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Message: [QUOTE="Sumea, post: 110551, member: 569"] At this point the full backwards compatible models are worse choices. All Fat models have paste that degraded too much over the years, making the CPU run very hot, making it easier to end up into other issues that end up in a dead console. Hot, big, loud and eventually dead is not much fun compared to a slim that will likely have a satisfying compatibility with PS2 even if not a "perfect" one, with hardware that is way more likely to live for years to come. Heck do not need to be THAT mindful of the model you are aiming at as long as CFW features (Experimenting with linux?) aren't that crucial to you. Edit: To be clear; the bad paste I talk about is also not easily replaced, as there is pretty bad paste between the CPU die and the integrated heat spreader, as is done with some CPU's. The only way to replace the past is by delidding the main CPU in fat PS3 and replacing the CPU paste there, that still does not guarantee that any of the common yellow light of death do not hit the unit. This is why alternative is to just put the fat PS3's into airplane mode and not the kind that turns off your wireless communication protocols. [/QUOTE]

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