what i did was cut out the exaust cages for all 3 exaust ports and made a CD size hole on the bottom of the PS3 for the intake. now my ps3 exaust warm air instade of really hot air, sometimes cool air. here is some pics. http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x179/MOK5/PS3extraframing.jpg http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x179/MOK5/ps3back.jpg http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x179/MOK5/ps3bottem.jpg http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x179/MOK5/ps3rightside.jpg
what i did was cut out the exaust cages for all 3 exaust ports and made a CD size hole on the bottom of the PS3 for the intake. now my ps3 exaust warm air instade of really hot air, sometimes cool air. here is some pics. MOK5
i have a extra body just in case it happens (i fix ps3, and have a bundence of parts). and i have 3 ps3, so i can afford to do so. the next experiment i am trying out is putting a ps3's hardware in a nice led pc case with liquid cooling.
i have a extra body just in case it happens (i fix ps3, and have a bundence of parts). and i have 3 ps3, so i can afford to do so. the next experiment i am trying out is putting a ps3's hardware in a nice led pc case with liquid cooling.MOK5
why not just put liquid cooling in the original ps3 case?
[QUOTE="lucasc130"]OMG, I'm struggling to buy my PS3 and you are cuting your up.MOK5
yeah and it looks like crap to....dont mean to hate on you but it is true
well my industrale press wasnt working at the time
You don't need an industrial press to make a clean cut.. Use a dremel to flatten out what you have so far and then melt the rough edges for a split second with a butane lighter.. Cheap simple and relatively efficient.
yeah and it looks like crap to....dont mean to hate on you but it is true
EzraMajor
well my industrale press wasnt working at the time
You don't need an industrial press to make a clean cut.. Use a dremel to flatten out what you have so far and then melt the rough edges for a split second with a butane lighter.. Cheap simple and relatively efficient.
i did use a dremel, since sony uses crappy plastic its hard to cut/grind big holes. to get the cleannest cut a press cutter is the best and cleanest way. any ways im putting thing black weather stripping around the edges since everybody is complaining.
i have a extra body just in case it happens (i fix ps3, and have a bundence of parts). and i have 3 ps3, so i can afford to do so. the next experiment i am trying out is putting a ps3's hardware in a nice led pc case with liquid cooling.MOK5
Forget liquid cooling, go with mineral oil submersion, much cooler IMO. Plus you get bubbles!
[QUOTE="MOK5"]i have a extra body just in case it happens (i fix ps3, and have a bundence of parts). and i have 3 ps3, so i can afford to do so. the next experiment i am trying out is putting a ps3's hardware in a nice led pc case with liquid cooling.PvtGump8
Forget liquid cooling, go with mineral oil submersion, much cooler IMO. Plus you get bubbles!
http://www.pugetsystems.com/submerged.php
that is true i was considering it at first. but then again i wanted a nice computer led case. with a mineral oil case it wouldnt look as nice.
[QUOTE="MOK5"]i have a extra body just in case it happens (i fix ps3, and have a bundence of parts). and i have 3 ps3, so i can afford to do so. the next experiment i am trying out is putting a ps3's hardware in a nice led pc case with liquid cooling.PvtGump8
Forget liquid cooling, go with mineral oil submersion, much cooler IMO. Plus you get bubbles!
http://www.pugetsystems.com/submerged.php
lol just ordered the parts to set my PC up like that, gonna be getting a new PC with my bonus at christmas i may as well experiment with this one a bit.
its a 65gb ssd going at 200mb read and 150mb write by super talent MLC nand flash at sata 2.0 (3GBs per sec). its fast when loading games and maps from the SSD but alot of games still load from the blueray drive which almost makes it a wast of money to get one untill the ps3 has the ablity to run games from the hard drive like xbox does. i paid around 200 for it.
you see when you have the puss 3 you got take care of the puss or else your gonna lose the puss and i like to own and have the puss so i might consider this even if the puss looks funny also it is quite pricy for the puss nowadays so i'll have to think about if i want to upgrade or downgrade to a grade thats better than my current gradings? but i will think about it.
Seriously, coolers ARE NOT NEEDED for PS3s. People just need to TAKE BETTER CARE of their system.
Amster_G
that is true PS3's have a better airflow then most systems, but they do get dusty the most because of the insaficiant air intake. the reason i thought and done this is because i was tired of hot air coming out of my ps3 (plus its in a confined space) and to have a better way of cleaning the dust out with out taking it apart. ive noticed now when i have done this no hot air comes out of my ps3 only cool or warm air, if your electronics stay cooler then they should last longer right.
You do realise the whole point of an exhaust fan is to push the hot air out of the system. If no hot air comes out of your system at all, this probably means you screwed up the airflow intake of the system and the parts that needed to be cooled down no longer are. Having a huge volume of hot air coming out of a system is a great thing... It means the cooling system is working properly. What's worrysome is having none.
Looks like a nice mod to increase airflow. Most of it's not even noticeable to look at really. Only other thing I'd suggest is maybe making the feet on the bottom a little bit taller to allow for more air to get underneath it and into the fan.
If you need to mod your ps3 for cooling reasons then you are doing it wrong.
Ive owned virtually every system ever made and Ive never had an over heating issue, ever and my fat ps3 still runs like a champ.
Dust the damn thing and blow the vents out occasionally so you dont get dust build up, dont put the damned thing inside a cabinet or a media shelf where air gets cut off or it just recyles its own hot air and so on.
All of you acting like it's the end of the world because he butchered his ps3, it's not like it's a $5,000 custom built PC. It never even went for a $1,000, unless you're one of the idiots who paid $1,500 on ebay for one of them when they first came out. The persons saying that your ps3 doesn't get hot probably don't play the most stressful games on it. My house is at 73 degrees Fahrenheit with the my ps3 in an open area and it puts out hotter air playing diablo 3 off of an SSD than my OC'd gaming pc does running benchmarks. It's common sense that cooler is better in terms of electronics, something that wouldn't really hurt for the ps3.
It doesn't even look that bad, wtf. And it's in areas you won't even notice most of the time...
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