Ben Heck finishes PS3 laptop, offered up for auction

Modding consoles is quite the risky business. After all, whenever you take apart a console by yourself, you’re voiding the warranty and it may not work after you put it back together. Ben Heckendorn (or Ben Heck, as he is more commonly known) is not that kind of modder. He is the modder that modders all aspire to be. Check out why and what he just did to a backwards-compatible Sony PS3 in the full article.

If you’re one among the many Sony PlayStation 3 owners in the world, then this news update should make you want to wipe your drool off stat: Ben Heck, master of hacking pretty much everything, has just unveiled his latest creation, the Sony PlayStation 3 laptop. Weighing in at around 16 pounds – you could kill a zombie with it – this baby is pure PlayStation from top to bottom, from the hardware to the logo.

For the tech-oriented of us (or just the terminally-curious), here’s the specs:

• Original backwards compatible 60GB model
• 17-inch LCD HDTV screen: 720p
• HDMI–DVI connection
• Built-in keyboard, USB ports, stereo speakers, headphone jack
• Size: 17 x 13.75 x 3-inches
• Weight: 16 pounds

While we can say that it certainly takes a strong, brave man to take apart a Sony PlayStation 3 and then put it back together again into something sleeker and definitely more portable, we have to admit that the thing looks absolutely gorgeous and well worth the dismantling.

If you’re curious as to how to procure one of these babies, then you’ll have to be quick, as it’s being auctioned off for charity. But if you are going to go on a bid war for this expensive piece of machinery, just remember that you’ll also be doing it for a good cause.