Vetteman94 said:
nightsurge said:
Vetteman94 said:
It would be nice if they started offering more and cheaper options for the HDD, I only have a 20gb and I would love to upgrade it but its just too expensive, $120 for 120GB and $60 for the 60GB is a little expensive. Especially when you can get 500GB externals for under $100. |
Those externals are standard 3.5" drives. The 360 uses notebook 2.5" drives. Those are a bit more expensive. I think a 320GB is about $80-90 and a 500GB is from $100-140. So obviously MS has room to upgrade hard drives and lower prices. That's been one of my biggest gripes about them.
Luckily I was able to land a 120GB for $80 on eBay, then sell the data tarnsfer kit and 20GB hard drive for about $80 combined... thus making a $0 upgrade 
@Steve
I've very sorry to dissappoint you  I would change the title if I could, but mods can only close it, not edit the title.
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If all they used are notebook HDDs, why dont they allow me to change it out like I can and did on my PS3, cause I got a 500GB 2.5" for $95. I thought they were something different and thats why it was so much more expensive.
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Because so few people are willing and able to do that, so they have absolutely no incentive to give a crap about you wanting to do it yourself. Because the ability to change the HDD without reading a manual or using a screwdriver set you may not have is far more valuable to a majority of people so an Xbox 360 60GB HDD upgrade is worth more than being able to do it yourself and Microsoft profits from that, just as Nintendo profits from the fact that the Wii is more than the sum of its parts.
