PS2 Fat - All White

A console, rebuilt as an object

Pure white. No second color, no accents — just the Fat reduced to its most minimal form. Casing and acrylic top both finished in gallery white, the PS2 wordmark cutout the only break in the surface. From a few feet away it reads like a small sculpture; the only color in the room is whatever you've programmed into the RGB.

The build, step by step

• Full teardown. Every layer separated on an anti-static mat. Two decades of dust removed from places the original assembly line never expected anyone to revisit.
• Motherboard service. Capacitors inspected and recapped where needed. Clock battery replaced (your saves and system time stay put). Fresh thermal compound on the CPU and GPU.
• Optical drive tuning. Laser pickup re-calibrated for reliable disc reads — including the discs that used to skip.
• Shell refinish. Original casing wet-sanded between coats, with white laid down in multiple passes and sealed under an acrylic clear coat for depth and chip resistance.
• Custom acrylic top. A sheet of premium white acrylic cut on a CO2 laser. The PlayStation 2 wordmark is engraved as a precise cutout — not a sticker, not a print.
• RGB lighting. A multi-color LED array behind the acrylic, controlled from a phone app. Choose a color, dial in the brightness, set the speed. The wordmark glows through the cutout.
• Reassembly under spec. Every screw torqued, every panel aligned with a caliper before it leaves the bench.

What's in the box

• A console built to match this exact finish — each unit handcrafted to order
• Original DualShock 2 controller, fully stripped, cleaned, and color-matched to the build
• Original 110V US power supply
• Composite AV cables
• StudioFR Certificate of Authenticity — signed and numbered
• 30-day functional warranty

Finish quality

Studio-grade. Wet-sanded between coats, finished with an acrylic clear coat for depth and protection. The acrylic top and engraving are cut on a CO2 laser — geometry impossible to achieve by hand.

Watch the build

The full restoration filmed end-to-end, from teardown to first boot: https://youtu.be/8ZqxmqQgOS0

Compatibility & specs

• Region: NTSC-US
• Plays: All NTSC-US PS2 titles, plus original PS1 titles (backward compatible)
• Power: 110V US standard
• Video out: AV Multi Out — composite AV cable included

Made to order

Each console is built one at a time. Production timeline is approximately 15 business days from order confirmation. Ships double-boxed with custom-cut foam protection. Full insurance included on every shipment.

Warranty

30-day StudioFR functional warranty covering defects in restoration work. Because each build is custom and non-recoverable, these are non-refundable for buyer's remorse — full terms in our Refund Policy.