First of all I'd like to say Hello! to everyone here. This is my first time posting and hopefully not the last!
Now, I've undertaken a project which might not be the easiest one but it's sort of an "exercise" for building a water cooling loop for when I get my PC next year.
I've started modding my PS3. I've already repainted it Click here. This is the basic colour scheme for my Playstation. I like how it turned out. It's my first time repainting something, so don't be too harsh!
I've already made a list of parts that I am going to use. But the thing is that I really wanted to know what waterblocks are compatible with the PS3's chips. I've seen Alphacool's dedicated PS3 waterblock and have also seen people use Koolance's GPU-200 blocks (2 of those) for both the CPU and GPU. Is there anything else I can use or am I pretty much limited to that? I've seen universal block but I'm not sure they'll fit.
Here is what I am going with (my build is Koolance only)
Pump: Koolance PMP-450
Reservoir: Pump Fitting & Reservoir Base for the PMP-450 with a 60x200mm reservoir (cylindrical, top mounted)
Radiator: HX-720 240mm, 18FPI, Aluminium.
Fans for the radiator: I just got two Thermaltake AF0030 Red LED fans, 120mm. They run at 1800+-10% RPM. I've already test them and the airflow is good! And they go with my overall colour scheme.
Power Supply: since I'm not sure if there is any other way to do this, I got a 350W power supply from a friend of mine.
As for the Tubing I'm not really sure. 1/2'' ID seems huge to me. But it should give good flow. Any ideas on this? Because I can't get my fittings before I decide on the tubing! It's also going to be UV reactive!
This is all going to sit tight (just the water cooling parts from above) in a custom Plexi tank which I'm going to assemble as soon as the parts arrive. There will be a small window on the bottom of the PS3 exactlye where the two blocks will be.
As for the liquid, I'm going with a red UV reactive liquid to match mu colour scheme. Which automatically means installing UV light inside the tank itself.
I hope you're not bored while you read this. Please share some advices on what I could change, what I could add and so on! All help is appreciated.
Cheers from Bulgaria,
-d.lesov*
Now, I've undertaken a project which might not be the easiest one but it's sort of an "exercise" for building a water cooling loop for when I get my PC next year.
I've started modding my PS3. I've already repainted it Click here. This is the basic colour scheme for my Playstation. I like how it turned out. It's my first time repainting something, so don't be too harsh!

I've already made a list of parts that I am going to use. But the thing is that I really wanted to know what waterblocks are compatible with the PS3's chips. I've seen Alphacool's dedicated PS3 waterblock and have also seen people use Koolance's GPU-200 blocks (2 of those) for both the CPU and GPU. Is there anything else I can use or am I pretty much limited to that? I've seen universal block but I'm not sure they'll fit.
Here is what I am going with (my build is Koolance only)
Pump: Koolance PMP-450
Reservoir: Pump Fitting & Reservoir Base for the PMP-450 with a 60x200mm reservoir (cylindrical, top mounted)
Radiator: HX-720 240mm, 18FPI, Aluminium.
Fans for the radiator: I just got two Thermaltake AF0030 Red LED fans, 120mm. They run at 1800+-10% RPM. I've already test them and the airflow is good! And they go with my overall colour scheme.
Power Supply: since I'm not sure if there is any other way to do this, I got a 350W power supply from a friend of mine.
As for the Tubing I'm not really sure. 1/2'' ID seems huge to me. But it should give good flow. Any ideas on this? Because I can't get my fittings before I decide on the tubing! It's also going to be UV reactive!

This is all going to sit tight (just the water cooling parts from above) in a custom Plexi tank which I'm going to assemble as soon as the parts arrive. There will be a small window on the bottom of the PS3 exactlye where the two blocks will be.
As for the liquid, I'm going with a red UV reactive liquid to match mu colour scheme. Which automatically means installing UV light inside the tank itself.
I hope you're not bored while you read this. Please share some advices on what I could change, what I could add and so on! All help is appreciated.
Cheers from Bulgaria,
-d.lesov*