By reading the forum from the earliest page, you will find out everything.
Especially if you search on the keyword Charlie_ps2 as user name!
Oh - the modchip you will want is a Messiah. (see
www.china-messiah.com)
The DVD-R burner you will want is a Pioneer A04 and burn with PrimoDVD or Nero (see
www.psxcopyworld.co.uk)
The CD-R burner you will want for 1:1 copies with CloneCD (see
www.elby.de) is, for example, a Yamaha 2200.