​my elite still going strong and i played it so so much when i was time rich youth :smile::smile: ...ps3 i played uncharted and the odd blu ray and that bloody thing yellow lighted on me! that's the only console I've ever had die. i think it was jealous

£54.99 for a slim PS3 160gb too (they'll take off the £10 in the basket) plus 3% Quidco at the moment: http://store.musicmagpie.co.uk/products/sony-ps3-slim-160gb-3c55a276-20b0-463d-b1c2-2f720b890943

i'd be very worried about the RROD on these models, saying that theres a 12 month warranty plus its 35 quid at the end of the day.

These not the worst ones to fail - the Xbox 360 was released in 2005; the Elite model wasn't released until 2007 and was discontinued in 2010 when the slim version was released. So the older models, from 2005-07, with the original motherboards (Xenon - no HDMI ports) are more likely to fail. All Elites have HDMI ports, which means they'll have either Zephyr, Falcon or Jasper motherboards, with each one being less likely to fail than the last.

All that said, if an Xbox 360 hasn't had RROD before now, and it's been thoroughly tested, it's probably safe.




Just off the top of my head, I think Zephyrs came in around early-mid 2007, whenever the HDMI port was introduced, as they're basically Xenons with HDMI ports added. Then Falcons came in around mid-late 2007 and Jaspers were late 2008 until the slims came along in mid 2010. There's also the Opus board, which is a Falcon without the HDMI port, designed to fit in old cases to replace Xenon motherboards in refurbished units, so you'll only see those in consoles Microsoft have repaired.

So yes, Jaspers were around for longer, so presumably more were manufactured. You do still see plenty of Falcons but they were nowhere near as bad as the Xenons and presumably the faulty ones have been weeded out after 10 years.

Superb price I including controller

Tempted even though I totally don't need it. The only game I wanna play on it will cost more than the console :disappointed:

Shenmue 2 (original xbox game) looks like its actually about £30 on ebay just checked.
Think i'll just get another dreamcast and burn the cd instead only £35 for a working one

i'd be very worried about the RROD on these models, saying that theres a 12 month warranty plus its 35 quid at the end of the day.

£54.99 for a slim PS3 160gb too (they'll take off the £10 in the basket) plus 3% Quidco at the moment: http://store.musicmagpie.co.uk/products/sony-ps3-slim-160gb-3c55a276-20b0-463d-b1c2-2f720b890943

9% quidco is 'Magpie media' , i guess consoles would be 'Magpie electronics' which is 3%

Xbox One S console for £156.99 too here http://store.musicmagpie.co.uk/products/microsoft-xbox-one-s-500gb-white-094b9564-592c-46fa-b75c-544670378774

I also got a RROD with my Xbox 360 120GB Elite - the only games console I've ever owned that broke :disappointed: It was just out of warranty, so I replaced it with an Xbox 360 250GB S because I still owned a bunch of Xbox games that I wanted to finish. I never had any problems with it, but the S got a lot less use than the Elite, so it's hard to say whether that saved it from getting a RROD.