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#1 HoVDaHuSTLa1
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Poll questions. I'm looking to purchasing one tomorrow.
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#2 GlockXIII
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I never heard of such a thing.
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#3 joe11king
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The new Falcon models also have new, quieter DVD drives and produce far less heat than their launch counterparts.
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#4 Ket87
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If you've ever read the report from the anonymous Microsoft leak that happened a few weeks ago the guy said the Falcon chip/HDMI ones still get RROD often and have a 10% failure rate so 1 out of every 10 360s on the shelf is defective.
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#5 HoVDaHuSTLa1
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so by the looks of it, i might be safe.
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#6 Ket87
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Yeah the Pre-Falcon models had a 30% failure rate so that was close to being 1 in 3 being defective. Its alot safer now to buy one than before.
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#7 hschaf
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isnt ps3's failure rate 10% aswell?

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#8 Ket87
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isnt ps3's failure rate 10% aswell?

hschaf

Don't know, never really here too much about PS3s breaking. It seems to be a more durable system the 360. I would imagine its much less or is just not getting the publicity the 360 is getting as you still hear people saying their HDMI ones are breaking here and there. Though they do seem to be a lot better, a friend of mine almost never turns his off and its been working for months under those conditions so its safe to say some Falcon ones are pretty reliable.

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#9 HoVDaHuSTLa1
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isnt ps3's failure rate 10% aswell?

hschaf

Yeh, i think that's about right.

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#10 hschaf
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i have the 360 with the falcon chip and although i only had it for about 2 months theres been absolutely no signs of problems and its not all that loud.
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#11 HoVDaHuSTLa1
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damn i just found out it's an Arcarde 360, are the results the same?
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#12 joe11king
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damn i just found out it's an Arcarde 360, are the results the same?HoVDaHuSTLa1

its exactly the same thing minus the hard drive and what-not. so yes.

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#13 HoVDaHuSTLa1
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[QUOTE="HoVDaHuSTLa1"]damn i just found out it's an Arcarde 360, are the results the same?joe11king

its exactly the same thing minus the hard drive and what-not. so yes.

oh ok sweet, i'm actually getting with as a bundle with the HD drive, so yeh basically I'm getting a PRO minus the shiny chrome disk trey.

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Don't really think it matters.. there are certain things that cause the RROD its not really what alot of you are bringing up OH and no the ps3s don't break as much as the 360s I helped 2 of my buds get each one on release day and even reading forums on sites.. the percent change of a 360 breaking is at about 40% and the ps3s are about 9%, not to mension that there were less than half the recalls for ps3s than there were 360s
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#15 Ket87
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Don't really think it matters.. there are certain things that cause the RROD its not really what alot of you are bringing up OH and no the ps3s don't break as much as the 360s I helped 2 of my buds get each one on release day and even reading forums on sites.. the percent change of a 360 breaking is at about 40% and the ps3s are about 9%, not to mension that there were less than half the recalls for ps3s than there were 360sTrogeton

A Microsoft employee leaked to the press that Pre-Falcon Chip 360s had a failure rate of 30% so its not 40.

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Don't really think it matters.. there are certain things that cause the RROD its not really what alot of you are bringing up OH and no the ps3s don't break as much as the 360s I helped 2 of my buds get each one on release day and even reading forums on sites.. the percent change of a 360 breaking is at about 40% and the ps3s are about 9%, not to mension that there were less than half the recalls for ps3s than there were 360sTrogeton

The failure rate of the Falcon 360 console is less than 10%.

http://www.8bitjoystick.com/archives/jake_inside_source_reveal_the_truth_about_xbox_360_red_ring_of_death_failures.php