How do I add extra memory?

Pretty much any USB stick can be used for Xbox 360 storage, here is how to use one with your console support.xbox.com/.../usb-flash-drive. Be aware though that you can only use up to 16gb of space on the USB for 360 storage no matter how large it actually is.

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To use a hard drive with the 360 it needs to be an official Microsoft product www.xbox.com/.../Home. You can buy one at almost any retailer that sells Microsoft's console or online from places such as Amazon.

I would definetly go for the Xbox 360 250GB Hard Drive www.xbox.com/.../Home

It's that what i have and it's great. I don't recomend the USB stick.

a hard drive is the wiser option, as memory sticks can only use up to 16GB and that will fill up fast. Make sure when purchasing a hard drive that it is an official microsoft product. There are plenty of cloned ones out there. Amazon are currently selling a 320GB hard drive that comes with a free code for lego star wars 3 :) it works out cheaper than buying a 250GB product. I bought this hard drive from amazon a week ago and can confirm it is official.

[quote user="HandledWheat85"]Ok so I'm a mom! Lol![/quote]Not really a laughing matter.[quote]He is 9 so I don't know what all he needs for it.[/quote]I'm not sure what his age has to do with knowing what storage device he needs.

It's important that you know exactly what your son is playing on his console. That will help you determine if it's something he should be playing, then if it is how much space he really needs.

The Gearfest promotion is currently live for another week at Amazon. Without knowing what he's playing, the largest storage capacity device that can be had is the 320GB HDD for $89.99.

Thanks! I will probably go with getting the hard drive at GameStop.

His age was simply to explain around about reason why he doesn't know too much about why he need either so that's why he really can't tell me and I have no clue! As far as what he is doing or playing I have every parental control set and he only has the games "I" buy of course and he can't download anything without me entering the password to get to the Microsoft points or even his Xbox live. I have unfortunately had to report a few people who are incredibly rude and don't care that they are talking to a 9 year old. So I'm not worried about what he's playing or any of that. I've been on top of that. I just don't know too much about the additional features you can buy as far as upgrades of any kind including hard drive. I haven't checked too much into it. Now the Xbox live and Microsoft point etc.... I have and thats is why I have an account and everything of course is in my name and my credit card so no way will he be getting access to that anytime soon! :)

Thx for the hard drive info!

You could set his communication settings to Friends Only if he is getting spoken to in a poor manner support.xbox.com/.../online-safety.

If you ever want to add some serious memory to your Xbox 360, you're going to need to add an external hard drive. These units are easy to install, come in a variety of storage sizes (20GB to 250GB as of 2010), and let you save games and other media.

If you still want extra memory, the Xbox 360 recently began supporting flash drives, which can be plugged into the USB port in front of the Xbox (up to 32GB of memory).

or if you have and old ipod and u dont know what to use it on then connect it to youre xbox and it will let u use the ipod for memory.......if you do this and you have music on the ipod the music will get deleted and you wont be abble to add songs to it unless you want to erase every single thing you have downloaded with it

Hey Gun. We appreciate your tip, but this thread is almost a year old..