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I'm not sure if this, or other RGB posts for that matter, should go here or in peripherals, but if this is the wrong place let me know, mods. Wanted to give a shout out to these guys because in my opinion, not enough info is out there for this type of thing. At least on western tech forums. And if you're anything like me, you like custom items a lot more than things anyone can buy with a few mouse clicks. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001223182416.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.73184c4da3jZ3j Under "blade color" (The type you want) my selection was the "3D Customize 5V3Pin." The "no logo" will just be a blank infinity mirror." Under "Blade Quantity" (The 4 standard sizes or your own customized size being chosen UNDER one of the 4 sizes) my selection was 23x10CM. Though the actual size I picked was to mount on the backside of the bare PCB of my Xonar Essence STX sound card. So I asked for 17.78CM x 10cm. They can't get it to the exact MM to your selection but they can get it close. When asking the lady helping me said "Can not be so exactly, around 17.7-17.8." So again, close enough. Notice the broken English? So yes you'll have a bit of a language barrier but all in all the lady helping me was decently proficient enough to communicate. Not listed anywhere is the thickness. It's around 8.5mm thick. The connection type will be the standard 5v3pin that Aura/mystic light/polychrome/ETC use depending on what you selected under blade color. I imagine it'll work with Gigabyte's VDG as well if you can find a VDG to Aura type adapter. The cable is 19 inches long. Speaking of which it may be possible to select which corner the cable comes out from. I didn't think to ask on mine but I did specifically select the orientation of the skull logo I had picked. So I suspect they can just change the orientation of the logo so the cable ends up where you want it to so you can hide/rout it how you want to. Mine just happened to end up on the exact spot I would have picked anyways, but I thought I'd add that last part if you were going for something different. As you can see from the link there are over 100 logos to choose from as well as a bunch of other templates below that. I'm willing to bet you can send them a pic of your own custom logo and if feasible they can use that? Only guessing on the last part based on talking with some others selling the same type of item on aliexpress and other places. But either way all info is hashed out beforehand in the Aliexpress message center. When you and them confirm all the info they'll ask you to place the order. They'll let you know that it may take up to 3 days to create your selection. That being said my order was placed at 11PM and by the time I woke up the next day at 7:30AM I already had an email that it was shipped. lol That was so fast I messaged to confirm that it was made how I selected it to be made. That was really fast. Speaking of speed. This is an aliexpress item. So you're going to have to be a little patient to get it. This is not like ordering from Amazon or the like where you can expect to get it in a matter of days to a week or so. Mine was ordered on 9/29 and I received it today on 10/15. So considering it's a custom built item coming directly from China, that's practically overnight compared to some items you order from China. Especially because of COVID right now. (lol I have an item coming from Hong Kong that had to go surface mail because COVID had shut down airmail to America. It's been little over 11 weeks and counting so far.) Now on to an example of what you'll get. These pics are taken before I mounted it. Speaking of which it comes with 4 stick on velcro stickers to use to mount. If you don't like those you'll have to get something like double sided tape. The pic with it on cardboard is how it looks like when off. It turns back into a regular mirror and you only see the logo when it's held a certain way to the light, and even then it's just the slightest bit barely visible. The pic with the red circle shows the only con I have with this item. The edges are wrapped so where the cable comes out of the wrapping, it couldn't totally cover the side which allowed some light to spill through. So I had to paint the corner and the only black I had available on hand was really high gloss enamel shown in the yellow circle of the acrylic PSU shroud I made. I just added that because in the pic, I noticed it made it look a lot more ragged than it actually is. What you're actually seeing in the pic is some of my other case LED reflecting off the paint on the corner. I should have gone with a matte black instead for both items but live and learn I guess. I can always paint them again. All in all I'm really happy with how this turned out and I may very well get another one depending on which 3080 I manage to get. Or I might just mount another one in front of the PSU shroud. I searched around all over the place and the only other place I found aside from the Chinese on aliexpress that are making these for PC is here https://www.jmmods.com/gpu-backplates By the pics shown he does good work. But it's also over double the price I paid not even counting shipping. His are also a bit thinner than mine is but he can also make it ICUE or controller capable instead of the standard 3 or 4 pin.