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System Name | Thermaltake |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 5 5800X3D @ 4.60 GHz |
Motherboard | Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite V2 |
Cooling | Thermalright Peerless Assassin |
Memory | 32 GB Crucial Ballistix @ 3600 MHz CL16 |
Video Card(s) | XFX 319 Merc 6800 XT |
Storage | Kingston 256GB SSD | Kingston 240GB NVMe | Samsung 1TB NVMe | Samsung F3 1TB HDD | Barracuda 2TB HDD |
Display(s) | 34" ultrawide LG 34GL750B 144hz 1ms | 55" LG UR91 4k@60Hz |
Case | Phanteks Eclipse P400 |
Audio Device(s) | ALC 1220 120dB SNR HD Audio |
Power Supply | Thermaltake GF1 850 W - 80 Plus Gold |
Mouse | Logitech G502 HERO Lightspeed |
Keyboard | Asus TUF Gaming K3 |
Software | Windows 11 Pro x64 |
Hey guys! Just wanted to post this here. I'm a PC enthusiast, overclocker, temp. freak and I got myself a hackable PS3 slim some time ago (arrrrrrrrr mateys!).
I may make some of you console lovers angry now... But in light of recent events (possibility to OC) and wanting to overclock my PS further, I slightly "frankensteined" it.
I regularly clean it and it was repasted not too long ago(MX-6).
I have the fan profile set to min. 35% and max. temp to 65°C.
I'm also using Evilnat's OC CFW (600 core, 750 mem)
In some more demanding games (GTA IV, NFS Carbon, GTA V, TLOU, GT6 etc.) the fan would still ramp up to about 42-43% to hold the 65°C treshold.
Sooooo... I did this:
(yes, that's also a laptop cooling pad)
The fan is connected to an outside 12V1A power adapter so other than cutting through the top mask, nothing has been done to the PS.
XMB before:
While keeping the fan still at 35%, the max. temp on the RSX is now 6°C lower.
Comparing apples-to-apples and setting the fan speed manually to 40% the difference is even bigger:
In conclusion, by adding a secondary fan to the PS3 spinning at around 1000 RPM (you can barely hear it), I have achieved a lowering of temperatures by more than 10°C, both on CPU and RSX.
I think that's a great improvement, it will improve the longevity of it and I think the PS just looks really cool like this!
I am aware of the fact that the intended airflow might be disturbed now and some components might get hotter, but air is still being pulled inside from the sides and goes out through the PSU on the back, the PS seems a lot cooler in general to the touch. The hottest components are the CPU, RSX and PSU so I think everything should be fine. Will report on it if it dies
Sorry if this hurts your eyes and for the long post. Here's a potato.
I may make some of you console lovers angry now... But in light of recent events (possibility to OC) and wanting to overclock my PS further, I slightly "frankensteined" it.
I regularly clean it and it was repasted not too long ago(MX-6).
I have the fan profile set to min. 35% and max. temp to 65°C.
I'm also using Evilnat's OC CFW (600 core, 750 mem)
In some more demanding games (GTA IV, NFS Carbon, GTA V, TLOU, GT6 etc.) the fan would still ramp up to about 42-43% to hold the 65°C treshold.
Sooooo... I did this:
(yes, that's also a laptop cooling pad)
The fan is connected to an outside 12V1A power adapter so other than cutting through the top mask, nothing has been done to the PS.
XMB before:
- 60°C CPU
- 62°C RSX
- 50°C CPU
- 52°C RSX
While keeping the fan still at 35%, the max. temp on the RSX is now 6°C lower.
Comparing apples-to-apples and setting the fan speed manually to 40% the difference is even bigger:
In conclusion, by adding a secondary fan to the PS3 spinning at around 1000 RPM (you can barely hear it), I have achieved a lowering of temperatures by more than 10°C, both on CPU and RSX.
I think that's a great improvement, it will improve the longevity of it and I think the PS just looks really cool like this!
I am aware of the fact that the intended airflow might be disturbed now and some components might get hotter, but air is still being pulled inside from the sides and goes out through the PSU on the back, the PS seems a lot cooler in general to the touch. The hottest components are the CPU, RSX and PSU so I think everything should be fine. Will report on it if it dies
Sorry if this hurts your eyes and for the long post. Here's a potato.