My wife surprised me with an Xbox360 Pro under the Christmas tree. A closer inspection of the serial number window revealed that it was a Falcon. So I left it unboxed for a day, and the next morning, I went to the Fry's down the street in the hope of finding a Jasper. The third box I handled was a lot 843X, team CSON, 12.1A, Jasper 60GB. Needless to say, the Falcon was returned, and this baby came home with me. And other than the fact that it shipped with the 175 Watt PSU, this is the latest model all around.
Now it sits horizontally, right next to our new PS3 (which was also under the tree, but that was expected since I ordered it). I have never owned an XBox360 before, so I have no point of reference, but this unit is definately a quiet console except when the DVD drive is spinning. At that point, I can hear it much more clearly than I can the PS3 or the Wii, but it is not a really loud noise.
When I had this located temporarily inside the stereo cabinet with an open front, the unit got slightly warm to the touch. I have since moved it to an open, table top spot, and it stays at nearly room temperature, even after extended periods of HDD installed gaming. In fact the vents at the back of the new PS3 (which is a newer model as well with 65 nm GPU/CPU) get warmer after use than those in the back of this Jasper Xbox 360. If overheating was indeed the issue causing RROD, then this one should be fine no doubt.
