Getting a new 360

Hi Fellow Gamers,

I'm new to these forums... and i wanted your oppinion, my friend is selling me his XBOX which is about a year old.. he had another xbox before that but it had some problem with it and got a new one.. it has been working fine ever since (8 months) he played it about 5 hours a day(not consecutively) Is it reasonable buying it.. he is also selling it for quite cheap, its 20 GB and its pretty cheap, and he bought it when it first came out does he still have the warranty, i'd apreciate if u guys tell me how if its a good deal or not...

Thanks

its 320$ with 3 games Gears,Godfather,Nba2k7... xbox premium edition, headset everything..

anyone else???

This is what you have to do first before you purchase it. Take off the faceplate and examine the microsoft warranty sticker. If it still there and theres no signs of it being tampered with then yes buy it if you want. You have the 3 year warranty and you can send it in and they will modify your cooling system for free. Or you can wait to buy one in the fall around october or november. They will be coming out with 65 nanometer chips which will be the best factor for keeping your console alive as long as possible. I would personally buy it in october. Save up more and buy an elite. They will probably have the 65 nanometers before the premiums. The new elites have the new heatsinks in them right now. I would personally wait, but if you really want one now and you are fine with future repairs then go for it.jay_k3

So your saying that the Xbox will mess up atleast once in the next few years? even if i keep it really good and stuff

[QUOTE="jay_k3"]This is what you have to do first before you purchase it. Take off the faceplate and examine the microsoft warranty sticker. If it still there and theres no signs of it being tampered with then yes buy it if you want. You have the 3 year warranty and you can send it in and they will modify your cooling system for free. Or you can wait to buy one in the fall around october or november. They will be coming out with 65 nanometer chips which will be the best factor for keeping your console alive as long as possible. I would personally buy it in october. Save up more and buy an elite. They will probably have the 65 nanometers before the premiums. The new elites have the new heatsinks in them right now. I would personally wait, but if you really want one now and you are fine with future repairs then go for it.AGENT-ZER0

So your saying that the Xbox will mess up atleast once in the next few years? even if i keep it really good and stuff

Not necessarily. It's just that they have had problems in the past so microsoft is going to use different parts to hopefully stop these problems. Even if you take really good care of it, it could still break on you. But if the warranty is still intact, I would say go for it.

[QUOTE="jay_k3"]This is what you have to do first before you purchase it. Take off the faceplate and examine the microsoft warranty sticker. If it still there and theres no signs of it being tampered with then yes buy it if you want. You have the 3 year warranty and you can send it in and they will modify your cooling system for free. Or you can wait to buy one in the fall around october or november. They will be coming out with 65 nanometer chips which will be the best factor for keeping your console alive as long as possible. I would personally buy it in october. Save up more and buy an elite. They will probably have the 65 nanometers before the premiums. The new elites have the new heatsinks in them right now. I would personally wait, but if you really want one now and you are fine with future repairs then go for it.AGENT-ZER0

So your saying that the Xbox will mess up atleast once in the next few years? even if i keep it really good and stuff

I'm on my 3rd xbox 360. I had a premium which last a year and a month. I then purchased an elite during its launch and it died. I got a refund and ordered another elite. My 3rd elite has the new heatsink in it and it runs much cooler than my other consoles. I took very good care of my last two. I used an intect notebook cooler because it has an aluminum surface to absorb heat. I used two 4 inch desk fans. One for the back and one in on the side. I had a system that allowed more hot air to be blown from the rear, more cool air to be blown into the console and the laptop cooler to cool off the bottom where the cpu and gpu were located. I even dustsprayed periodically in the back to prevent dust from attaching to the back fans. I also wiped my console everyday to rid the dust. I would play an average of 4 hours a day, not more than 5. The only time I would exceed 5 hours if my friends came over to play and we would play an average of 6 to seven hours. Rarely to go 8, and rarely my friends came over to play. Anyways I was very meticulous with my xbox 360 consoles. I had the constant fear that it would break. I played less to ensure that it would maintain a healthy lifespan, and boy was I wrong. If your buddies 360 is a year old, it could break within a month and above. I don't mean to scare you because your buddies 360 could last 5 years without breaking, but with the current statistics, its probably not likely. Your buddies console could possibly die within a month. I am sorry to break it to you, but this is reality. I would wait till the 65 nanometer chips come out.

