PS3 heat issues in an entertainment center?

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if i put a ps3 in an entertainment center will it overheat. it will have space out the front and the side to vent. the spot that it will go is like twice as big as the ps3(volume) so it should be ok right?

As long as it have 10cm gap around it and it's in horizontal position - it's all good. However, it's good to remove back wall of the entertainment center or to make a big hole there.

Mine is standing up by itself on my entertainment console, and I could still warm a plate of food beside it. This beast of a machine puts off massive amounts of heat and I personally wouldn't recommend you cramping it into a shelf in an entertainment console unless there is no back to the shelf. I bought one of those stupid aftermarket intercoolers and while it did keep the thing cool, I couldn't hear sh*t over the noise those cooling fans were making. I hope this helps you, just giving you my personal experience.

if the ps3 doesnt have room to breathe then it will become very loud and if it does that it may shut off its better off to not have it in a glass console that doesnt have any space from the back dont do any of those u want it to be in a space that has alot of air to breathe from all sides of the vents

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you'll be fine. man people worry to much lol