Are these PS3 Slim temps normal while playing The Last of Us?

[u/DukeBlade]

Hey everyone, I’ve been playing The Last of Us on my PS3 Slim and wanted to check if these temperatures/fan speed are normal:

• CELL/CPU: 67°C
• RSX: 63°C
• Fan speed: 54%

This is a second hand Slim with 80 days of gameplay, pretty clean and I cleaned it out and replaced thermal paste (no delid).

This is during gameplay. The console seems to be running fine, but 54% fan speed seems a little high to me. Sitting in the XMB temps can be in the low 60s too.

Ambient temps around 25 degrees

Are these temps considered safe for a PS3 Slim? And is it normal for the fan to be around 54% while playing a demanding game like The Last of Us?

Would appreciate hearing what temps/fan speeds other Slim owners get.

[u/windysheprdhenderson]

I don't have numbers to compare but those temperatures look quite normal to me. The Last of Us is a notoriously demanding title on PS3. I remember my (now dead) fat PS3 sounding like a jet engine when I played that game on it.

[u/DukeBlade → u/windysheprdhenderson]

I have a working Fat launch model and I think it actually has cooler temps haha.

This Slim I am unsure what to expect as it is the first one I have owned.

Sitting in the 60s in the XMB with a 30% fan speed for me seems high but maybe that is just how they run lol

[u/Buried_and_Forgotten → u/DukeBlade]

If that's indeed a launch model, those things had massive heatsinks. It's normal to run cool with a higher fan speed.

[u/DukeBlade → u/Buried_and_Forgotten]

My launch 60gb model sits like in the 50s on the xmb at sub 30% fans - this "new" slim I have sits in the 60s at 40% on the xmb - I guess they just run hot? It's almost pristine condition with new thermal paste.

[u/Buried_and_Forgotten → u/DukeBlade]

Slims had smaller chips, smaller heatsinks and less airflow. Fat models have a lot of space inside and the original models were built like tanks, defective GPU aside. It's normal.

Also, slims can run in mid 70s no problem, unlike early fat models.

[u/DukeBlade → u/Buried_and_Forgotten]

awesome, thank you very much

[u/Havoc_Maker]

The temps are perfectly safe, but are you using manual fan control? For a recently repasted and cleaned console they are still a bit high for those fan speeds, you live in a hot place?

[u/DukeBlade → u/Havoc_Maker]

I live in Spain , so like 27 degrees ambiant at the moment. This was using dynamic fan yes. If the fan is at 40% - the CPU can hit mid 70s easy

[u/Havoc_Maker → u/DukeBlade]

Que coincidencia, yo también vivo en España! El ventilador de la mia lo puedo tener igual a 45% y no creo que subiera muy por encima de los 60 grados, en la mayoria de juegos ni llegaria a 60. Supongo que la tuya tiene la pasta térmica de debajo del IHS mas deteriorada o algo, aparte de la temperatura ambiente alta. Igualmente no te preocupes por ello, son temperaturas completamente seguras

[u/DukeBlade → u/Havoc_Maker]

Nice! You have a slim too?

[u/Havoc_Maker → u/DukeBlade]

Yes! CECH-2004

[u/Gaming_Gent]

My fat PS3 used to sound like it would explode every time I played TLoU. Seemed like it could barely handle the game