New, Silent DVD Drives For the Xbox 360

February 6th, 2007 by Matt Stone in News

It’s of no surprise that the Xbox 360 DVD drive is one of the noisiest around, but according to Xbox-Scene, Microsoft has begun shipping new consoles with a much quieter drive. The new drive from BenQ, is not only silent, it also loads games smoother and faster, apparently. It’s been in production at some manufacturers since November 2006, and should expand to all manufacturers in a few months. The new drive, coupled with a cooler 65nm based CPU will finally bring the 360 noise down to a decent level.

Via Engadget

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5 Responses to “New, Silent DVD Drives For the Xbox 360”

1. ZaVaZ Says:
   February 6th, 2007 at 11:36 am

   Yay more things to spend money on that the 360 should of had in the First place.

2. monir Says:
   February 6th, 2007 at 2:25 pm

   its things like this that makes me wait at least 2 years to get a games console.

3. The Wicker Man Says:
   February 6th, 2007 at 2:51 pm

   oh come on how many ps2 updates did sony have?
   haha thats why i like pc!

4. Gh3tt0 Child Says:
   February 6th, 2007 at 3:23 pm

   I thought that it wasnt suppose to come out mid 2007 and how would people know if they have the dvd drive?

5. weejamer Says:
   February 21st, 2008 at 5:32 am

   I got one yesterday with the benq… sounded like a plane taking off…. yeah not impressed…. taking it back to the store… I have a baby who wont like the noise when she is napping

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