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Refurb Xbox 360
brandotheninjamaster
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So in an effort to both get an Xbox and save some of that proverbial "dough" I was thinking of buying a refurbished X-Box 360. Namely this one: http://www.consumerdepot.com/products.asp?id=B4J00001F&referer=google. Any thoughts? Also, I would probably kick in the extra $30 for the 1 year warranty.
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With the warranty, I doubt you can go wrong.
with an old one, you don't know what you're getting, if it even works (refurbs are sometimes broken, and you have to pay shipping to replace them), what age chipset you're getting, etc... with a new one, you're getting the latest chipset (much less RROD prone), HDMI, etc.
that $20 will bite you in the ass, and you'll regret being cheap when it RRODs past that one year
Yea, I don't remember what the HDD size of the premium is, but thats what they are offering and everywhere else they are selling for like 300 bones.
Different names for the same thing, basically. One was what they called the 20GB at release, one is what they started calling it when they tweaked the SKUs and debuted the Elite. I think they're both obsolete at this point.
I wouldn't buy a refurbished 360 because it's most likely not covered by the 3-year extended warranty. The savings might be worth the gamble, however.
And PS3 isn't much better, in terms of BC and teh hard drivez.
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Also, don't be sure that it comes with a Hard Drive unless it actually says so. All the refurbished ones we sold did not, except for the ones refurbished by Microsoft.
This. There have been several revisions. The initial release used 90nm cpu and gpu. These generated a metric ton of heat, combined with the asinine x-clamps they use to secure the heat-sink on them and absolutely atrocious thermal grease application, cause warping of the motherboard. This, along with the brittle lead-free solder, allow things to get unseated enough to RRoD.
The second revision added HDMI. The third switched to 65nm cpus and reduced power consumption. The newest, codename Jasper, uses 65nm for both cpu and gpu, and uses significantly less energy. As such, it's both vastly quieter and cooler than previous iterations.
There's also the old DVD drives that don't have proper disk stabilization, leading to the raping of disks (had to bring my Halo 3 back to life twice with toothpaste and elbow grease)
Usually you need to look at the serial number or power specifications, which aren't included on that site.
I had done the whole used-xbox thing for the price. It ended up RRoD'ing on me and, as I sad, nearly destroyed my game. I got a new Jasper revision recently and can't be happier.