Xbox 360 - Which model should I get?

[activegalaxys]

Bit of a different one. My Xbox 360 S decided to die, and I don't want to buy into Micro$oft's Xbox One. I've been looking around CeX (entertainment exchange shop here in the UK) and have found older models. The white 360s (with HDMI) and the Elites (presumably 2005 models). I know about the Red Ring of Death, and how it plagued the launch models of the console, and I really do want to avoid them, yet at the same time I want to risk it.

Any advice on what model to buy (white 360s, Elite, S, E)?

 

[bfcallan]

Anything past the elite would work, but you can get around the red ring pretty easily. I have original arcades and i just unplug the fan inside and restart. Don't have to do it very often either.