Water-Cooled PS5 Custom Build by PidgyPCs

The PlayStation 5 has been shown on to be quite a beast when it comes to thermal output with some claims of potential melting issues due to the heat but in everyday use, you’re never going to push your PlayStation 5 to those levels. The PlayStation 5 has seem internal revisions change the internal heatsink but what if one can water cool their PlayStation 5? EK Water Blocks announced their QuantumX monoblock for the PlayStation 5 last year and while it is the literal definition of excessive, its also a demo of what’s possible in the future.

We’ve recently seen some builds featuring the PlayStation 5 and EKWB’s QuantumX monoblock and while some of them are over the top builds, they miss the simplicity of the console experience. PidgyPC‘s custom PlayStation  5 build uses the standard PC build form factor, effectively giving an ITX vibe and with a 280mm radiator handling dissipation duties, the system runs extremely quiet.

Watch the full build video below:

Ben of PidgyPC shares in a comment in the video:

With the amount of money I spent on this system I could have built a phenomenal PC. I mainly just did this because 1 I thought it was cool and also because I felt it would be good for the channel 🙂

The concept build is definitely a personal project for the concept is definitely not recommended for anyone that feels their PlayStation 5 can be “cooler”. Still, if you like tinkering with your electronics and pushing them, its certainly a treat to accomplish a build.

The PS5 is around 180W TDP and a 120mm radiator is enough so putting in a larger radiator will definitely help dissipate more heat without the need of cranking the fans higher. Looking at the custom PlayStation 5 build, it looks really peaceful and should have a *quiet* vibe on really clean desks.

There’s not a lot of options when it comes to watercooling a PlayStation 5 and while one can probably mod a simple universal block to fit, getting even mounting and covering the RAM and SSD chips will be a challenge. There’s a few other who have tried to make their custom waterblocks for the PS5 but commercially available ones are not really that common.

Perhaps the most alluring part of this build is that it really looks like an ITX custom build and great job on Ben in completing the build. More photos below courtesy of PidgyPC.

More details on Pidgy PC’s Facebook page.