Considering trading in my elite when Kinect comes out for one of these bundled with it. Otherwise, not sure why I would bother. Unless i actually start using the hard disk...
Originally Posted by gavomatic57 So the DVD drive still sounds like a leaf blower? That was the loudest part - the fans weren't really a problem.
Yup, it's really disappointing.
During E3 Microsoft constantly boasted about how 'whisper quiet' the new 360 Slim was and I was actually quite looking forward to replacing my launch 360.
What they failed to mention, however, is that it's only 'whisper quite' when the game is installed to the HDD...
The new Xbox comes with a 250GB hard disk - the same capacity as the Xbox 360 Elite bundle had - as standard.
Really? There was me thinking that the Elites came with a 120GB drive, and the few-and-far-between Super Elites (think the FF XIII bundle) had the 250GB drives.
The hastily gathered results dont, for example, mean that the Slim will never red ring thats just not something we can feasibly test.
Microsoft confirmed that this new 360 will never RROD...
... but only because they removed it as an error message completely, as it was mentally scarring (to who I dont know - maybe Microsoft call centre staff)
Originally Posted by gavomatic57 So the DVD drive still sounds like a leaf blower? That was the loudest part - the fans weren't really a problem.
I was just about to make that same comment. I never heard the cooling fans of my 360 over the wailing of the dvd drive. I would have thought they would have addressed this issue, but they clearly haven't.
Originally Posted by uz1_l0v3r I was just about to make that same comment. I never heard the cooling fans of my 360 over the wailing of the dvd drive. I would have thought they would have addressed this issue, but they clearly haven't.
The PSU fans are noisy when they develop a fault though...like mine did in its first week.
Look for the ring shaped mark near the edge. It's not really visible on my phone camera but it's really visible in all light in the flesh. Look near the rainbows.
If I had a 250GB HDD with my XBOX I wouldn't think twice about installing all my games on the HDD to reduce loading times as well as the constant annoying whirr of the disc drive. Why didn't bit-tech try some tests with the games loaded on the HDD?
I'm going to add a +1 to the "test games installed to the HDD" sentiment. The first thing that I do when I get a new game is install it. Making a cup of tea while it installs means I rarely, if ever, hear the DVD drive whirring away.
Would the "old" model HDD work if you ripped it out of the casing and connect it by a normal SATA cable? Have to buy a new 360 soon, and not sure about buying a second-hand elite, or the new S model Arcade version. I was leaning to plan #2, but then I read that the old HDD's weren't compatible with the S, so my 20GB would be useless. :(
Originally Posted by CardJoe I did the exact same thing with our copy of Crackdown 2 shortly after testing. Good thing we didn't do it with a good game.
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Reply*hugs 60gb launch model PS3* (well, 500gb now :p )
During E3 Microsoft constantly boasted about how 'whisper quiet' the new 360 Slim was and I was actually quite looking forward to replacing my launch 360.
What they failed to mention, however, is that it's only 'whisper quite' when the game is installed to the HDD...
Wrong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBj6PonX14A
wrongness proved at about 9mins in
PS. I guess this revision is because they wont be releasing next gen for quite a while.
Microsoft confirmed that this new 360 will never RROD...
... but only because they removed it as an error message completely, as it was mentally scarring (to who I dont know - maybe Microsoft call centre staff)
Excellent!!
I was just about to make that same comment. I never heard the cooling fans of my 360 over the wailing of the dvd drive. I would have thought they would have addressed this issue, but they clearly haven't.
The PSU fans are noisy when they develop a fault though...like mine did in its first week.
Heed the warning sticker that says 'Don't move the Xbox while it's on.'
http://i29.tinypic.com/2eb9wur.jpg
Look for the ring shaped mark near the edge. It's not really visible on my phone camera but it's really visible in all light in the flesh. Look near the rainbows.
HDD game install ftw
Not a problem then
I'd become frustrated and bored with the 360 by the time they introduced hard drive installation, dumped it before it had chance to break again.
We need NEW CONSOLES.........
Sick and tired of DX9 class gfx on my PC because everything is developed for these outdated underpowered Fisher Price toys....
I 100% agree, my pc gaming days have declined to a point i sold my Gaming PC : /
I still have an Xbox but its an arcade version that i just use for playing DVDs and the occasional dabble on Halo or Fable.
*Unhappy Face*
The sales would be dismal and publishers wouldn't want to invest the money required to bring game fidelity up to 'next gen' standards.
Most of them don't even want to invest the money required to bring games up to current gen standards...
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