Dragged my PS3 out of retirement

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Cerebralbore101 said:

It WILL die if you use it without having this done. It's like running a car without changing the engine oil. Whether it takes a few hours or a few weeks of heavy use it will die without new thermal paste in it. Take it somewhere and have it done or expect to buy a new PS3 in the coming years. 

All of those craps is bullshit. I know it's written by pretty much everyone on the web, everywhere, but I proved myself this is all bullshit or at least not valid for every case. It may have been just for the early models, or in cases that you took your console used from someone you don't know. Therefore you don't know how he cared for the machine over time. Or in cases where there is dust or smoke. Maybe in those cases there is point in changing it. But not if you have good revision and always leave clean everywhere, you are not smoking in the same room, and you are the first owner of the console. I don't know if I have to be some lucky guy, but how lucky can I be when I have bought and owned PS3 and 360 for 16 and 14 years respectively, gaming PC for 10 years (before I sold it), 3 laptops I used for around 6-7 years each, PS4 and XB1 I also bought brand new and used for around 6-7 years, and on top of that friends with also a lot of machines used for different periods between 5 and 10 years with none of those that I mentioned being opened for change of the thermo paste ? Not only that but all of those also run and worked very good, like new after so many years, and most of those were under heavy usage for those periods. Again my PS3 is running at 31% max temperature in the summer with Last of us and GTA 5 running. My 360 isn't hacked and I can't see, but it's very quiet, quieter even than the PS3, therefore probably less than 31% fan speed. So what are the odds, of me being lucky with so many machines, and the people around me too for that to be a true thing? I don't believe it. I also can't explain how the engineers of big companies will be so incompetent that there will be a need for the customer himself to open the console like a technician after some time, and do repair operation (changing the paste or whatever) just so that the machine can continue to work, while at the same time, machines like NES, SNES, SEGA and every older console will be just fine after 30+ years.