If you buy the arcade system...

Can you just buy an Xbox HD and add it later?

And what are the limitations to the 360 without an HD? You cant save games at all? When you turn it off all your game progress is lost?

Thanks for the info.

You will spend more money in the long run doing it this way though.LRP85

Exactly. It sounds like you might plan on buying the HDD later, which is going to cost more. IMO the HDD is absolutely essential..... Without it you're only going to end up using maybe 60% of what the 360 is capable of. Just save up the extra $75 or so for the 20GB version and be done with it.

[QUOTE="LRP85"]You will spend more money in the long run doing it this way though.SuperBeast

Exactly. It sounds like you might plan on buying the HDD later, which is going to cost more. IMO the HDD is absolutely essential..... Without it you're only going to end up using maybe 60% of what the 360 is capable of. Just save up the extra $75 or so for the 20GB version and be done with it.

Well I am buying the arcade console from a friend for a very good price. And I can get a 20 gig HD on eBay for around $50. And before you guys that are afraid of eBay start giving me your warnings please don't bother. I am a VERY active ebayer. I have bought and sold over 6 laptops and dozens of PDAs and Cell phones. Infact a guy I bought a used iPaq from has a 20 gig 360 HD for $50 and the iPaq he sold me was perfect so I trust him. He even gives me a 30 day guarantee.

Thanks for the info though I should be able to get the console for $100 and the HD for $50 so the whole thing will end up costing me $150, thats great because I will have more money left over for games.

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[QUOTE="LRP85"]You will spend more money in the long run doing it this way though.basersx

Exactly. It sounds like you might plan on buying the HDD later, which is going to cost more. IMO the HDD is absolutely essential..... Without it you're only going to end up using maybe 60% of what the 360 is capable of. Just save up the extra $75 or so for the 20GB version and be done with it.

Well I am buying the arcade console from a friend for a very good price. And I can get a 20 gig HD on eBay for around $50. And before you guys that are afraid of eBay start giving me your warnings please don't bother. I am a VERY active ebayer. I have bought and sold over 6 laptops and dozens of PDAs and Cell phones. Infact a guy I bought a used iPaq from has a 20 gig 360 HD for $50 and the iPaq he sold me was perfect so I trust him. He even gives me a 30 day guarantee.

Thanks for the info though I should be able to get the console for $100 and the HD for $50 so the whole thing will end up costing me $150, thats great because I will have more money left over for games.

Well in that case never mind. That is a great deal. And yes you can use any 360 HDD on any system you want.