(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Hello, I'm here to ask a few questions cause I have never done this before.

So lately, My PS3 has been giving me some really high temperature. It's usually 78-83, that's the average. With Fan Control Utility, it goes around 75-80.

I've decided to put on some thermal paste, I own a PHAT PS3.

I'd just like to ask which one I should buy?

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Do they make any differences? Since I'm only doing this just to fix my overheating issues, not YLOD.

Also, one last question. If I do get one of them, do I simply follow the steps of fixing a YLOD PS3?

Thanks, sorry for being such a noob.
Have never done this before.

Have you got the Arctic Silver Cleaning set? They're 2 small bottles that you'll need to clean the Chips first...

But if I were you I would personally go with mayonnaise or Arctic Silver 5 or just look up some thermal compound charts

Btw you don't need a torx screw driver to open the long screw on your ps3 just a knife or small flat head screwdriver

I haven't gotten anything let, and alright. I think I will go with Artic Silver.

Mind telling me what I should get?

So, Artic Silver Thermal Paste 5, and a Cleaning Kit. I thought that by buying kits, it would save me some more money. Since I live in Hong Kong and shipping are pretty expensive if I buy on eBay.

Arctic Silver 5 And it's £10 on amazon with the cleaning stuff

I changed mine and check some techniques on how to apply the paste to minimise air bubbles.

Also clean your heat sinks and fan (air blower) and any other dust and the vents of the case

Also use a knife or small flat head screw driver to open the four long black screws to save money.

Thanks for your kind reply.

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Is this ok?

Yh that's the same as mine

Alright, thanks for your kind support.

I know that your not doing this because of YLOD but my ps3 has gotten it before and I have fixed it temporarily using arctic silver 5, but it only lasted a week. Now I bought some new thermal paste... It's called Arctic Cooling MX-2. Now when I used that stuff my ps3 lasted a whole month. Now it also depends on how much and how evenly u spread it on the cpu and gpu. Just put a thin and even layer and u should be good. So I would go with Arctic Cooling MX-2, as it's a newer thermal paste and has proven to work better (for me at least). Hope this helps!

Well tell the guy that made this thread that... Not me. I do it my own way and I was just telling him how I did it, which worked.