xbox360 arcade - adding hd

[TALON1973]

sorry guys . i know this has probably been asked many times but i'm in a rush before going out and need help.

just bought an arcade model and will be looking ot add a hd .. is it easy ? and is it just certain types of hd that work ?

 

[cokecan]

its very easy, you just buy the official microsoft 20gb, 60gb or 120gb (is there a 250gb one yet?) and click it on the top of your arcade.....jobs good lol

 

[Soulja]

Any official Xbox 360 HDD will work fine and it slots into the top of the 360.

 

[JoeBoi]

sorry guys . i know this has probably been asked many times but i'm in a rush before going out and need help.

just bought an arcade model and will be looking ot add a hd .. is it easy ? and is it just certain types of hd that work ?

It's easy as these guys have said, I'd go with a 60gb or 120gb hd though because it's beneficial having the space to install more then just one or two games.

 

[TALON1973]

well i was wonderign about adding a bigger drive .. like 500 gb .. cant that be done ?

 

[agnes]

well i was wonderign about adding a bigger drive .. like 500 gb .. cant that be done ?

Yes and no, officially no, but can be done with a bit of tinkering.

ags

 

[TALON1973]

which i assume would ruin the warranty ?

 

[cokecan]

which i assume would ruin the warranty ?

ruins the warranty and doesn't it leave you open to having your console banned? I've not read too much into it tbh

 

[K1LLSW1TCH]

There's a chance you'll get banned for tampering.

 

[DreXeL]

To use drive bigger than the standard official sizes (20gb, 60gb, 120gb and 250gb) you have to do some pretty involved modding (JTAG hack and custom dashboard flash). Not only would it invalidate your warranty, it will also mean giving up xbox live as the console will be banned pretty much instantly. Also, if you have updated past a certain dash version it's impossible anyway.

Alternatively you can make a 'diy' drive in one of the official sizes by using certain types of 2.5" laptop drive and a 360 HDD shell, this will attach to your console and appear as a 100% official drive. It's pretty easy to do if you know what you're doing but it does involve some specialist software and flashing the firmware of the HDD.

By far the easiest thing to do is simply buy an official drive and slot it onto the top

 

[TALON1973]

oh well ... official it is then .. thanks all for the input

 

[Electronic Dave]

Its very easy just add and click in at the top...

An OEM Elite 120GB drive can be had for just under £50. If moving data from one drive to another then the data migration kit is £12 from Microsoft...

I think its hard to get any 20GB drives or even 60GB drives new and they are expensive anyway. Currently 120GB is the way to go, but apparantly Microsoft seem to be shifting these out of the way (hence the OEM price above) in favour of the 250GB found in the Super Elite.