Hi. I'm planning on buying a Maxtor hard drive 20-40 gigs not sure yet. Anyway will a standard IDE drive due and will ATA and other types work? If you have any reccommendations please do tell :-D

Google search "lockable Xbox drive" yielded the following page:
http://xboxdrives.x-pec.com/?p=list

Check XBOX scene lockable hdd section. I suggest an 5400RPM HDD unless you upgrade the fan (to 12v), which isn't hard to do.

i had a 120 gig maxtor 7200rpm drive in my box for about 6 months before i could be bothered to replace the stock fan with a 80mm one running at 12v via a power splitter connected to the hd power supply, i have never had a problem with over heating, and my box i usually on half the day because i can not be arsed to turn it off

Hello :) . Purchasing a 20-40 gigs for a xbox ? Dude go with way more space. Start @ 80 +. Then u'll really reap the benefits.


U can learn something from everybody :).

Well I really don't need it. I'm just going to store games on it so 40 gigs is enough isn't it?

I would suggest the bigger the better.

I reckon you'd get 10 or 11 games on a 40 gig drive. Mate of mine has a 200 gig drive in his and 50 original games. Filling up nicely!!