(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); So I took my ps3 apart and added some thermal paste thinking it would cool down my system and my RSX and CPU and they still run high. On a daily I get anywhere around 70c to 74c. I can't regulate my temperature in my apartment because the building I live in controls the Heat. So any advice?

yeh that is a little high ....iv noticed sometimes iff the heat sinks are scored a bit the temps run a bit highter....i usally give them a bit of a clean up with some 400 grit wet and dry to smooth them dowm ...but im wondering what your running your minimum fan speed at ...i personally run mine at 34 % ..which gives me roughly 60-65 degree operating temps ..( i live in a fairly hot part of the world with no aircon ) .
I also use arctic ceramique thermal paste ...a fairly high end sort of themal paste . Iff worst comes to worst you can always drill a few extra breather holes to get a bit more airflow through the console but iff you do decide to do that you will get more dust going into the console so you may want to put some mesh backing to prevent this a bit.

Yeah I don't want the system to accumulate dust I put 4 drops of thermal paste on the cpu and rsx fairly big drops that is which I don't think might of been enough. I've watched a YouTube video of where one guy coated the whole CPU and RSX with the thermal paste and also afterwords he added a drop of paste in the middle to finish it off. Maybe that might be a solution? I don't really know but any advice might be helpful. Also how did you change your fan speed? In multiman options? 400 grit wet and dry? What exactly are you referring to? Also one last thing when your referring to mesh backing, could you kindly be more specific? Thanks in advance for the help. ✌️

400 grit sandpaper? And use it on the SRX and CPU? @MONEYB

Completely normal temps imo if that is after being run for a while. If you get those temps right when turning on your console, that's not good and you should renew the thermal paste with arctic silver 5. You can bend the clamps inward to get a better connection between your heatsinks and the chips.

I do not recommend using sandpaper on the chips. If anything, you want something to gap what is missing, which I also do not recommend.

GL!

Thank you

i never said to wet and dry chips ....i said heat sinks..as they get scored over time occasionally i do this reguarly

Did you solve the heat problem?

I've just Modded my case and the temperatures dropped 25c - 30c just by drilling holes in the bottom, top and PSU case