GPU. When things get too hot, the connection between the BGA part and the PCB can disconnect when the PCB warps. Microsoft has attempted to address this problem by surrounding the CPU and GPU with epoxy on the Xbox 360 Elite. It is unknown if newer revision Xbox 360 Core and Premium bundles feature the same preemptive measures.

source

So although the cpu is probably still 90nm, it looks like they are trying to address the heat/reliability issues.

Soulja · 28 Apr 2007 at 16:15

It still runs hot and load though

(according to engadget anyway)