20 gig is pretty small, too. Considering that most of your installed and on-demand games will be between 5 and 20 gigs. I would definitely go with 250 gig.

MathMattS

20gb is not enough. In actuality it's 13gb-14gb. It's not a full 20gb like it says. I don't know how Microsoft gets away with that though. However even with that was not enough.

EllieStranger

4 GB isn't enough if you want to install your games and buy games On Demand.

MathMattS

nooo. Memory is to small

soapman72

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there was no problems and he was playing from the disc drive. it wasnt unbearably loud like some people say.

bloodling

All I said is that in some games, the disc doesn't always spin at the same speed and the noise made it nearly unplayable for me. Some games don't have this problem at all, but it's still more noisy than if it's installed. If you don't plan on playing many different games, you can try playing them without a hard drive and see if the noise level is acceptable.

Edit: The loading times are also shorter, of course.

If you intend on downloading game or dlc you really should get a hard drive.vashkey

whats wrong with putting it on a flash drive? that seems like the smarter thing to do, cus then if the xbox crashes for whatever reason i still have all my dlc stuff and i dont have to download it again when i get a new xbox

lol i just find it funny that u never own a xbox but u want "S" because of wifi for internet but say u never download no dlc, xbla games, demos, install games for better performance. Most places offer $50 gift cards when u get the 4gb. take the gift card and other 50 and u can buy hd. I am juust saying i couldn't live with 4gbs. i hadf 20gb back in 07 and i hated it i was always deleteing stuff and even redownloading same stuff i had to delete. then ig a 60gb hd and i found my self cleaning house every couple months. Then my 07 xbox died so i picked up a S a year ago. i havn't deleted nothing yet because of space issues.

thats the legit way but you can always take the gift card sell on ebay then take that money buy hd off ebay

k2theswiss

well heres what i was planning to do, any DLCs i get ill just save on a flash drive (i would do that any way even with a 250 gig in case the xbox crashes for whatever reason), and i dont want to spend extra cash on a wireless adapter when i could have one built in. and i dont really care about installing games on my harddrive, ive played my friends 4gig and no problems, he even said there was no problems and he was playing from the disc drive. it wasnt unbearably loud like some people say. the only thing i ever plan on downloading on the harddrive is software updates, and how often do those come around? oh, and does gamestop do the $50 gift card thing? cause i would rather start off buying a game or two versus a harddrive. (also this dont matter NEARLY as much but the matte finish of the 4 gig will be much less of a fingerprint magnet than the 250 gig gloss) Oh, and does signing up for xbox live gold take up any space?

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I remember seeing a lot of comments like these when I got the xbox, thinking the sound wouldn't be so bad when playing from the disc. After trying it, I quickly realized how wrong I was. The noise it makes is overwhelming. You can barely hear the sound from the game you're playing unless it's tremendously loud. Somes games, like Viva Pinata, are playable from the disc without too much noise, but a lot of games are nearly unplayable.

bloodling

Yes, it's an S model. I guess it depends on the game, some games need to run faster, especially in certain crowded areas. The hard drive will always be more silent though, and for me it's absolutely worth it.