- CPU: 733MHz
- RAM: 64 MB DDR SDRAM
- GPU: Nvidia 233 MHz Custom
- Network: Integrated 10/100 ethernet
- Dvd drives: The Xbox has shipped with several brands of drive, depending on what was available and cheaper at the time. The drives can be easily identified by looking at the opened drive tray.
Thompson The Thompson drives have a bad reputation, but they are very reliable. They were only used for the first year or so of production (2001-2002), so any that are still working usually have problems reading due to a failing laser. However there are new Thompson drives available from aftermarket part dealers which are inexpensive and reliable. They can usually read all brands of DVD-R and DVD+R media, but they have difficulty reading CD-RW and will almost never read a CD-R.
Samsung The Samsung drives are very popular due to their past reputation for reading CD-R media, but the newer model of Samsung is no longer compatible with CD-R. They also read most DVD-R and DVD+R discs with no problems.
Phillips The Phillips drives are capable of reading CD-R and DVD-R media but they have problems with some brands of DVD+R discs.
Hitachi The Hitachi drive was not used until the end of 2004. It reads DVD-R and DVD+R media fine, but will not usually read CD-R media.
- Hard drives: The Xbox comes with either an 8GB Western Digital or a 10GB Maxtor drive. The drives are "locked" to the motherboard, but can be unlocked after the motherboard has been hacked. The integrated EIDE controller is only ATA66, but it will run ATA100/133 drives at the ATA66 speed. The controller does NOT support use of SATA drives.
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