I don't see myself buying a ps3 even if I had the money to.
Why not?
Its always fun getting a console round its End of Life cycle and having fun, lucked out and got mine new on ebay for $170 for the slim model.
Got it on a cooling station since these damn things get hot, FAULTY BY DESIGN!
THE BEST METHOD to run PSX games (and everything else for that matter) is via Retroarch - http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/
If you have any questions on how to set it up on Windows please feel free to ask, its very easy.