Xbox 360 drive difference's??

soundwave · 30 Jun 2006 at 15:58

Guys,

What is the big deal with what drive a 360 has???

I'm looking at possibly buying a second hand 360 as the prices are falling quite nicely into easily affordable territory & on some sites when I see them up for sale people's first question alwasy seems to be what drive is fitted & they all seem to favour the Toshiba/Samsung drive so I just wanted to see if there was a reason for this?

Seems a bit daft to me so long as there is a drive fitted & it works I'm not bothered

Ta

Neil

Caustic · 30 Jun 2006 at 16:13

The reason is that some makes/models have hacking advantages. Needless to say, this is not the forum to discuss, but for 99% of people, it doesn't matter.

Maniac618 · 30 Jun 2006 at 16:17

question answered, possibly it would be best to close this before someone posts info they shouldn't lol.

McManicMan · 30 Jun 2006 at 16:25

also samsung are meant to be less noisy, but TBH there isn't much in it

soundwave · 30 Jun 2006 at 16:45

Ah ok.

Job done, if the next passing mod can close then please

Thanks in advance.

Neil

NokkonWud · 30 Jun 2006 at 19:05

Caustic said:
The reason is that some makes/models have hacking advantages. Needless to say, this is not the forum to discuss, but for 99% of people, it doesn't matter.

They are also quieter. I can testify that fact, my friends Xbox360 is much quieter than mine, however, my Xbox360 is about 1/2ft infront of me and I don't notice it when playing.

JAMAL · 30 Jun 2006 at 20:12

There are 3 xbox 360 drives, hitachi (noisey), samung & phillips.

pinkacidbootson · 30 Jun 2006 at 20:17

How do you tell which drive you have?

NokkonWud · 30 Jun 2006 at 20:20

Johanson said:
How do you tell which drive you have?

By certain holes in the tray. I am not sure which are which, though I am sure there are reference files on the Internet. I don't think new ones use Hitachi anymore, though I've been wrong twice before.

Armadillo · 30 Jun 2006 at 20:32

Hitachi drives are still in use , at the moment it's random as to what you get.

Kreeeee · 30 Jun 2006 at 20:37

Armadillo said:
Hitachi drives are still in use , at the moment it's random as to what you get.

Yep, same as the DS screens. There will always be multiple manufacturers for certain components liek DVD drive. It's whatever is cheapest at that time in the area.

jklc · 1 Jul 2006 at 02:50

From reading other sites it seems the types of optical media the drives can read depends on the drive. Might be an issue if you play home movies/CDs etc. But then again who doesn't have a standalone DVD player?

I haven't heard any other drive but the Hitachi in my one. If you like your quiet, pray you don't get one!