I bought a 360 just now on Amazon!! Finally took the plunge!

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rendo on 23 November 2008

Oh okay. When you state external HDD, I just assumed 3rd party. A 1st party MS certified HDD will work, especially if it's a refurbed/used one from an elite. Just wanted to point it out to you incase you were expecting something else so you didn't get all pissy later like someone I know who bought the arcade thinking you can use any HDD on it.

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wfz on 23 November 2008

rendo said:
Oh okay. When you state external HDD, I just assumed 3rd party. A 1st party MS certified HDD will work, especially if it's a refurbed/used one from an elite. Just wanted to point it out to you incase you were expecting something else so you didn't get all pissy later like someone I know who bought the arcade thinking you can use any HDD on it. <_<. I got a 20gig used. :P

Alright great, thanks! =D

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konnichiwa on 23 November 2008

Welcome in the X360 community. I hope you have a lot fun and don't get a RROD. Kind of funny to see your empty gamercard (reminds me of me five months ago =p.).

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Squilliam on 23 November 2008

konnichiwa said:
Welcome in the X360 community. I hope you have a lot fun and don't get a RROD. Kind of funny to see your empty gamercard (reminds me of me five months ago =p.).

Whore!

You did that in 5 months? Im on 6k after a year...

Tease.

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pbroy on 23 November 2008

wfz said:

rendo said:
Oh okay. When you state external HDD, I just assumed 3rd party. A 1st party MS certified HDD will work, especially if it's a refurbed/used one from an elite. Just wanted to point it out to you incase you were expecting something else so you didn't get all pissy later like someone I know who bought the arcade thinking you can use any HDD on it. <_<. I got a 20gig used. :P

Alright great, thanks! =D

You can still use an external hard drive to watch movies from, view pictures, play mp3s and transfer to your 360 hard drive.

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heruamon on 23 November 2008

wfz said:

rendo said:

wfz said:

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Ugh, I keep saying it, you're not going to get RROD on a newer model! The chances of it happening is slim to none, and you'd have to leave it in an extremely un-ventilated area for it to do so!

And now, with storing games on our harddrive, no hot air emits from our 360s, the disk doesn't even spin! The 360 is just there, quiet as hell for hours on end and not the least bit hot. I promise you that you're good. ;)

That's what my friend told me, which is part of the push I needed to buy one! =D I got the 360 Arcade and got an external 120gb hdd for cheap, so that was great. I also got loads of other stuff to go along with it, like a wireless headset and whatnot.

I hope you realize that the external HDD can't be used to install games, do the NXE update, game saves etc. You need a first party HDD to do that. Stupid, I know.

The HDD I got is a used first party one, right off of an Elite. Does that work?

Also, I did get Live Gold for a year, but I won't activate it until my free month runs out. I know I'm definitely going to download Braid and Banjo Kazooie once I can, and then I'll go from there.

I should get everything on Wednesday, but the harddrive might take a few days extra, which kinda sucks. Oh well, I just can't wait to get my 360! =D Once I get my system I'll add some of you guys.

WOOT! Have Fun gaming, NXE is a blast, and you gome some nice titles to start off!

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Dodece on 23 November 2008

I wish to welcome you to the neighborhood. Feel free to send me a friend request. I have too few Fable friends. I want to play through the game a second time, and I need a trading buddy if we can team up one day. I can dump some serious assets on you. Enough potions to totally level your character out, and enough cash to make you a instant millionaire. The game is seriously wicked fun.

My gamertag is Dodece.

http://live.xbox.com/member/Dodece