Cooling Devices for PS3

[matthewrounds]

Hello,

This is my second post and I hope that I have put this in the correct location. Ok, I have a PS3 on a shelf above my TV, about 6 feet in the air. On the same shelf is a Wii, XBOX 360, and HD DVD add on. I am not trying to brag just trying to indicate that the four foot shelf is pretty full and really restricts air flow. Also, please don't hate on me for having the HD-DVD add-on as the only movie I own in HD-DVD is King Kong which came with it. I use the HD-DVD for netflix movies. I own about ten blu ray movies at present.

Now to my question. I have considered buying some type of cooler for the PS3 system. I initially was lying the machine horizontally on the shelf, but it seems to get better air flow standing up in its present position. I am not really comfortable with this for a number of reasons. Mainly I live in California (earthquakes) and my son like to climb. I really want the PS3 to lay horizontal. I have looked into the cooling devices that are available and am not really convinced this is the way to go. I read a while back about the cooling devices for the XBOX 360 actually melting to the XBOX. I really don't want this for either of my devices that overheat. I saw a new device, link here:

http://www.ebgames.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=802570

that intrigued me, but I was wondering if anyone had any ideas that worked for them. I have also considered utilizing a laptop cooling pad, but nothing seems to make sense in terms of orientation with the PS3. I also built a USB fan from an internal fan for a CPU tower but this doesn't really work as most vans need 10V at 110mA and the USB cannot supply this adequately. I also purchased one of those USB fans which are designed to cool the user (these are kind of gimmicky and the fan blades are really loud. Has anyone thought about utilizing some sort of heat sink with the PS3 which could be more easily cooled externally?

I would love to get some suggestions. I also don't want to hear that I should put the PS3 in a more open space. I have tried the unit in an open space on my shelf with nothing else around and the unit still gets a little hotter than I would like. Also I am interested in anyone's feedback on the sound produced by any PS3 cooling device. I use a Sony home theater in a box which cancels out a lot of the noise, but I don't want any cooling device which is too loud.

I know this is a long thread, but thanks in advance.

Matthew Rounds