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[Motherboard Plasti Dip LOG] [FINISHED] MSI Z87 GD65-Gaming Plasti Dip

Alright, another plasti dip thread right after Linus uploaded his video, i know, but i have been planing this for a lot longer actually, i just never had the time to do it.

 

 

 

I am talking about my precious motherboard, the MSI Z87 GD65-Gaming. I like it a lot, it has many useful functions and features, but it has MSI's famous brown-ish PCB, which drives me CRAZY!!! :P So what else are you going to do about it than painting it? And that's what i am going to do in this Plasti Dip Log.

 

I am fairly unexperienced when it comes to plasti diping but i know the basics of thin coats etc. so leave me some tips and suggestions if you want. ;)

 

Anyways, let's cut to the chase, i will be using Plasti Dip from Performix. It cost me 20€ on amazon, which is ridiculous, but hey, you want only the best for youzr PC right? :) I already spray painted some cables which is why i have only about 60% of a can left, i hope that's enough.

 

 

 

First some planing. There's a lot of stuff on a motherboard that needs to be covoered with masking tape. I haven't found any of that yet, will grab some from a hardware store. Despite that, here's a layout of my Motherboard, i already marked all the stuff that needs to be covered.

 

red - needs to be covered

green - will be spray painted on purpose to stealth it

yellow - not sure what to do with that

blue - has to be taken off (except that thing on the top left, that should be green, but MS paint crapped up)

 

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Wow, such detail! Much big!

 

I will try to include as many pictures as possible but that's it for now. I will read your guy's comments and suggestions via my laptop, tell me if there's something that i forgot to mark.

 

 

 

More updates to come!!!

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UPDATE 1

 

So first off disassembling my PC, getting a static free work place

 

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It's nice to see that the thermal goop has spread evenly from the last mount. :)

As i said, i will take off the bracket for the CPU. It's just loosly held by 3 torx screws, luckily i had a matching screwdriver lying around.

 

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Also took off all the heatsinks via some springloaded screws on the back, look at that ghastly brown PCB!!

 

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This is how i store my CPU and proteckt my motherboard while i drive to the hardware store to get some mroe supplies

 

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Back with some stuff. Even found some more plasti dip in case the first can runs out. Also grabed some canned air, masking tape, sharpie for plastic and some WD 40 for good measure. :P

 

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Here's a glam shot of the CPU socket and the RAM slots

 

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Decided to wrap the south bridge ehatsink up and put it back. Also applied new Arctic MX-4 to it. It kinda reminds me of my HD 6450. :D

 

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There it is, all masked up and ready. Taping everything took really long! I highly recommend using a match or a toothpick to get the tape into all the little corners and to make it fit snug.

 

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Ready for first coat. I made the mistake and used the newly bought plasti dip which splattered all over my motherboard instead of a thin 1st layers. :P

 

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Next pcitures are ~3rd layer and 5th (last) last layer

 

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I let it dry for 60 mins and brought it inside for more light.

 

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Marvellous! Splendid! Very beautiful in deed!

 

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I had some difficulty peeling the covers off because the plasti dip sticked to the tape, like @W-L said. You can see it in the picture below, which was my first cover that i took off. I grabbed a cutter knife and tried to cut the plasti dip before peeling the covers off but you can't allways avoid it, which is why i produced some more minor blemishes.

 

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Attached the heatsink and the CPU socket + CPU, damn this looks great!

 

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Aplying some MX4 *drools*

 

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Back inside my Define R4, look at how well it blends in with the surrounding black metal!

 

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Some things added

 

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Not a beautiful picture but you can see it better. Sorry for the potatoe picture quality, i only own a Nexus 4. :P

 

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There's a small white LED that shines on my RAM, gone is the unsightly brown PCB!!

 

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Conclusion:

 

It took me an entire day to do this mod but it was well worth it. The result looks stunning (again, sorry for the potatoe picture quality).

You should definiteley take your time with the masking tape and when peeling it off. Use a match/toothpick to apply the tape around all the bends and corners and a cutter knifer in order to cut the connection between masking tape and PCB, once you're done.

