No. If you flash it with ixtreme 1.6 you won’t get booted off. If you do it with 1.4 or older, you might because the new games are ‘wave3’. I just purchased a pre-flashed Jasper core 360 for $280. Jasper cores are the ONLY cores (not Falcon, Zephyr, etc.) that don’t experience the red rings of death. Basically, this system should last me years.
If you do get the rrod, google x-clamp fix for xbox 360.