If you remember back to our Xbox 360 DVD drive comparison, you’ll remember that the order of quietness in the units went Toshiba-Samsung loudest (the launch drives), Hitachi-LG in the middle, and BenQ LiteOn-Philips quietest (all Xboxes manufactured after November ’06). So which do you think the Xbox 360 Elite would have? If you guessed BenQ, you’d be wrong.
https://gizmodo.com/how-to-tell-if-you-have-the-quiet-xbox-360-dvd-236401
Unless our Elite was manufactured before Nov ’06, it seems likely that Microsoft is still using Hitachi-LG drives in their Xbox 360s (both regular and Elite). We’ll have to check when more Elite units make it into the general population.
A better look after the jump.
