looking to buy an x-box, advice needed

[gamelife]

hi all, ive been thinking of buying an x-box in the coming weeks and im wanting a little advice

i want an x-box (modded) with all the relevent software to be expected, emulators, other apps etc - how much should i be paying 2nd hand?

which mod should i go for, or are they all reliable?

do all copied games run well on the machine straight from disk (not copied to HD)?


cheers

[tankplanker]

see:

http://www.xbox-scene.com/tutorials.php

[gamelife]

this does'nt really answer my questions. im not wanting to fit a chip myself, just to buy a modded x-box 2nd hand

[essankay]

do all copied games run well on the machine straight from disk (not copied to HD)?

ft:

[tankplanker]

ok, I will directly link to it as you can't be bothered to look

http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/beginnersguide.php

and here is the comparsion of the modchips:

http://www.xbox-scene.com/modchips3b.php

a modchip is only as reliable as the installer, go with a crap installer and pay double in the end. Buy a normal second hand xbox and get someone decent like londonconsole to chip it for you. This would be cheaper in the long run. Game do second hand xboxes for 90 quid, and I'm sure you can get them cheaper in this forums for sale board or on ebay.

Think about it, why would somebody sell a mod'd xbox cheap?