The Xbox 360 Arcade Console is only $169.99 with free shipping at Dell.com with coupon code: 65G7RQ11J?M2LH. That's the Cheapest I can find by about $25.
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Message edited by: HappyCamper09 on 2009-07-08 13:47:15 CDT
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Message edited by: HappyCamper09 on 2009-08-25 11:07:00 CDT
correction, the coupon is 15% off, so the price is $169.99. btw, if you have a Discover card, you can go through the ShopDiscover site and get 5% CashBack, making it even a better deal! BTW, does it matter which Xbox to get? Does one need the harddrive? I already have a HTPC attached to my TV, do I still need a harddrive?
EatMoreChicken said:correction, the coupon is 15% off, so the price is $169.99. btw, if you have a Discover card, you can go through the ShopDiscover site and get 5% CashBack, making it even a better deal! BTW, does it matter which Xbox to get? Does one need the harddrive? I already have a HTPC attached to my TV, do I still need a harddrive?
If you want downloadable content for the games, or Xbox Live arcade games, you need a hard drive. Also if you want to install the games to the hard drive, you obviously need a hard drive. if all you want to do is play the disc-based games off the discs, you don't need the hard drive. most all games with an online component have some required patches, but they are small enough to fit on the 256MB of flash memory that comes with the arcade. So for example if you want to play Gears of War, Halo 3, or Left 4 Dead (Game of the Year edition), you are fine without the hard drive. But if you want to say download map packs for Halo 3, get a hard drive, or else you'll find the 256MB filled up real fast.
Message edited by: jbigboote on 2009-07-08 13:50:58 CDT
EatMoreChicken said:correction, the coupon is 15% off, so the price is $169.99. btw, if you have a Discover card, you can go through the ShopDiscover site and get 5% CashBack, making it even a better deal! BTW, does it matter which Xbox to get? Does one need the harddrive? I already have a HTPC attached to my TV, do I still need a harddrive?
You can buy a 120gb western digital BEVS hdd for like $40ish and get the .bin file to flash it to think its a retail MS 120gb HDD that they rape($150) you for.
Then go on eBay and buy a broken HDD for like $10-20
Then you put your newly flashed HDD in there and I think you need a torx t8 or so to open it.
Message edited by: kreon360 on 2009-07-08 13:59:16 CDT
Even buying the first-party HDD, isn't it still cheaper to buy the Arcade version and slap the HDD on than to buy the Elite edition? Or does the Elite console have, like, better components or something else in addition to the HDD?
All the guts of the 3 SKUs are the same (Actually I think the arcade has extra flash memory, when the other 2 don't). The cheapest way is to get an arcade (ex. $169), then if you find you need a harddrive (if you don't go online and download stuff you don't need one), buy a used hard drive off eBay. A lot of people who download a lot of stuff are selling their 20gbs or 60gbs to upgrade to 120gb.
Message edited by: wakawakawa on 2009-07-09 13:17:33 CDT
This is actually a great deal. As long as it's an hdmi 360, this is the best deal because the code applies TO ACCESSORIES TOO. I'd go with the arcade along with the 60GB starter kit. So what if you have to place a second order to use the code again? If you're too lazy to do that, you shouldn't be on FW anyway, I'm thinking... so here's how it breaks down.
Xbox 360 Arcade $169.99 60 GB Starter Kit $ 81.59 (w/ 15% off) Cheap HDMI from monprice $ 3.99 (if you don't have a spare lying around) Total 255.57, but remember to add in your applicable taxes.
With the starter kit, you get everything you would have with the Pro bundle (headset to talk smack, network cable, hdd) AND 3 months of xbox live Gold membership; the only thing you lose is (I think) a component cable, but if you've got a TV with an open HDMI port, I'd suggest going with it. Add in the discover card 5% Cash Back and it seems like a great deal to me.
i saw that the arcade does not come with the HD cables or whatever AV cables that the pro or elite does, does this make a difference. i also read that the arcade does not have an optical out for audio. does none of this matter if you have HDMI?
marketmaster said:i saw that the arcade does not come with the HD cables or whatever AV cables that the pro or elite does, does this make a difference. i also read that the arcade does not have an optical out for audio. does none of this matter if you have HDMI? Why would you use optical out if you have HDMI?
This is a good deal. Apparently they are shipping the Jasper models from Dell now, which means this picture and some of the specs on Dell's page aren't exactly correct. No external 256MB memory card like listed, but instead 512MB integrated memory. Also, no Arcade disc with the games, but getting a Jasper is completely worth the trade-off.
i saw that the arcade does not come with the HD cables or whatever AV cables that the pro or elite does, does this make a difference. i also read that the arcade does not have an optical out for audio. does none of this matter if you have HDMI?
marketmaster said:i saw that the arcade does not come with the HD cables or whatever AV cables that the pro or elite does, does this make a difference. i also read that the arcade does not have an optical out for audio. does none of this matter if you have HDMI?
You already asked this and it was (sort of) answered.
Bottom line, the arcade comes with standard (composite) A/V cables vs. the HD (component) cables that come with the pro. If you're using HDMI, it doesn't make any difference.
simmias said:Why would you use optical out if you have HDMI?
I've got a Denon receiver that doesn't accept audio over HDMI. Also some people still have older receivers that don't do HD video switching at all and would just run an optical connection to their stereo for audio.
kreon360 said:EatMoreChicken said:correction, the coupon is 15% off, so the price is $169.99. btw, if you have a Discover card, you can go through the ShopDiscover site and get 5% CashBack, making it even a better deal! BTW, does it matter which Xbox to get? Does one need the harddrive? I already have a HTPC attached to my TV, do I still need a harddrive?
You can buy a 120gb western digital BEVS hdd for like $40ish and get the .bin file to flash it to think its a retail MS 120gb HDD that they rape($150) you for.
Then go on eBay and buy a broken HDD for like $10-20
Then you put your newly flashed HDD in there and I think you need a torx t8 or so to open it.
or you can buy a new hard drive case for xbox360 from DealExtreme and pop the drive in that and format it.
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