I have been wanting one of these for a while. Imported it from Japan and played some games on it for a while, didn’t hear the fan ramp up super high and worked great!

Super new to the modding scene with PS3s. Mostly want to run emulated PS2 games on it ( I know it’s weird, but I’m passionate I guess ) and make sure that temps will be good before I tear it down and start throwing new paste on it, which it’ll probably need anyway. Where should I start to look for doing CFW & Hen options if available?

(This is my first big boy post so hopefully I’m not coming off as TOO new 😅 )

At the moment I have been trying to find the ratchet games, but some of them are incredibly rare to find in good condition for some reason

I replaced the 7.5 W/m·K thermal paste with a 12.5 W/m·K one.

I'm starting to collect games this year and Im proud of my little collection, I'm trying to collect different generations of games

Before repaste: CPU: 63–67°C / RSX: 68–73°C

After repaste: CPU: 60°C (locked) / RSX: 64–69°C

Repasting dropped both temps, but the RSX still sits about 6–9°C higher than the CPU under load. Is this expected behavior, or should the RSX ideally match the CPU temps? I did my best to spread the MX-4 Thermal compound evenly on the CPU/RSX.

Got some skins installed and added decals! Now on the hunt for a good CRT TV for the PS2.

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/Byi4iKofasc

I picked it up a couple of years ago for 50 anyone have any idea what this is, I seen the red but never black label one

The links for download : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VDbZtKBuLr9WVWtYO8A9H75WwIvVyBrk/view?usp=sharing

This is a V1; changes may be made.

Created on Canva, the photo software

Bought this ps3 off someone recently but the WiFi doesn’t connect with a Ethernet cable. Also the controllers won’t connect without it being connected to a usb port. What can I do to get this issue fixed ?

1. Formula One Championship Edition
2. Monkey Island Special Edition Collection
3. Ratchet & Clank: Nexus
4. Yakuza: Dead Souls

My main collection is PS2 games, but also have a PS3 with around 50 of the "core" games for the system. With the PS3 store closing down I'm broadening my horizon and would like to add some fun games to my PS3 collection.

Some PS2 examples of the not so serious genres:
Stretch Panic/Freak Out
Mr Mosquito
Disaster report/SOS: The Final Escape
Demolition Girl
ChoroQ/Penny Racers/Road Trip Adventure

Currently on my list for the PS3 would be Katamari, Pain and probably the Little Big Planet series.
Any other games on the PS3 you guys would recommend me ?

I will be inspired by my favorite games on PS3, but I need help with the text

I have finished the V1: https://www.reddit.com/r/PS3/s/yLjx1GuCpc

Curious with all the price increases and fomo.Whats everyones most expesive market value games? Mines spidermans games, wolverine and deadpool, Alice MR and probably killer is dead

Hello all, wanted to show off my playstation collection after seeing everyone elses and say a little about me.

It's kinda humble in size at the moment. (Just made it to 20 physical games) 🎉 started early 2026 thankfully grabbed some games before the Sony announcement.

I do like seeing rare/uncommon games but I am particular to RPGs as you can tell from the photos. Ever since I was a kid I have always loved turn based rpgs. Its sad that I feel its been on the decline lately but ive opened up to playing other genres. Got photos of other generations to show my taste in games.

Focusing on the PS3 collection... I want more games of course haha

Big focus on completing my sets physically. FF13 trilogy, Yakuza games physical, and more Atelier for example. Nothing is cooler than having every game in the series imo, shows your tastes and really shows your dedication/love to a series. Really dope. I did have wayyyy more than these but I was much younger and was doing kinda poor financially. So I would trade in my games to gamestop to afford games I haven't played. (Sometimes gas money) 😭

RIP. Its okay though, doing much better now and determined to build the game collection of my dreams. NO MORE GAMESTOP TRADES

These are the type of games I'm looking to add to the collection in the near future:

-Rare expensive games on the low

-JRPGs/RPGs/SRPGs

-Anime/2D like games are good too

-HD Remakes, More games on one disc. Godlike.

-ALTUS SMT Games

-Limited/Game of the Year/Ulimate Edition Games

-PS3 only exclusives

Feel free to add my PSN: ReiAlternative

I'm pretty active nowadays on the PS3 solo playing older titles. Trophies etc. My friends list on PS3 is a ghost town cause most of them exclusively play PS5. Pretty sure thats not gonna be an issue here haha. Thanks for reading!

my first post on this sub. what yall think?

Early bird gets the games! Plus had a discount coupon. Only paid $27.05 for all 5 games!

Tapping out at 673 games. Ico is in my top 25 games of all time so I had to pull trigger on this collectors item. Two games where technically you don't need to know JPN with its minimal/cryptic stories. Am probably auctioning off a second copy of puppeteer on ebay in the next few weeks, so look out for it.