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I dye fans if anything, not paint. 

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You could get something from bequiet instead, it already has black fans + black heatsink, it will perform very very similar.

 

Painting fans is difficult to get right, and so is dying from what I've seen.

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I think you can remove the fan blades. Just get spray paint for plastics and give 'em a few light coats until desired.

 

If you do this, you break the oil seal, once this is broken, the fans won't last long.

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You can get the Redux or the industrialPPC fans.

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You could get something from bequiet instead, it already has black fans + black heatsink, it will perform very very similar.

 

Painting fans is difficult to get right, and so is dying from what I've seen.

What cooler specifically from bequiet? 

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What cooler specifically from bequiet? 

 

 

http://www.ncixus.com/products/?sku=93614&vpn=BK018&manufacture=be%20quiet%21&promoid=1011

 

you could get that, it looks similar in size to the one you were eyeballing :P

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Thanks! This is going to look great in a Define R4 :)

 

 

I have an R4 myself, sub to my build log if you want it's in my signature :P

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