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I’ll try to keep this quick. I got into PS3 Modding in December 2021 and in January of 2022 I started hitting up this subreddit everyday for pointers on my old account, probably annoying a lot of you lmao. But a year and a half later I stopped using it because I learned everything I wanted to know and it was smooth sailing for the next 3 years almost. Well… I’ve finally hit a conundrum. My first modded PS3 was almost a unicorn. It was a slim 2500 that I bought for 30 dollars because it had a dead blu ray drive. That makes it almost unusable for normal every day users. But for us, that’s a minor setback at worst. So anyway I got CFW and started playing it. The temps were immaculate. Rarely getting over 57 Celsius even when emulating PS2 games. The crazy thing is I discovered it had 870+ days of runtime according to Webman. I thought surely to goodness someone had to have already de-lidded and repasted it due to it still having great temps in its old age. But wind forward a few years and that’s starting to fade. Last month I jumped into a COD zombies match as I have a million times before. And the temp reached 71 degrees. It didn’t shut down and it didn’t get higher. I finished the game and turned it off. And that’s about where it sits now. I thought de-lidding was a once in a lifetime thing for a PS3. Can it be fixed AGAIN at that point? I’ve killed every PS3 I’ve ever tried to take apart so that’s not an option. Or am I misremembering temps, and is 71 Celsius actually fine for a 2500 slim?

On a less serious note, I do have another option. My mom and dad are finally getting rid of the old family PS3 because even the grand kids don’t play it much anymore. And that thing has been treated like royalty its entire life. It’s got 79 days of runtime, with the only caveat being that it’s a 3000 slim, which is obviously no bueno for CFW. So if all I ever want to do is store and play PS1, PS2, PS3 games and my digital tv and movie library, is it worth going with the super low mileage HEN model? I already know the quirks of PS2 games on HEN. I’ve got the PS2 Classic GUI on standby if I need it. \*\*Before I forget, and most importantly, has the process of installing HEN changed at all? Do we still go to the same PS3 Hacks site we went to several years ago?\*\*

What does everyone think?

THANKS SO MUCH!

I’ll try to keep this quick. I got into PS3 Modding in December 2021 and in January of 2022 I started hitting up this subreddit everyday for pointers on my old account, probably annoying a lot of you lmao. But a year and a half later I stopped using it because I learned everything I wanted to know and it was smooth sailing for the next 3 years almost. Well… I’ve finally hit a conundrum. My first modded PS3 was almost a unicorn. It was a slim 2500 that I bought for 30 dollars because it had a dead blu ray drive. That makes it almost unusable for normal every day users. But for us, that’s a minor setback at worst. So anyway I got CFW and started playing it. The temps were immaculate. Rarely getting over 57 Celsius even when emulating PS2 games. The crazy thing is I discovered it had 870+ days of runtime according to Webman. I thought surely to goodness someone had to have already de-lidded and repasted it due to it still having great temps in its old age. But wind forward a few years and that’s starting to fade. Last month I jumped into a COD zombies match as I have a million times before. And the temp reached 71 degrees. It didn’t shut down and it didn’t get higher. I finished the game and turned it off. And that’s about where it sits now. I thought de-lidding was a once in a lifetime thing for a PS3. Can it be fixed AGAIN at that point? I’ve killed every PS3 I’ve ever tried to take apart so that’s not an option. Or am I misremembering temps, and is 71 Celsius actually fine for a 2500 slim?

On a less serious note, I do have another option. My mom and dad are finally getting rid of the old family PS3 because even the grand kids don’t play it much anymore. And that thing has been treated like royalty its entire life. It’s got 79 days of runtime, with the only caveat being that it’s a 3000 slim, which is obviously no bueno for CFW. So if all I ever want to do is store and play PS1, PS2, PS3 games and my digital tv and movie library, is it worth going with the super low mileage HEN model? I already know the quirks of PS2 games on HEN. I’ve got the PS2 Classic GUI on standby if I need it. **Before I forget, and most importantly, has the process of installing HEN changed at all? Do we still go to the same PS3 Hacks site we went to several years ago?**

What does everyone think?

THANKS SO MUCH!

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