[QUOTE="AGENT-ZER0"]

[QUOTE="jay_k3"]This is what you have to do first before you purchase it. Take off the faceplate and examine the microsoft warranty sticker. If it still there and theres no signs of it being tampered with then yes buy it if you want. You have the 3 year warranty and you can send it in and they will modify your cooling system for free. Or you can wait to buy one in the fall around october or november. They will be coming out with 65 nanometer chips which will be the best factor for keeping your console alive as long as possible. I would personally buy it in october. Save up more and buy an elite. They will probably have the 65 nanometers before the premiums. The new elites have the new heatsinks in them right now. I would personally wait, but if you really want one now and you are fine with future repairs then go for it.jay_k3

So your saying that the Xbox will mess up atleast once in the next few years? even if i keep it really good and stuff

I'm on my 3rd xbox 360. I had a premium which last a year and a month. I then purchased an elite during its launch and it died. I got a refund and ordered another elite. My 3rd elite has the new heatsink in it and it runs much cooler than my other consoles. I took very good care of my last two. I used an intect notebook cooler because it has an aluminum surface to absorb heat. I used two 4 inch desk fans. One for the back and one in on the side. I had a system that allowed more hot air to be blown from the rear, more cool air to be blown into the console and the laptop cooler to cool off the bottom where the cpu and gpu were located. I even dustsprayed periodically in the back to prevent dust from attaching to the back fans. I also wiped my console everyday to rid the dust. I would play an average of 4 hours a day, not more than 5. The only time I would exceed 5 hours if my friends came over to play and we would play an average of 6 to seven hours. Rarely to go 8, and rarely my friends came over to play. Anyways I was very meticulous with my xbox 360 consoles. I had the constant fear that it would break. I played less to ensure that it would maintain a healthy lifespan, and boy was I wrong. If your buddies 360 is a year old, it could break within a month and above. I don't mean to scare you because your buddies 360 could last 5 years without breaking, but with the current statistics, its probably not likely. Your buddies console could possibly die within a month. I am sorry to break it to you, but this is reality. I would wait till the 65 nanometer chips come out.

But dude even with this 65nm chip Mircosoft isn't guranteeing that this will solve everything. I mean the problems could still continue you gotta admit there is a chance of continued problems at least?

i dont have a recipt will that matter when or if i give my xbox to 1-800-4MY-XBOX for repair??

[QUOTE="jay_k3"][QUOTE="AGENT-ZER0"]

[QUOTE="jay_k3"]This is what you have to do first before you purchase it. Take off the faceplate and examine the microsoft warranty sticker. If it still there and theres no signs of it being tampered with then yes buy it if you want. You have the 3 year warranty and you can send it in and they will modify your cooling system for free. Or you can wait to buy one in the fall around october or november. They will be coming out with 65 nanometer chips which will be the best factor for keeping your console alive as long as possible. I would personally buy it in october. Save up more and buy an elite. They will probably have the 65 nanometers before the premiums. The new elites have the new heatsinks in them right now. I would personally wait, but if you really want one now and you are fine with future repairs then go for it.WCWUSCHAMPION50

So your saying that the Xbox will mess up atleast once in the next few years? even if i keep it really good and stuff

I'm on my 3rd xbox 360. I had a premium which last a year and a month. I then purchased an elite during its launch and it died. I got a refund and ordered another elite. My 3rd elite has the new heatsink in it and it runs much cooler than my other consoles. I took very good care of my last two. I used an intect notebook cooler because it has an aluminum surface to absorb heat. I used two 4 inch desk fans. One for the back and one in on the side. I had a system that allowed more hot air to be blown from the rear, more cool air to be blown into the console and the laptop cooler to cool off the bottom where the cpu and gpu were located. I even dustsprayed periodically in the back to prevent dust from attaching to the back fans. I also wiped my console everyday to rid the dust. I would play an average of 4 hours a day, not more than 5. The only time I would exceed 5 hours if my friends came over to play and we would play an average of 6 to seven hours. Rarely to go 8, and rarely my friends came over to play. Anyways I was very meticulous with my xbox 360 consoles. I had the constant fear that it would break. I played less to ensure that it would maintain a healthy lifespan, and boy was I wrong. If your buddies 360 is a year old, it could break within a month and above. I don't mean to scare you because your buddies 360 could last 5 years without breaking, but with the current statistics, its probably not likely. Your buddies console could possibly die within a month. I am sorry to break it to you, but this is reality. I would wait till the 65 nanometer chips come out.

But dude even with this 65nm chip Mircosoft isn't guranteeing that this will solve everything. I mean the problems could still continue you gotta admit there is a chance of continued problems at least?

Of course theirs goes to be more bugs, that's why they extended the warranty to 3 years. I can't believe that Microsoft is just doing this whole new warranty system out of good faith.