Xbox live

Red and White · 7 Jan 2009 at 17:46

ok whats the best way of doing this? ive read its hard to cancel so can i buy a card or summit?

also what size hard drive do i need to purchase?

Kreeeee · 7 Jan 2009 at 17:49

If you have no HDD get the 60GB. In the UK the 120GB is wasted. Best way is to buy a pre paid card. £28 for 13 months irrc.

Red and White · 7 Jan 2009 at 17:51

Kreeeee said:
If you have no HDD get the 60GB. In the UK the 120GB is wasted. Best way is to buy a pre paid card. £28 for 13 months irrc.

no i have no hdd

£28 sounds decent for 13 months. much cheaper than what ive seen it at.

cheers kree

TriedandTested · 7 Jan 2009 at 17:51

You don't 'need' to purchase a HDD for live. If you must get one though then 20gb is plenty IMO, but depends on what you intend to use it for.

Red and White · 7 Jan 2009 at 17:54

TriedandTested said:
You don't 'need' to purchase a HDD for live. If you must get one though then 20gb is plenty IMO, but depends on what you intend to use it for.

i was under the impression many games install updates in order to go live so you need a hard drive.

dannyjo22 · 7 Jan 2009 at 18:06

Kreeeee said:
If you have no HDD get the 60GB. In the UK the 120GB is wasted. .

I'm not sure thats true, it depends on the games you have, my rockband and rockband 2 folder is about 25 gig and rapidly growing.

It all depends on how many games you want to install to keep the noise down. 60 wouldn't quite cut it for me. For the few quid extra I'd say double the space makes more sense. £59.99 for a 120. A 60 will only be £20 cheaper?

Hilly · 7 Jan 2009 at 18:09

With an xbox live starter kit costing £50, for 3 months of Live, 60gb Drive and a headset, you can't really go far wrong.

Get that, see if you like it, then purchase a prepaid card. Job is a good'un

Andybtsn · 7 Jan 2009 at 18:18

I've used 57gb of my HDD, long term wise the 120gb was good to have

metamorphpwner · 7 Jan 2009 at 18:24

andybtsn said:
I've used 57gb of my HDD, long term wise the 120gb was good to have

i noticed the space soon goes down once you install games to it, to reduce the disk drive noise.
3 games at 20+GB then there's any demos ect. that you want.
might have to invest in the 120gig one soon.

Andybtsn · 7 Jan 2009 at 18:27

metamorphpwner said:
i noticed the space soon goes down once you install games to it, to reduce the disk drive noise.
3 games at 20+GB then there's any demos ect. that you want.
might have to invest in the 120gig one soon.

I have a lot of games installed that I will use all year (FIFA, COD5, Tiger Woods, Gears etc etc) then downloads and it all soon mounts up.

But that doesn't mean everyone will do the same

BringTheRain · 8 Jan 2009 at 00:55

120 gig is not wasted at all

If you start playing Gears of war/ halo3 /halo2/ guitar hero etc etc. You can download new maps etc etc. it take up space. I munched 20 gig in no time at all. So i went for an Elite with 120 gig.

Xbox IS really hard to cancel unless you have the right info. If you sign up and then want to cancel you need the following

TEL number given (sometimes mob and home)
Address given
Password for email
Email address
Secret question

They try and do the hard sell. Dont listen and cancel. TBH honest once your on live, you will never wanna come off

4T5 · 8 Jan 2009 at 01:49

I got a 60gb kit with 3 months live a spare headset & a spare Ethernet cable costing 60 quid with a 10 off voucher making it 50 quid. I have half a dozen games installed including GH3 + extra tracks & have around 19GB still to use.
I would say my 60GB cost me around 20 - 25 quid which is perfect & having 19GB left is more than enough for RB1 + RB2 + GH2 + any extra tracks & anything else I plan on running over the next year.

Red and White · 9 Jan 2009 at 21:14

successfully signed up with the one month free trial

havent got a hard drive yet but its still class. the amount of stuff on there is amazing.

been sat with headset in but no one has spoke yet

BringTheRain · 10 Jan 2009 at 09:57

malc30 said:
I have half a dozen games installed including GH3 + extra tracks & have around 19GB still to use.

That doesn't make any sense, ive never had over 13 gig on a 20gig hard drive. Because the 360 needs some space on the hard drive. Take my 120 after it was formatted it had 114 gig

I filled up my 20 gig within a month, just depends what you play etc

4T5 · 10 Jan 2009 at 14:38

^^ Threads/posts make a Lot more sense when you read them Properly.

McDaniel · 10 Jan 2009 at 14:46

I still have a 20GB drive with 11GB Free :/