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Can someone tell me how much the 250gb Hd costs? I am getting a slim tommorow for 70$ with 3 games one of them is Diablo 3. But i need the big HD to play original xbox games on the system.
Has anyone done the HD upgrade? Can you tell me anything, i would rather just get a Microsoft one that i can plug in and play immediately . Dont need to go for those 300+ gig ones
Oddly enough, it seems you could actually save money by buying the 320gb hard drive. Amazon's selling the 250gb one for $90 and the 320gb one for $37. Up to you though.
Also, be aware that a lot of xbox games don't work with the 360, or have odd performance issues if they do work.
about half the orginal xbox library works on the 360 around 478
with caveats
mercenaries 2 crashes when you acces the map
kotor 2 is sluggish
kotor 1 works fine
jedi academy works fine
battlefront works fine
midtown madness 3 doesnt work
conker live and reloaded is so glitchy its not worth the bother
doom 3 will freeze randomly
fable has a laggy frame rate and the textures will glitch
the three gta games stutter and skip the audio is out of synch and there si slwo down in heavily populated areas
even halo 1 and 2 have problems
to be honest if you want to play xbox games you are better off playing on an original xbox console not the 360
Save your self a ton of cash, buy an original Xbox 360 HDD for the first model (non-slim) and just remove the casing - it'll fit in the Slim's HDD slot just fine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdjJtngoZGE
^now way!! thats awesome if true
True this, the slim case is a thin form fitting clamshell piece of plastic that snaps over the HDD, the original 360 uses the same drive internally but is in a fancy-pants case that turns the power and data connectors into one harness.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Jackal
Indeed, this is what I did as well. Bought a used 120GB drive for cheap and a replacement case for about $2 and then went to town. The only funky part is the bits on the original HDD housing are a bit odd, so make sure you have the correct bits.Quote:
Originally Posted by Azathoth
You can also use practically any laptop sized HDD, but you'd need to flash the correct MS firmware on to it to avoid getting console banned. Best and easier just to get an old non-slim HDD tbh.