Forever. The only limit is you wallet (electric bill).
I ordered 2 of the 120mm fans. I dont care for TT, but it was the simplest solution. Plus it has speed control.
I took off the stand, cut holes and mount holes and just threaded in small bolts to fasten the fans and guards to the back of my cabinet.
Fans power on and off with the PS3.
I have them both running exhaust right at the rear, door infront has gaps for fresh air to enter. Have kids so it was the only real way to cool without exposing fans to tiny fingers.
Right behind fans is the wall and my cold air return vent is right there
Total cost was sub $20CDN
Electronics suffer more from going through expansion and contraction from temperature differences than running for long time periods (unless they overheat during those long work hours).
If the PS3 is kept cool, leaving it on forever is better for it than turning it on and off.
It won't just break down but having it on for several days will dramatically reduce its life span.
The guy who has his by a window also has a good idea by allowing cooler air in, only thing I would be concerned about is the heating bill because you have window open during the winter time.
The cost of running a PC or PS3 24/7 is quite minimal. For me, its the cost of a coffee and a muffin once a month IF I ran it all month solid.electricity bills are usually paid by the kilowatt-hours
it's kilowatts-hours
not kilowatts
a kilowatt-hour is 3,600,000 joules or 3.6 megajoules
now, 200 watts (amount of power needed to run a ps3) is by definition 200 joules per sec
every year, a ps3 will suck up 200*60sec*60min*8hours*30days= 172 800 000Joules
how many kilowatt hours is that?
172 800 000joules / 3 600 000 = 48 kilowatthours
now to divide by the cost per kilowatt hours ( or 3.6 megajoules)
48 * 0.0683 (cost per kilowatthour here, that is after the initial cheaper 30 kilowatthour) kilowatthour = 3.28$ (CA, in my case)
that's 3.28$ a month! next time your parents complain about you playing too much (8 hours a day) and spending too much electricity hand over a couple dollards and get back to playing,
This myth that leaving the PS3 on for more then a few hours is nothing more then fear mongering ignorance originally pushed on the scene by the Xbox fanboys.
The cost of running a PC or PS3 24/7 is quite minimal. For me, its the cost of a coffee and a muffin once a month IF I ran it all month solid.
Wow. It's not every day you see someone jumping from made-up statistics to conspiracy theories. I'm impressed.
Meh, it gets tossed around so much people think its fact, but it was never an issue until PS3 users were ripping on the 360's RROD, and it was a common retort that the PS3 would die if left on for more then a few hours at a time. Nw we see that rumor all the time.
Just a blast with duster gas.I don't really care about electric bills, we pay 690$ per month in this house for electricity. So the ps3 is absolutely not affecting bills anyway.
I don't think keeping it cool is a problem, it's around 21 degree celcius (70 Fahrenheit) in this house 24/7.
Opening a window doesn't work anyway, drops down to -40 celcius/-40 Fahrenheit when it's winter here in norway
But when you guys say I have to "dust" the ps3, does that mean I have to open it up? Or just go around and blow on it? does a vacum cleaner on its fan work? (when its turned off of course)
FYI, its a 120gb slim.