Some simple, short questions

[daicon]

Greetings,

To be short, I'm going to be likely picking up my first 360 this black friday and I'm deciding betwen: New slim 'e' 4GB, Corona v6 VS. Used Phat from Gamestop (both $99 USD). There are two things I care about: Power Consumption and Boot Times. (Don't care bout onlineplay, ease of installation, prolly other things)

• Are the new 'Slim Proto' kits that Xecuter may release someday soon going to be ideally on par with R-JTAG boot times?

• Are there other better options aside from R-JTAG and the new slim chips?

• Can Xbox Classics backups be run from an external HDD or is it only available from an internal?

• If I go for a Phat what's the ideal mobo I should look for?

Anything you want to add or advice is appreciated too. Thanks

 

[daicon]

Thank you, thats exactly what I needed to know.

Does you or anyone happen to know how comparable R-JTAG on a Jasper compares to Slim Proto in boot times? That's a major concern of mine.

Also, do older style Slim models operate better when modded compared to the new 'e' models (Corona v5 and v6).

 

[gavin_darkglide]

If you get the slim try and get one that isnt 4GB if you ever want to put a demon in it. obviously with some hard work and a chip swap you could convert the nand to a 16mb, but i would rather have the hdd over a tiny 4gb.

 

[daicon]

I hate to ask but what is a 'demon'? Is that like for dual-nand?

I plan on hooking up an external to it and using FSD, should I still consider a 250GB model? they're like a hundred bucks more unfortunately... and I always thought I could pick up a HDD off ebay and put it into a 4GB.

Am I missing anything here?

 

[daicon]

If you have no plans to do a dual nand setup, then ignore the demon comment.

Well, I might possibly be interested in doing one down the line. It's not a priority but is there anything I should know just incase I do decide to dual nand?

 

[BrockThunderjam]

Avoid corona 4gb consoles that is. There are trinities out there with 4gb modules but 16 MB nands. These are my preferred console under any circumstance. They come with a flashable drive (usually) and usually boot with decent enough times on a cr rev c. Just my two cents.


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[daicon]

Thanks all

Are there any other benefits to having a 250GB model over the 4GB aside from the extra space?

Are the internal HDDs you find all over ebay and the like crap or are they reliable?

Lastly can a modded 360 slim go above 320GB internal HDD space or are they locked to 250/320 just like legit systems are?

Does a demon or dual-nand affect boot times at all?

Thanks again for all the help

 

[scott1503]

Thanks all

Are there any other benefits to having a 250GB model over the 4GB aside from the extra space?

Are the internal HDDs you find all over ebay and the like crap or are they reliable?

Lastly can a modded 360 slim go above 320GB internal HDD space or are they locked to 250/320 just like legit systems are?

Does a demon or dual-nand affect boot times at all?

Thanks again for all the help

I see no reason as to any benifit apart from space. Hard drives for retail side would have to be a official Microsoft drive . But the rgh side could be any 2.5 sata upto a 2tb I believe the largest for the retail side would be 320gb. As for boot times I think the retail would be normal boot times and with all the new kit that is just in the mist of getting released I would expect rgh boot times of from instant to nap out 15 seconds

 

[Dosk3n]

I dont think you mentioned if youre modding yourself or getting a pro to do it. If youre getting a pro to do it and have a 4gb nand they should be able to swap it to a 16mb nand at request.

 

[daicon]

I dont think you mentioned if youre modding yourself or getting a pro to do it. If youre getting a pro to do it and have a 4gb nand they should be able to swap it to a 16mb nand at request.

I'll be doing it myself, so maybe I'll just steer clear of dual-nands

Can I hire someone later to swap one out later?

 

[daicon]

Thanks, I think I'm solid, I'll be getting a slim E Corona v6 and a slim proto when it comes available. thanks again for all the answers