Colour scheme mobo

[LillySatou]

Hey, so I'm currently on an old version of AMD3 CPU (Phenom 2 1090T) and I'm pretty sure I'm going to be swapping to an i5 4690k. So I was thinking since my current board is in suit with the colours of my build I should do the same. But I ran into a small issue of not a lot of the mobo in the 1150 socket resulting in not a lot of blue and black designs without spending to much money. I have some pretty strict requirements as well for amount of USB, SATA, etc. Anyway so the mobo i was thinking of getting was a MSI Z97-MPOWER (http://tinyurl.com/pdc5fdr) but as you can tell from the pictures its yellow and black. So I was thinking of painting ONLY the highlights of the board which are yellow. As I understand painting a mobo can have different results in increasing temps?

 

Does anyone have any ideas before I fully commit to this set up?

 

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http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z97guardpro

 

Many other MSI boards for z97 (and AsRock) are blue.

[W-L]

Hey, so I'm currently on an old version of AMD3 CPU (Phenom 2 1090T) and I'm pretty sure I'm going to be swapping to an i5 4690k. So I was thinking since my current board is in suit with the colours of my build I should do the same. But I ran into a small issue of not a lot of the mobo in the 1150 socket resulting in not a lot of blue and black designs without spending to much money. I have some pretty strict requirements as well for amount of USB, SATA, etc. Anyway so the mobo i was thinking of getting was a MSI Z97-MPOWER (http://tinyurl.com/pdc5fdr) but as you can tell from the pictures its yellow and black. So I was thinking of painting ONLY the highlights of the board which are yellow. As I understand painting a mobo can have different results in increasing temps?

 

Does anyone have any ideas before I fully commit to this set up?

Welcome to the Forums!

 

As for options there are others that may fit your color scheme better, but if you want to repaint, removing the heatsinks and doing so won't really be any problem since it's just a small amounts of the heatsink. The problem you may encounter is the audio shield or break in the board where they have a yellow line that lights up. That part would be quite difficult to paint over or cover since there are surface mount LEDs in place.

 

I have the little brother of that CPU, the 1055t actually in another system 

[Overkilled]

Welcome to the Forums!

 

As for options there are others that may fit your color scheme better, but if you want to repaint, removing the heatsinks and doing so won't really be any problem since it's just a small amounts of the heatsink. The problem you may encounter is the audio shield or break in the board where they have a yellow line that lights up. That part would be quite difficult to paint over or cover since there are surface mount LEDs in place.

 

I have the little brother of that CPU, the 1055t actually in another system 

What paint would u suggest I want to paint my heatsinks white but a bit scared I'll cock it up

[W-L]

What paint would u suggest I want to paint my heatsinks white but a bit scared I'll cock it up

 

In reality using high temp paint or regular paint on mobo heatsinks aren't really going to make a difference since it doesn't get that hot. For white paint specifically though if you want to get the brightest and most vibrant white color I suggest trying to look into automotive paints since they usually have the best compared to regular white spray paint. Not sure if you have Dupli-color in England but In Canada and US it's a really good brand for automotive paints.