My 80GB Phat Boy PS3 is louder than my PS4 (no durr) but it doesn't really bother me. I don't think your fans should be kicking on though for no reason when you're just on the OS. I think it might be on it's way out, did you ask the original owner of the console about it's condition before you bought it?
Or did you just go "OooooO, look! A cheap PS3 - let's buy it right now". My 80GB console has a noise that emits from the disc drive when playing some games, the expected fans that produce noise whilst gaming and besides that it works like a dream. Yours sounds like a problem, the fans shouldn't kick on for no reason like that.
Here's something you can try doing, clean out the PS3. Use a low-powered vacuum cleaner with an attachment and go over the vents lightly sucking up all the dust. Relax, this is perfectly safe to do and in fact if you look inside the PS3 manual, Sony even recommend doing it this way.
Best of luck mate. If it starts playing up contact the seller and demand some answers, because if he listed it as "in working condition" it should be working. Don't let a little fan noise bother you though it might just be normal and you were expecting too much, but if it's as bad as you say contact the seller.
Also if you want us to judge on whether or not the fan noise is normal or not post a video, it will help us tell you what we think rather than guessing, cheers.
Edit: Obviously it's buyers beware if you bought it private, but if you bought it through eBay and used PayPal it's worth doing what I said and ask for some answers from the seller.
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