PS3 80gb

[Smoke&Slide]

Hi folks, i am buying a 4 year old PS3 fat, is it worth buying it for 60 pounds.It comes with 7 games and hardly used as uses xbox.

Nath.

 

[Tornado]

That low of a price suggests that it might be a YLoD refurb. Ask if it has ever failed in the past.

 

[Smoke&Slide]

It hasn't failed i know that for sure.

 

[dhandeh]

YLOD PS3's go for £20 odd on ebay, if you get 7 games as well, I cant really see you losing out here. But it is 4 years old so dont expect too much and remember to back up your saves continuously.

 

[Smoke&Slide]

I recently saw one 80gb sell for 140 quid on ebay without games.

 

[Sanji Himura]

The main problems that I have come across recently with the fat PS3s is the fact that they[the motherboard] are paired with a daughterboard that sits under the disk drive. I know this because I got a second PS3 that I had to take apart. Often times, that daughterboard goes out in the fats, and to get it replaced, you do have to send it in for service. Trust me DYI service would not help as the daughterboard is "paired" with the motherboard, meaning that you can't replace it with another daughterboard without pairing the two together.

Even though the PS3 MIGHT be working on the outside, the only way to tell that you even have a problem is putting in a PS3 disk and try to get it to read.

Have you asked to test out a game on THAT PS3?

 

[Smoke&Slide]

No i haven't, i will ask about that.Cheers.