The reason being that it's cheaper to buy the extra space separately than it is as a bundle. Here are some options.
1) Buy an official Microsoft 360 hard drive. 250gb seems to run about $80 on Amazon (saving you $20 bucks).
2) Buy a third-party 360 hard drive. They have good reviews on Amazon, and are cheaper. Looks like you can get 320gb for around $60, giving you more space and saving $40.
3) Re-purpose a non-360 hard drive. This is a little bit of a complicated procedure, but there are lots of step-by-step guides on the net (such as <a href="http://digiex.net/guides-reviews/console-guides/xbox-360-guides/3152-how-hack-250gb-320gb-sata-drive-work-xbox-360-xbox-360-slim.html">this one</a>
that will walk you through it. Shouldn't take more than an hour. This method will allow you to use any 250/320gb hard drive (think it needs to be 2.5in size), and you can usually find these for 40-50 bucks (saving you another 10-20 over option 2).
Myself, I have a 4gb hard drive with the 20gb hard drive from an older, non-slim hard drive attached (had to take it out of its enclosure, but didn't have to do the fancy procedure that I'd have needed to do for a non-360 drive). I've found that to be enough space. Plenty of room for saved games, an install of the current game that I'm playing, and a few demos here and there.
Anyway, no matter which of the three options you take, you'll save money over buying the 250gb version. Options 1 and 2 are literally plug-in easy, so there's no reason not to take one of those routes.
1) Buy an official Microsoft 360 hard drive. 250gb seems to run about $80 on Amazon (saving you $20 bucks).
2) Buy a third-party 360 hard drive. They have good reviews on Amazon, and are cheaper. Looks like you can get 320gb for around $60, giving you more space and saving $40.
3) Re-purpose a non-360 hard drive. This is a little bit of a complicated procedure, but there are lots of step-by-step guides on the net (such as <a href="http://digiex.net/guides-reviews/console-guides/xbox-360-guides/3152-how-hack-250gb-320gb-sata-drive-work-xbox-360-xbox-360-slim.html">this one</a>
that will walk you through it. Shouldn't take more than an hour. This method will allow you to use any 250/320gb hard drive (think it needs to be 2.5in size), and you can usually find these for 40-50 bucks (saving you another 10-20 over option 2). Myself, I have a 4gb hard drive with the 20gb hard drive from an older, non-slim hard drive attached (had to take it out of its enclosure, but didn't have to do the fancy procedure that I'd have needed to do for a non-360 drive). I've found that to be enough space. Plenty of room for saved games, an install of the current game that I'm playing, and a few demos here and there.
Anyway, no matter which of the three options you take, you'll save money over buying the 250gb version. Options 1 and 2 are literally plug-in easy, so there's no reason not to take one of those routes.
I amuse myself.
Xboxers- which Xbox should I get?
- 08/05/2012 04:11:10 PM
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The other guys are right; 4gb is not enough space. That's still the model you should buy, though.
- 09/05/2012 05:57:21 AM
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1000 percent right here. I bought used thumb drives for dirt cheap and saved 60 bucks. *NM*
- 09/05/2012 06:34:32 AM
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Do you just plug in the thumb drives to the USB port on the Xbox, and that's it? *NM*
- 09/05/2012 03:17:24 PM
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Yep. Then when you download something you pick where to save it too. The HD or the External drive. *NM*
- 10/05/2012 07:30:27 AM
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24 GB has been enough? *NM*
- 09/05/2012 03:15:30 PM
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If you're happy to only have like one or two games installed at a time its grand. *NM*
- 09/05/2012 05:00:08 PM
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Yes, but I'm not a huge console gamer and I store media in other places.
- 09/05/2012 05:06:31 PM
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