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bolistik
03-25-2009, 18:16
im thinking about buying a refurb hard drive. Has anyone has experience with refurbish hard drives?
I would never buy a refurb xbox 360 cause its like blindly drawing from a hat of all the bad 360s and hoping the one you get is future proof.
What i plan on doing is buying a new xbox 360 arcade ($199) and buy a refurb 120 gb ($99, new $149) which would save me some dollars than buying a new xb360 60gb pro for the same price of $300. I would think refurb hard drives have a better reputation than the refurb 360 systems.
im thinking about buying a refurb hard drive. Has anyone has experience with refurbish hard drives?
I would never buy a refurb xbox 360 cause its like blindly drawing from a hat of all the bad 360s and hoping the one you get is future proof.
What i plan on doing is buying a new xbox 360 arcade ($199) and buy a refurb 120 gb ($99, new $149) which would save me some dollars than buying a new xb360 60gb pro for the same price of $300. I would think refurb hard drives have a better reputation than the refurb 360 systems.
$199.99+$99.99=$299.98
$299.99-$299.98=$.01
Not really sure on your savings logic here. It would be cheaper then buying an elite, but the same price as a Pro. I would base my choice on these questions.
1.Do you need a 120GB HDD, rather then a 60GB? Why?
2.Do you think the risk of getting a bad refurbished HDD is worth the savings?
Lunar_Chaos
03-26-2009, 08:32
Just go for the new 60g system.
You will also get a few extras free!
(The headset, component cables, ect...)
You don't need 120G's.
radgamer420
03-26-2009, 08:36
Just go for the new 60g system.
You will also get a few extras free!
(The headset, component cables, ect...)
You don't need 120G's.
I agree. The 60gig pro is a better deal.
Just go for the new 60g system.
You will also get a few extras free!
(The headset, component cables, ect...)
You don't need 120G's.
I think you get all that with arcades nowadays anyway, even wireless controllers are standard.
Personally, i think 60gb is about enough.... but like you assume, i assume a refurd hdd is probably safe.
I guess it comes down to how much you want that extra space.
i got the 60 gig pro and i upgraded to the 120 gig hard drive.
its better to have the 120. so get the arcade and a 120 refurb.
i know a few people on other xbox sites that got refurd hard drives
and they are fine
it depends....but in my opinion refurbs are better....i have had 1 new and 2 refurbs(all because of the red ring of death) and its cheaper and if you get red ring send it in and get a new one for free
bolistik
03-28-2009, 15:40
$199.99+$99.99=$299.98
$299.99-$299.98=$.01
Not really sure on your savings logic here. It would be cheaper then buying an elite, but the same price as a Pro. I would base my choice on these questions.
1.Do you need a 120GB HDD, rather then a 60GB? Why?
2.Do you think the risk of getting a bad refurbished HDD is worth the savings?
wouldnt you want 120gb than 60 for the same price??
I dont absolutely NEED the 120gb, but for the same price, why not get 2x the space for the long run. I think that's what ill do when im ready to pull the trigger on a 360.
Susperium
03-28-2009, 20:49
Im not too sure, but i would see if you can still do this. I remember just before MS released the new Xbox Experiance, they where giving away 20gig harddrives for $20.00 to anyone that have a console with out the drive, so they could download the new dashboard.
Something to check out as i remember at the time lots of people where buying the cheepest console they could get there hands on and then taking up the harddrive deal =)
Good luck and check it out before you spend your money but you might still be able to use this trick =) and hope this helps you mate.
wouldnt you want 120gb than 60 for the same price??
I dont absolutely NEED the 120gb, but for the same price, why not get 2x the space for the long run. I think that's what ill do when im ready to pull the trigger on a 360.
I don't trust refurbished hardware. There are to many unknown variables as to why the drive failed, and if it was fixed, or just patched up to work.
Sure you might really be getting a brand new drive, but who knows.
You also lose out on the warranty, in the long run so if the drive does fail, 5 months later you are out another 100$, buying a new one. Plus all of your saves are gone.
Better safe then sorry.