fielding88 on 07 January 2016
I got my phat ps3 in maybe July of 2008, still going strong and I love it. I got a super slim for my girlfriend and dealt with overheating and automatic shutdown issues. It was a dinky 12gb one because she doesn't need much space. I think it looks the nicest, but like everyone says, get one with 500gb. The 12gb one is missing a hard drive case so if you want to bump up your storage you'll need to buy one of those or just stand it upright and avoid and jostling.
Edit: I think it's called a hard drive chassis, not hard drive case.
