Best way to keep my PS3 cool?

Yeah ive noticed it's been heating up pretty quickly. i have the slim 120 gig model, my old 20 gig PS3 never overheated and i keep it in the sam spot as my i kept my 20 gig. what can i do? has anyone else had problems with this model overheating?

IfI were you I would keep a fan on it too. Not a cooling fan but like a box fan or something. And a cooling fan too.

Vacuum the vents, bro.

I put my console ontop of two empty PSP game cases to keep that 1" air gap under it, and then the unit is vented to the open air as much as physically possible and out of the cabinets etc that people like to stick them in to make them disappear. You could get a USB-powered laptop fan to set it on, that works great for drawing air from the underside... don't bother playing around with fance PS3 "Intercoolers" - feh. Sweet Marketing Name, Ad Exec-Guy!!!

If you really feel the need, get a $5 mini fan from WalMart... but please, don't believe the hype. PS3s can get warm, they've left one running for a week in testing, trust me. Trolls would have you believe there's some sort of dire need to accentuate your PS3 with all sorts of extra BS, but if it was made properly on the assembly line and you keep it properly ventilated to regular room air and it's not compounded by other electronics surrounding it generating heat, then you should be fine with the unit as-is.

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IfI were you I would keep a fan on it too. Not a cooling fan but like a box fan or something. And a cooling fan too.

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give it kooooool aid :)

I have mine on a glass shelf and in an open area no heat problems. It seems that the glass shelf helps spread the heat .Baffely

My PS3 has not even come close to overheating yet. As for cooling, there's not much I can offer that hasn't been said. All I can add is make sure the room is well ventilated as well because if you're PS3 is sucking in nothing but hot air, its own ventilation won't do much good.

I have my PS3 in a large, well-ventilated, well insulated room. As long as I don't keep it in a corner, it stays cool.

Best way to keep it cool and extent the life of your PS3? Connect it to a power bar and turn the power bar off when your not playing. I noticed that the PS3 stays warm while on stand-by so I started to do this.slimdave21