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hduser on 29 August 2009
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NJ5 said:
hduser said:
NJ5 said:
hduser said:
NJ5 said:
I found it interesting that the fan on the PS3 slim consumes almost as much power as the whole Wii.

That's a fairly ridiculous statement.  The wii draws about 15-17 watts?  12 Volt fan at 1.2 amps or 5 Volt fan at 3 amps?  are you kidding me????

Someone posted this the other day:

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/PlayStation-3-Slim/1121/2

"This 12V, 1.3A monster rivals the best fans found in desktop PC machines. Sony spared no expense."

 

I see the link now, I still find it hard to believe.  That's a lot of amps for something that doesn't require that much torque.

They have a picture which shows the amps and volts.

 

I see, I'm sure that the 1.3 amps is under peak load which isn't the case most of the time.  I'm playing with a PS3 slim right now.  Hooked up to a  Killawatt meter.   Low 90s watt when folding, high 90's when strolling around Home so far.  Kinda warm in the back but not overly so.  I'll have to run a demanding game on it to see what the power draw is.