Xbox 360 Ebay Hard Drives

I have been thinking about upgrading my current 20 GB hard drive to either a 120 or 250 GB hard drive. On Ebay I notice that you can get hard drives there for like half of the price that it costs to get them from Microsoft at a game store. Would buying one of these hard drives and using them get my xbox banned? Thanks for any help.

Yeah - the majority of them on ebay are "custom made" laptop HDD's that are then flashed with a file (I'm not naming which) from a "Legit" Xbox hard drive. Apparently they work, but since it's something you would be using for the life of your console, I wouldn't skimp just incase Microsoft does detect and ban them.

I recently upgraded my Xbox HDD and bought the 60GB starter pack since it was only $90 and came with 3 months of Xbox live. I'll never need 120GB and couldn't justify the $60 price difference. Just keep in mind that you can only get the Data transfer kit with the 120GB, otherwise you'll have to phone microsoft.

Really? I ordered a 20 gb hard drive from ebay about 1 or 2 weeks ago. I havent gotten it yet though. I hope the one I ordered isn't custom made :?

Really? I ordered a 20 gb hard drive from ebay about 1 or2 weeks ago. I havent gotten it yet though. I hopethe oneI orderedisn't custom made :?

MrTorry

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Really? I ordered a 20 gb hard drive from ebay about 1 or2 weeks ago. I havent gotten it yet though. I hopethe oneI orderedisn't custom made :?

Avenger1324

Well thats a relief, Thanks ! :D

I have been thinking about upgrading my current 20 GB hard drive to either a 120 or 250 GB hard drive. On Ebay I notice that you can get hard drives there for like half of the price that it costs to get them from Microsoft at a game store. Would buying one of these hard drives and using them get my xbox banned? Thanks for any help.

SephirothIsKing

I got a 20gig over the summer for 20 dollars from Hong Kong, and it did all right. You just have to be pickky about stuff like that when you buy off Ebay.

I bought a 250gb HDD off Ebay, I dont play online so I wasnt too worried, I just wanted it for all my vids and music etc. because the noise of the cd-drive is terrible. But it came with all the official microsoft stickers and lisencing stuff so I assume that it's real, it cost me about 100AUS, whereas here it's 190AUD for a preowned 120GB HDD from EB

I have been thinking about upgrading my current 20 GB hard drive to either a 120 or 250 GB hard drive. On Ebay I notice that you can get hard drives there for like half of the price that it costs to get them from Microsoft at a game store. Would buying one of these hard drives and using them get my xbox banned? Thanks for any help.

SephirothIsKing

Be careful when buying them. Most people on eBay aren't scammers, but when it comes to hard drives, people like to take the shell of one, and replace the insides with a custom laptop HDD or something. It won't ever ban you, but you will lose backwards compatibility since it isn't made specifically for Xbox 360. I bought my 250gb on eBay and it's an official hard drive. Just go ahead and buy one, and then make sure it's official, and if it ends up being a rip-off, then just get your money back.

People get banned for modifying the data on their harddrive not from buying or installing a new one.