vertical stand intercooler for PSthree

Product Description

The idea behind this product, and the implication that doubtless drives many people to purchase it, is that you need an external means of cooling your PSThree. You buy something like this because you want to protect your very expensive investment, but that's assuming there's a problem with the console overheating in the first place. I don't believe that's the case*-I've seen these things played for hours at a time without a cooler, and most of the consoles on display at local retailers, which are on for many hours, are not cooled externally.

Besides being (probably) unneccessary, however, the Intercooler is poorly designed. The thing is bulky, though maybe that can't be avoided. It's terribly loud as well*-loud enough that you may not be able to use it on a PSThree if you're playing it late at night with the sound muted so you don't wake up the family. There is a dial to adjust the fan speeds, but even on the minimum this thing sounds like some kind of mutated hairdryer.

It has it's own on/off switch, which also acts as a master switch for the PSThree. If you switch off the intercooler the console goes off as well, which could be a major issue if a game is saving or something. Sleep mode for the PSThree works only if the Intercooler is still on (and roaring), and you can forget about turning the PSThree's power off from your controller.

Bottom line*-this is a pretty poor product. Don't let the fear of a PSThree meltdown drive you to get ripped off by one of these things*-just leave the console in a well-ventilated area and let the system cool itself off the way it was designed to do.