xbox 360 elite vs arcade?

[arrowhead]

Heres what I want to do: I want a 360. Im going to do a homebrew mod, so I dont care about online play, and I doubt I would buy anything from the online store. Still on dial up anyway btw.

So, the only differences between arcade and elite are one is black, the other white. Not a deal breaker. One has 256MB memory vs 120 GB, the only real concern I have.

Is that memory plenty for day to day play and saves? Can I upgrade to more later?

For what I want to do, can I get by with the arcade? Or do I really need the memory?

Any help is appreciated.

[mrandyk]

Well I think you would really need the memory, but there is something between the arcade and elite. I think it has 60 gb of storage and is either $50 or $100 cheaper than the elite.

[Skynet]

Can I ask 1 question, why on earth would you want a 360 strictly for homebrew? I admit I don't follow the 360 homebrew scene, but is there really much worth getting excited about? If there were a console I'd want for homebrew it'd be PSP/Xbox/Wii and I have all 3.

[Luriden]

Heres what I want to do: I want a 360. Im going to do a homebrew mod, so I dont care about online play, and I doubt I would buy anything from the online store. Still on dial up anyway btw.

So, the only differences between arcade and elite are one is black, the other white. Not a deal breaker. One has 256MB memory vs 120 GB, the only real concern I have.

Is that memory plenty for day to day play and saves? Can I upgrade to more later?

For what I want to do, can I get by with the arcade? Or do I really need the memory?

Any help is appreciated.

If by homebrew you mean piracy, then you're going to need a hard drive. Actually, a lot of newer games require hard drives now IIRC. And in case you'd ever want to play an original Xbox game, you'd need a hard drive. Just get a Pro, it's only $50 more than an Arcade.

[Eviltaco64X]

For homebrew purposes, you might as well pick up a second-hand Xbox for $40 and mod it for another $8 or so... It's still the king.

EDIT: If you are getting a 360 for homebrew, better find a used Elite (at least used Elites are more prone to work properly) and quick.. That late summer update killed the exploit.

[Smiley]

I use an external hdd for my 360...and wii.

[arrowhead]

Its not that I want it STRICTLY for homebrew, but I have exploited every console I have owned since the saturn, and Im not going to stop now because of xbox live. Its kind of like not liking to be told what to do by a parent: I want to do it because they say I cant.

Anyway, It seems MS is only making new elites, and arcades now. I dont want the arcade, and 300 bucks is too much right now, so I checked around, and gamestop is selling a microsoft refurbished pro with 2 controllers, and headset blah blah blah for 199. It comes with a 20 GB HD. And I guess I can upgrade to a bigger HD later if I need to. It carries a 1 year microsoft warranty, and 3 years on the red ring. So, it seems like the best choice. And I imagine if it is a refurb, then it already had the RROD so it has probably been fixed correctly.

Smiley, how do you use an external HD with the 360? Using the homebrew linux?

[impetus]

There are hundreds of banned 360s on Craigslist for cheap if you don't mind the limitation.

As for a general recommendation, I'm using more than half of my Elite's hard drive just through normal gaming usage (no movies, music, etc). Only way to go, IMO.

[Specially Cork]

You can never have too much storage and you can always have too little.

[Skynet]

Its not that I want it STRICTLY for homebrew, but I have exploited every console I have owned since the saturn, and Im not going to stop now because of xbox live. Its kind of like not liking to be told what to do by a parent: I want to do it because they say I cant.

As someone who has had his older, spare 360 banned I can say I didn't find any point in modding it after I was banned. I can't play online, I can't get updates, I assume I can't use any DLC (I mainly play music games anyway) as I can't connect to Live. To me, my banned console is completely worthless. I can't even stream movies to it.

As for storage, I bought a 120GB HDD a few years back. I couldn't game without it, I only have 30GB free as it is.

Also Smiley, how do you use an external HDD?

[Smiley]

You plug the hdd int the usb and go to the videos tab...Im using a samsung 500g...Ive downloaded carp loads of ovies and tv shows....yay. No other mods required...

[Skynet]

Oh you mean for that. Oh I just stream mine over my network anyway. I thought you meant for games and stuff also. Yeah I've done that before, but like I said I'd rather stream them, they're on my PC already so I might as well just stream it.