Xbox 360 advice

Originally Posted by G

They sorted out the red ring of death issue in november 2007...I have had mine and use it ALOT and not had any issue. You just have to make sure there is plenty of room for it to breathe.

As for xbox breaking and PS3's not doing.......you have to be joking, PS3 have sold a 1/4 of what XBOX360 have, they also have a higher failure rate per number of consoles sold.



For example on COD4 people have developed autoaimers online, they have also developed programme so that the opposition stand out as red dots even through building so you can see someone coming around a corner before they do.

chinny reckon . think that might be a bit internet bull ****

Originally Posted by zsv650

could say the same for ps3 they arnt free from going completely wappo and xbxo's are simpler to fix ps3 not so however i am ****ed that they havnt had the problem properly rectified after all this time

Never mind blind statistics, speaking from the small amount of people i know with consoles i base my opinion on,
I know around 10 people who have had or have XBOX's and all of them had the ring of death problem and or something else go wrong (some more than once).
I know probably 12 people with PS3's and not 1 of them has had a failure yet (he writes with crossed fingers)
I have personally owned my ps3 18 months and have an early 60g with no problems as yet.#

my mates ps3 is forever freezing and going wrong that's a 60gb model too tbh i think both consoles are pritty **** for reliabilty.

Originally Posted by zsv650

my mates ps3 is forever freezing and going wrong that's a 60gb model too tbh i think both consoles are pritty **** for reliabilty.

How much you wanna bet, next month or so mine goes for a burton

Originally Posted by specialone

How much you wanna bet, next month or so mine goes for a burton

hopefully not.

A new type of 360 with an improved chipset which runs cooler has recently been launched I believe, search for "Xbox 360 Jasper chipset".

They all run way cooler and much quieter if you install the games to the hdd though. I've got a 60GB version which is enough to install a handful of games and still have plenty of room for downloads (demos mainly). Get one with a bigger hdd I'd say.

Don't worry too much about the 'RROD' problem... get them to give you a warranty on it.

If you want, buy a cheaper one with no hard drive and I can sell you my old 20Gb drive (upgraded to 60Gb recently)

'RROD', specifically, is covered by an extended 3 year warranty f.o.c now anyway.

Thar you go, manufacture date ;]

Originally Posted by BanditPat

Thar you go, manufacture date ;]

nice one mate, cheers.

I will go in tomorrow and see what deal I can get. there are afew shops i will try to play off against one another