Where would you put a fan in a PS3 for best cooling? PC help!

[ViggyYT]

The red circle shows where its the hottest, and the blue circle is the fan.
Should i put a external PC 12v fan over the PS3 fan to increase air flow, or should i put it over the Red circle where its really hot?
What would will keep my PS3 cool? Its normally around 79C when playing some games.

 

[CraigN]

What are you planning on connecting the fan to? The top of the PS3 normally gets fairly hot. Keep it in an open environment (i.e. not crammed inside some entertainment shelf where it can't breathe) and off the carpet, it should self-cool just fine.

 

[ViggyYT]

What are you planning on connecting the fan to? The top of the PS3 normally gets fairly hot. Keep it in an open environment (i.e. not crammed inside some entertainment shelf where it can't breathe) and off the carpet, it should self-cool just fine.

It's gonna be put it in on a table shelf, with theres like 6-7cm of space between the ps3 and wall

 

[CraigN]

Is the top of the table shelf open to air, or is it closed off like a box?

If it's the second, putting a fan on it (let alone where you're gonna connect it to..) will not help the heat problem. The PS3 blows air out the back. That's how that cooler is designed when the cover of the PS3 is on the top. If you have it 6-7 cm from the wall and it has a roof on top of the console, it has no room to breathe. Putting a fan on top of the fan, or on top of the hot "top", will not help air flow. You will just continue circulating hot air onto the PS3, because the hot air blowing out the back has nowhere to go.

If you think it's running too hot, find somewhere where the top of the console is open, or it has more room in the back to dispel air.

 

[fishy554]

i took the top aff my ps3, in addition i have 3 fans one big box fan, a under the laptop pad fan thing, and a little 5 inch fan blowing the same direction exept the laptop fan and it still overheats aswell as the stock ps3 fan... any suggestions?