I'm planning on buying an Xbox 360 in a month or so, but I'm not sure which one to get. Should I get the cheaper one with a smaller HD and buy a bigger HD, or go all out and buy the 360 with the bigger HD right away. I plan on playing mostly fighting games, a few sports games (actually only FIFA), and some FPS. What is the cheapest way to go while getting the most for my money?

I think you're better off getting a new system with a bigger hard drive (maybe 60GB) so you don't have to worry about getting a faulty HD if you bought it used.

I thought my PS3 broke and it got me worried when sony told me that it would cost $170 to get it fixed. So I'm always cautious about faulty gaming hardware.

Go with the bigger hard drive. That way you can just copy the game to the hd and play from there. Less wear and tear on the system and disks.