Author Topic: I finally got an Xbox 360! But...  (Read 3325 times)

It has 14.9 GB of base memory.... WTF!? I don't really mind that much... yet. But I'm wondering why the hell this is. It's an Xbox Pro and it's supposed to have 20 GB. Is there anyway I can fix this? If not I'll just wait until I run out of memory and buy a new hard drive or memory card or something.

Protip: Installing way to much stuff is for handicaps.

Never mind... I just figured out all the rest is used for the system it's self.... That's stupid. I knew it needed that but I thought the hard drive would ACTUALLY have about 27 GB so you're left with about 20. What a rip off.
For those of you with 20 GB 360s, is this still enough memory?

Protip: Installing way to much stuff is for handicaps.
I haven't installed anything except the 4 games I have so far.I don't even have live yet.

My bro installs a lot of demos, so in some cases yes. But then again, who keeps demos?

Not me! I feel better now so I think I'm good.

You probably can buy another hard drive storage device and use that instead.

But then you'd have to transfer stuff over.


What I (or what I would) do: Save games onto memory cards (512 MB ones). Music, videos or photos that you play on your Xbox 360 you should try streaming it from your PC with Media Center or use a flash drive/USB HDD. Everything else goes on the Xbox 360 HDD.

I have the elite HD so I dont run out of room even if I do download stuffloads of demos.

I have a 20GB hard drive and I'm still fine with my space. Although I'm probably going to have to upgrade if Fallout III keeps coming out with expansion packs. lol

I went a few months with 1 GB left, but recently after buying TLAD I deleted a lot of unneeded saves and content(Oblivion expansions and whatnot) and now keep about 2 GB... :|

Edit: 2.7 without any demos or videos.
« Last Edit: March 03, 2009, 11:33:40 PM by Carzo »

60 gig PS3, about 8 psn games/demos. About 14 installed games, 10 gigs left.

300 gig pc

156 programs installed
23 demos
3 folders full of mods
1 add on folder full of crap

300 gig pc

156 programs installed
23 demos
3 folders full of mods
1 add on folder full of crap
how come your name shows up in italics on the who is on list at the bottom of the main page

60 gig PS3, about 8 psn games/demos. About 14 installed games, 10 gigs left.

Oh, see there's your problem, you should have bought a good system.


PC: 120 GB internal drive, 500 GB external full of movies with tv series and a 1 Terabyte external mostly full of games and still more movies.

At last count I had 137 PC games installed, but that was a little over a year ago, it doesn't count the ones that I didn't bother to install in my new machine, so they just sit in their original cases on my shelf (50+).

I have an original Xbox that i use for my emulating my old school console games (all of them, as in every single one ever made in every language).  

I have a 360 that i leave at my bother in law's house because I basically gave it away. I only bought it to play the ending of the halo series.



PCs rule.



EDIT: I also have a large number of PSX games but no play station, I run them emulated on my PC. I find the keyboard setup better than the PlayStation game pad.

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