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I have a buddy I'm helping build a PC soon, and wanted to find the blackest mobo possible for him.

 

He wants to do a purple+black build, with some watercooling down the road maybe.

 

 

I was looking at the z87 ud3h but it's black/blue/grey, not sure if there's any that have a blacker color scheme.

 

 

 

 

inb4 y u racist about motherboards

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I've been looking for a black Z87 mobo too, and the best looking option I found is the maximus VI formula.

BUT WAIT, that's black and red!

Get some moddiy PCI-e covers and fill the red dimm slots, and it's almost completely black.

You could even tape off the SATA ports.

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I've been looking for a black Z87 mobo too, and the best looking option I found is the maximus VI formula.

BUT WAIT, that's black and red!

Get some moddiy PCI-e covers and fill the red dimm slots, and it's almost completely black.

You could even tape off the SATA ports.

Lol that's exactly what im doing with the mobo even down the taping the sata ports lol. The only thing is I can't find black (even green or chrome) PCIE cover. U know where I could get em? 

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I've been looking for a black Z87 mobo too, and the best looking option I found is the maximus VI formula.

BUT WAIT, that's black and red!

Get some moddiy PCI-e covers and fill the red dimm slots, and it's almost completely black.

You could even tape off the SATA ports.

 

the sabertooth is extremely black but it has some brown/green mixed in :(

 

 

 

WHY CANT THEY MAKE AN ALL BLACK MOBO

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Lol that's exactly what im doing with the mobo even down the taping the sata ports lol. The only thing is I can't find black (even green or chrome) PCIE cover. U know where I could get em? 

http://www.moddiy.com/products/modDIY-PCI%252dE-%7B47%7D-PCI-%7B47%7D-AGP-Slot-Protective-Jack-Cover.html

There ya go.

No personal experience with them, but these were the ones I had in mind.

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I have a buddy I'm helping build a PC soon, and wanted to find the blackest mobo possible for him.

 

He wants to do a purple+black build, with some watercooling down the road maybe.

 

 

I was looking at the z87 ud3h but it's black/blue/grey, not sure if there's any that have a blacker color scheme.

 

 

 

 

inb4 y u racist about motherboards

gigabytes or msi mpower but they have some yellow on it but its a mattblack pcb

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There are these:

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=138_1491&products_id=24413&zenid=2c5b76d41539c15e09ce1589d92b6c7e

 

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=138_1491&products_id=23810&zenid=2c5b76d41539c15e09ce1589d92b6c7e

 

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=138_1491&products_id=23588&zenid=2c5b76d41539c15e09ce1589d92b6c7e

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MSI Z87 XPOWER: and a black sharpie:

 

http://us.msi.com/product/mb/Z87-XPOWER.html#overview

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I have a buddy I'm helping build a PC soon, and wanted to find the blackest mobo possible for him.

 

He wants to do a purple+black build, with some watercooling down the road maybe.

 

 

I was looking at the z87 ud3h but it's black/blue/grey, not sure if there's any that have a blacker color scheme.

 

 

 

 

inb4 y u racist about motherboards

Gigabyte Z87 board are quite black, although I think the cheaper ones are brown PCBs.

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Gigabyte Z87 board are quite black, although I think the cheaper ones are brown PCBs.

with z87 they are all black, h87 and h81 are a different story

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The SABERTOOTH Z87 which includes covers for PCIe, DRAM and all the other connections will be very close to "blacked out" look. The main visible portion will be the PCH which is generally covered once the GPU is installed. Hope this helps.

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