 

Next step will be sleeving the cables (or just buying sleeved ones) and plasti dipping those front panel connectoers and USB and whatnot.

 

Anyways, thanks for reading! :)

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paint dip that ugly brown pcb D:<

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CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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how are you planning to take yorur cpu socket off? 

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough it will be believed.

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how are you planning to take yorur cpu socket off? 

As far as i know you can take the metal bracket thing off by removing the three allen (i think that's what they are) bolts. I think it would probably be wiser to just cover it and then you don't risk damaging any pins.

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Alright, i finished my mod, tested everything. It's all working but I'm too tired to put the pics up. Will do so tomorrow. :) Spoiler alert: it looks FREAKING AWESOME!! :P

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As far as i know you can take the metal bracket thing off by removing the three allen (i think that's what they are) bolts. I think it would probably be wiser to just cover it and then you don't risk damaging any pins.

 

how are you planning to take yorur cpu socket off? 

 

3 Torx screws. They weren't even tightened down properly. :P

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3 Torx screws. They weren't even tightened down properly. :P

pics or it didnt happen :P 

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pics or it didnt happen :P

 

Will include enough pictures of my nekkid mobo tomorrow. It's 3:30 am... actually you should know. :D Anyways, good night, updates tomorrow.

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Will include enough pictures of my nekkid mobo tomorrow. It's 3:30 am... actually you should know. :D Anyways, good night, updates tomorrow.

yeah it is indeed late i should also go to sleep :P good night 

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Just a side note Plasti-dip isn't like paint where you can just peel off the masked areas when dry giving a nice sharp line cause it will peel and pull up the surrounding painted area. You'll need to create a break line using a very light touch when peeling the tape with an exacto knife being careful of the PCB of course.

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Just a side note Plasti-dip isn't like paint where you can just peel off the masked areas when dry giving a nice sharp line cause it will peel and pull up the surrounding painted area. You'll need to create a break line using a very light touch when peeling the tape with an exacto knife being careful of the PCB of course.

 Yupp. Had that problem, grabed a cutter knife instinctly but i couldn't avoid it all the time. :(

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no more brown pcb! sadly it looks like its been covered up in dust though :| anyway amazing work man grats

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CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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no more brown pcb! sadly it looks like its been covered up in dust though :| anyway amazing work man grats

 

Thanks! :)

 

I am pretty sure that's due to the crappy camera quality, it looks better in person. It has a fine rippled finish, not entireley smooth. Looks even better than blank rubber imo. :)

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 Yupp. Had that problem, grabed a cutter knife instinctly but i couldn't avoid it all the time. :(

 

There is a quick and dirty solution to make small pieces that peeled off stick back down, you can use a little paint thinner and to gentle smooth it with your finger to get it to lay back down but I personally try to use it in areas that aren't visible since the once the paint thinner dries off it gives kind of a satin or shiny finish, compared to the original matte finish.

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There is a quick and dirty solution to make small pieces that peeled off stick back down, you can use a little paint thinner and to gentle smooth it with your finger to get it to lay back down but I personally try to use it in areas that aren't visible since the once the paint thinner dries off it gives kind of a satin or shiny finish, compared to the original matte finish.

 

I just quickly squished it down whereever i could. Luckily it's all near some sort of connector. You can't even differ the blemish from the connector if you wouldn't know that it's there. I might use my sharpie that i bought to cover some of them. :D

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Gonna do the same to my Gigabyte-MB. Should I go White or Black? :D

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  • 2 months later...

Sieht Geil aus, Looks awesome!

Intel 4790k | Asus Z97 Maximus VII Impact | Corsair Vengeance Pro Series 16 GB 1866Mhz | Asus Strix GTX 980 | CoolerMaster G550 |Samsung Evo 250GB | Synology DS215j (NAS) | Logitech G502 |

 

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I should totally do this to my motherboard instead of getting that other Asrock board which may or may not be black PCBd.

 

I thought about getting the new MSI Z97 Gaming 7 because i knew it was pitch black, allthough it has less features. But i can highly recommend the plasti dip method.

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