Do 360 Elites get the red lights of death too?

Serious question, I want to get one but the thought of blowing $480+ on something that might breakdown in 4 months makes me cringe.... :xno_submission

Yes. They changed the motherboard a bit, so it's less prone to the 3RL. But it still gets them.

But then again, that's what your 4 year warranty is for.

[QUOTE="Pariah_001"]It happened to a friend of mine. Apparently a couple of clamps melted and dropped some stuff on the board. Weird.
farrell2k

The clamps are either aluminium of steel in the 360. Do you have any idea how much temp is required to melt either of these two metals?

It isn't the clamps themselves, but the solder holding them there - that solder can have MP anywhere between 200 and 600 degrees depending on how cheap MS is.

Serious question, I want to get one but the thought of blowing $480+ on something that might breakdown in 4 months makes me cringe.... :xno_submission

You may want to consider building your own gaming PC. Its fairly easy because there are a ton of tutorials on the internet that show you how. Also there are people in the PC forums that will give you advice and point you in the right direction. It can appear to be a bit confusing with all the hardware choices, etc, but with a little studying, you will benefit from the knowledge that you would gain.

Most hardware for the PC that you buy comes with either a three year warranty or a limited lifetime warranty. Plus if you were to make your own gaming PC, it would be far more powerful than an Xbox. You could also use the Xbox 360 controller for games if you really wanted to.

[QUOTE="no_submission"]Serious question, I want to get one but the thought of blowing $480+ on something that might breakdown in 4 months makes me cringe.... :xSubcritical

You may want to consider building your own gaming PC. Its fairly easy because there are a ton of tutorials on the internet that show you how. Also there are people in the PC forums that will give you advice and point you in the right direction. It can appear to be a bit confusing with all the hardware choices, etc, but with a little studying, you will benefit from the knowledge that you would gain.

Most hardware for the PC that you buy comes with either a three year warranty or a limited lifetime warranty. Plus if you were to make your own gaming PC, it would be far more powerful than an Xbox. You could also use the Xbox 360 controller for games if you really wanted to.

My current rig: XFX 8800GTX, 2GB RAM @1000MHz(gonna OC it more), E6600 OC'd to 3.2GHz:P