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Just finished plasti-dipping my GTX 970. It doesn't look too bad, in real life it looks incredibly good, in my opinion. 

 

Will update this post if I ever get around to fixing it up. A bit of the red can still be seen through the back of the card and there is a weird red glow coming from the back of the LED. Will try and tape the back and see if that gets rid of it.

 

Enjoy!

 

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Looks really fucking sweet!

PEWDIEPIE DONT CROSS THAT BRIDGE

 

 

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Amazing!

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Like Linus' Rampage V Extreme, I'd call that a ten-footer. Not terrible for your first attempt though. My MSI Z97 PC Mate is probably a ten-footer as well, meanwhile my C70 looked damn good close up. It definitely needs some cleaning up, but that's Plasti-Dip for you.

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can i has pls its beautiful

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sums up my thoughts well. 

 

Hella nice.

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dude that GPU looks fantastic

the whole build is beautiful. the black motherboard is a nice touch. 

 

The motherboard was brown before, but I painted it black too ;)

 

Also for anyone who is thinking about painting the cooler on the MSI Gaming cards, you can remove the plastic shroud without removing the heatsink. However, you can't unplug the LED on the MSI logo. I just put the rest of my card under a box when I painted the plastic part.

 

Thanks for all the praise guys! :)

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Like Linus' Rampage V Formula, I'd call that a ten-footer. Not terrible for your first attempt though. My MSI Z97 PC Mate is probably a ten-footer as well, meanwhile my C70 looked damn good close up. It definitely needs some cleaning up, but that's Plasti-Dip for you.

I've been considering painting my Military Green C70 to black, was it a hard task for you? Assuming you used Plasti-Dip?

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Is it supposed to be white? Looks a little gray, might just be the photo. Looks like it could use a second coating of paint, but looks nice! 

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The motherboard was brown before, but I painted it black too ;)

 

Also for anyone who is thinking about painting the cooler on the MSI Gaming cards, you can remove the plastic shroud without removing the heatsink. However, you can't unplug the LED on the MSI logo. I just put the rest of my card under a box when I painted the plastic part.

Did u paint the motherboard with plasti dip too?

Because wouldn't the plasti-dip layer cause the capacitors and stuff to trap the heat under? 

Not sure, but just a concern i have.

But WOW that MOBO+GPU combo looks SICK

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Why did you put the graphics card in the lowest spot? I would think that that would restrict it from air. 

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I've been considering painting my Military Green C70 to black, was it a hard task for you? Assuming you used Plasti-Dip?

It was a bit of a chore, but in the end I didn't really like it. The job came out fine and all, but it started peeling from normal fricton wear and tear. If you don't move your PC around much, you will be fine. You're going to need about four cans though, and it helps to have someone else to help you (luckily, my sister stuck around to help me.)

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It was a bit of a chore, but in the end I didn't really like it. The job came out fine and all, but it started peeling from normal fricton wear and tear. If you don't move your PC around much, you will be fine. You're going to need about four cans though, and it helps to have someone else to help you (luckily, my sister stuck around to help me.)

I see, I may try it one day. Thanks for the help.

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I see, I may try it one day. Thanks for the help.

No problem :D

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Looks great! Did you paint the motherboard too?

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Like Linus' Rampage V Formula, I'd call that a ten-footer. 

 

Came here to say the same thing, haha

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Why did you put the graphics card in the lowest spot? I would think that that would restrict it from air. 

 

To cover up my wifi card. I tried putting it in the top spot and it looked weird imo. Maybe I'm just used to having it in the bottom idk it's been there for a long time :)

 

Is it supposed to be white? Looks a little gray, might just be the photo. Looks like it could use a second coating of paint, but looks nice! 

 

 

Yeah it definitely could use some work, but it's a big improvement over the old red/black look, especially in the H440 with all white & black components. It may look a little gray in the picture, but in real life it looks surprisingly close to my case.  Also, I nearly ran out of plasti-dip as I was also painting a GTX 670 and a motherboard. I'll definitely fix it up maybe on the weekend or sometime :)

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To cover up my wifi card. I tried putting it in the top spot and it looked weird imo. Maybe I'm just used to having it in the bottom idk it's been there for a long time :)

 

Well if your temps are fine then all is well. But that would drive me crazy. 

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No backplate? :(

 

You should give us some pics of the front so we can see better :) nice job!

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Please add a photo of it taken out so we can see the card like this

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Looks pretty nice but would have been better if you took pictures of it before re-installing it :)

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That looks sooooo sick. Im thinking about doing that with a pair of 980's pretty soon actually.

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