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PS3 Slim unscrewed

iFixit takes latest console to bits

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As postal services the world over prepare for an flood of PlayStation 3 Slim deliveries, the guys at iFixit.com have already taken a screwdriver to Sony’s latest console.

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iFixit took the PS3 Slim to bits

Sony’s chief design focus for the PS3 Slim was more effective heat dissipation, iFixit concluded after taking the Slim to bits.

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One for the fans

To achieve this, Sony used a large piece of custom-moulded plastic to route air from the console’s fan to its heatsink. The fan, iFixit discovered, has a “massive” 95mm diameter and employs a “whopping” 17 blades.

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The cooling assembly minus fan

The console’s interior is dominated by the fan, heatsink and a “desktop computer-sized” Blu-ray drive, iFixit added.

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The Blu-ray box

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Fix it yourself and new PS3 Slim

This site is awesome. I also found a site that actually sells the new PS3 and has Console Mods and repair parts. www.channelgoods.com

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Modchip?

No modchip, no success. Plain and simple, Sony you have screwed up again if this is so. No one wants a console where you have to buy every game, else you'll end up with a expensive unit with three or four games over its whole lifetime. It makes it too painful to purchase anything for the machine.

If a console has modchip and hacking scene then buying the exceptional games and those that take your fancy, is much easier then for a console with no aura.

Sony http://www.reghardware.co.uk/Design/graphics/icons/comment/thumb_down_32.png

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Power Consumption

PS3 slim's low power consumption is truly amazing:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10318727-1.html

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