Building the Ultimate PS3 (Backwards Compatible) - De-lid CPU/GPU, 19-Blade Fan, Fan Mod, Case Mod.

Austin evens has been real quiet since this dropped

This video makes Austin Evan’s ultimate ps3 look like a joke

A lot of people are not familiar with the PS3 Fat models. Let's start with the delid. You don't have to delid your ps3 if the temps are normal (64° RSX, 70° CPU are normal temps while playing) if you are looking for the best temps you can place liquid metal under the both IHS and one mistake I saw in the video is that he doesn't removed the glue from the rsx memory chips. If you don't remove it you will not have proper contact between the RSX chip and the IHS. Now with the thermal pads. From my experience there is no need to change them. You only need to change them if they are damaged. Now for the fan. NEVER change the 15 blade with 19 blade fan. There are tests that show that 15 blade fan perform better and keep the ps3 cooler and also use less energy than the 19 blade one. And the last thing I want to mention is to NEVER drill holes in the case if you are not planing to add additional cooling to the PSU. The holes on the bottom change the whole air flow in the console. Yes they help with the cooling off the CPU and RSX but at the cost of overheating PSU.

Drilling holes like that will pretty much cut off any cooling to the PSU by killing the vacuum effect used to cool the rest of the system. I wouldn’t suggest that particular step but otherwise really well done!

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I bought a 60GB in 2015. Replaced the thermal pads, paste, and polished out the all the light scratches. Already had the 19 blade fan & APS 226. No screws lost in the process either! Currently playing Silent Hill on it.

Disclaimer for anyone, do NOT drill holes in your PS3. it may report slightly lower CPU/GPU temps, but it messes with the specifically engineered airflow path designed for the system. Basically, air that may have mean to originally go one path to cool nec/tokens or the EE chip, or the PSU may no longer NEED to go that path because there is such an easy exit path.

Watching people with literally 0 knowledge in thermal dynamics talk about something so vital as if they know more than the designer always baffles me.

I had a whole dream about my old OG Playstation 3 coming back to life. Truly one of the greatest consoles of all time

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Don’t ever drill holes in the case. It was found out recently it screws up the consoles airflow and allows heat to get trapped on the left side of the system where the power supply is

The drill holes absolutely drive me nuts, but you're right about the airflow. The way it was designed doesn't give it quite enough room to really breathe. You also got me digging into the rabbit hole of SYSCON troubleshooting. I appreciate the PlayStation love. You've got a new subscriber out of me.

PlayStation was once the king of Backwards compatibility.

This is ultimate ps3. Not plugging in crap like what austin did.

This looked so solid! To make the appearance of the newly drilled ventilation holes look a little prettier, use a countersink drill afterwards to remove the blowout, and make it look a little more uniform. Purely aesthetic for something you won't even see, but still.

Don't cut holes in the bottom of the case. sure it can allow for a little more airflow at the bottom but totally ruins the airflow to keep the top of the board cool. just use good quality thermal paste and pads and use the fan control. I keep mine at about 37% and it keeps the cpu in the low to mid 60s and the rsx in the mid 50s. Sony engineers even did a presentation about the airflow in their different models. The people telling you to cut holes I'm the bottom have zero experience with fluid dynamics.

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Stop drilling holes in Playstation cases! The temperatures are obviously lower, but the air is no longer drawn over other components (power supply unit, voltage converter, etc.) and these are therefore no longer ventilated. There's more than just CELL and RSX that needs cooling. The case is built sensibly in its normal state and if you drill holes, you destroy the airflow and kill the console.

Regarding adding additional holes: I recently watched a video saying adding any additional holes/vents like that does help cooling down the CPU and GPU. But, it makes everything else in the system runs hotter because less air is going throughout the system.