That's a great bit of advise from CairoSupreme, my PS3 had 13 hours of playtime on it (a little over a year after purchase) and it quit running. It would turn on and boot up, but wouldn't recognize the disk. If my wife hadn't bought the 2 year protection plan then we'd have been out $500. Make sure you buy the protection plan. Yeah, and once again, you don't need an aftermarket cooler, just make sure your PS3 can breathe!!!