@smbu200

Excuse me?
I got an Arcade a couple of weeks ago, seems to be a Falcon, and it's loud as hell!
Were the older ones EVEN louder???

 he's a fanboy so hes trying to pass it off like its no big deal

Yep, I read about this too and it quite surprised me. Although I'm definitely not a MS fanboy, I thought that switching to the new smaller and less power hungry process for the chips, modifying the mobo to avoid excessive deformation in the zone of BGAs' solderings and upgrading the cooling system should have solved the thing.

Well it's not a big deal but i was just shocked, i couldn't imagine a console louder than mine.

If you've already played games such as Mass Effect, Bioshock and Lost Oddysey you haven't got much to lose these days with picking up a PS3.

If you haven't played the big 360 exclusives yet, I would recommend keeping it.

There is absolutely no worries now selnor, the Xbox 360 that are available right now, have a 65nm CPU which reduces a sum of heat in the XBox 360. Which helps the fans pull more of the 90nm GPU heat out more. I have a Xbox 360 Arcade which has the 65nm CPU and my discs come out cool, not hot like the launch Xbox 360 were.

I was just like you at the beginning, I even bought an Nyko Intercooler to help cool it but found out it breaks the Xbox 360.

I would just go out and purchase a Xbox 360 Arcade. All Arcades have the 65nm CPU and the 90nm GPU. If you want to wait till the GPU goes to 65nm then wait till August when the Jasper motherboards should be released.

I have A 360 Pro, pretty sure it's a "Falcon" since it advertises Halo 3, and I got it like 2 weeks ago...

I use an intercooler EX (NOTICE THE EX, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT!!!) and I have had no problems.

Before I got an intercooler, I used it and it was pretty hot. Afterward, it was pretty cool. There have been times though, that I can tell that If I didn't have my Intercooler, it would have RROD'd. (it pretty kinda hot... It was when my A/C broke. It was still around 87 Degrees...)

But yeah, the Falcon is loud, and with the intercooler EX it's even louder, but, The TV should keep you from noticing, except in those silent, tense moments in a game.

What drive do you have in yours? Is it a Benq? Those are the quietest drives for the 360. If you check the link I posted earlier you can compare to see what is in yours.

You may not be used to the loudness of the 360. I've been listening to my old Core system for over a year now and I'm not just exaggerating how much quieter my Elite(new) sounds compared to it. Its a huge difference.

If you haven't really used a 360 before you might be surprised at how loud it can be. Especially, the older ones.

 Halo edition XBox 360 which is still available in most countries is considered one of the best. The colours look good in green and it has the Falcon chip.