Posted March 18, 2014 Hey there this is not that good of a mod as it failed to a degree but I thought I would share it with you guys anyway. I am doing an 'all white' build soon for my sister (who doesn't have a large budget) and decided to experiment a little with cheaper options but also make it look good as my first gaming PC was about NZ$3000 First off i disassembled the fan from the aluminium fins and spray painted it with a primer coat, then again with two coats of white spray paint (just a random non heat-resistant spray). This also meant pulling out the 'snap on' pegs, one of which broke during the process. I have yet to fix something to the top of the cooler in place of the intel sticker, so I have just cut a simple white paper circle for the sake of hiding internal components for a photo. The 4-pin cable was rather painstakingly sleeved with some of Lutro Custom's white 550 Paracord and held in place with standard 3/16" heatshrink. This however made the cable much larger than its previously un-sleeved state and required me to cut/accidentally break some of the cable guides (the one on the top and side) which resulted in some paint flaking. Overall the experiment didn't go that great, but I love the all white finish (albeit a rough one) but I am wondering if anyone here has experience painting components would like to share some advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 18, 2014 the white stock heatsink should not be used, it lacks thermal properties now Intel 3570k 3,4@4,5 1,12v Scythe Mugen 3 gigabyte 770 MSi z77a GD55 corsair vengeance 8 gb corsair CX600M Bitfenix Outlaw 4 casefans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 18, 2014 the white stock heatsink should not be used, it lacks thermal properties now He didn't actually paint the heatsink, just the fan. Main rig on profile VAULT - File Server Spoiler Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 3x 1TB Seagate Barracuda (dumping ground), 3x 8TB WD White-Label (Plex) (all 3 arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), Corsair RM750x, Windows 11 Education Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C Spoiler Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, 320GB Samsung Spinpoint (for video capture), MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 10 Pro Mac Mini (Late 2020) Spoiler Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma Consoles: Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB (retired), PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 18, 2014 Pretty neat experiment. Now that its snow white it will cool better. (just joking) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 18, 2014 I really, really love small projects like this. aWesome The Mistress: Case: Corsair 760t CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4GHz(stock speed at the moment) - GPU: MSI 970 - MOBO: MSI Z97 Gaming 5 - RAM: Crucial Ballistic Sport 1600MHZ CL9 - PSU: Corsair AX760 - STORAGE: 128Gb Samsung EVO SSD/ 1TB WD Blue/Several older WD blacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 19, 2014 Looks nice. Looking forward to seeing future mods like this. If you ever need help with a build, read the following before posting: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/3061-build-plan-thread-recommendations-please-read-before-posting/Also, make sure to quote a post or tag a member when replying or else they won't get a notification that you replied to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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