How noticeable is the brown?

[BraveFart]

Hey guys,

So recently my motherboard decided to die out on me, so I figured that it's time for a small upgrade. I'm looking for an affordable ($150AUD give or take) LGA1155 motherboard with a black pcb and stumbled across the ASRock Extreme 4. After some research I found that it actually had a brown pcb but looked black in many pictures. For those who own or have owned one in the past, how noticeable is the brown pcb? Or will I be unable to tell the difference? 

 

Any other recommendations? I mainly use my computer for gaming and will overclock my cpu. Also planning to buy an external sound card in the near future so on-board isn't a priority. 

 

EDIT: The colour scheme of my build is Black/Green

[OuchMyFaceyHole]

Dont grab and asrock as i do believe in your price range their are lower end asus boards which will do the job much butter than an asrock mobo.

[The Syndicate]

The Extreme 4 is a great board(I have one) but if you want to overclock, go with ASUS.

[BraveFart]

I have taken a look at the ASUS boards but none of them matched the colour scheme I had going. My build's a green/black one, sorry for not clarifying beforehand!

[rustikles]

Agreed, ASRock makes great boards, but a lot of them are budget oriented.

[BraveFart]

How about the MSI MPower board then? I know for sure that it has a black pcb and wouldn't mind pushing the budget for it.

[Skyfire]

Was going to suggest the MSI MPower as well. A little more expensive but that thing is pitch black, excluding the little amounts of yellow accents. But I'd just go for the Extreme4.

[ANIMAL_ORIGIN]

Check out the ASRock Z77 Extreme6. It is a ridiculously good board but it's a little above your price range.

[LogicalDrm]

If your only worried about color, do something with leds. Right kind of play with shadows and nobody looks at pcb.

[rustikles]

Phoyba has some great RGB LEDs that are super bright. You need to get an IR controller with it (~$20 for controller and $20 for each 60cm LED strip) but the thing has like 16 color settings. For $60 you can make you build look 10 times better, and even change your color scheme to match the mood.

[Mac]

I have an AM3+ version, it's noticeable when there's light on it, I though it was black when I ordered it but it's actually brown. 

[DaftBehemoth]

A dark brown PCB is really hard to notice in a dark case. My MSI Z68A-GD80 is brown, but it's hard to tell unless I look VERY close. Just don't light your case with white LEDs.

[Wats]

aye, its called solder mask. not 'brown pcb'.

 

its cheap, thin, black solder mask that looks brown because it shows the copper that the pcb is made of.

 

 

solder mask...rant.. soz

 

 

 

uhh idk.. spend a little bit more if you want nicer solder mask or features or w/e ...nice looking heat sinks, ive done it too..

[leipero]

You could post picture, we should see how much brown it is. Anyways, i have brown-to-black PCB MB, and it is not not noticeable to me at all, but you have to keep on mind that i look at it only when cleaning lol

[Ryan Leech]

It looks black as long as your case is darker or saturated with green led lighting.

[Leonard]

While the Asrock motherboard is a good one it does show a hit of brown but it is more to a dark slate but then again i am a man, and they say men are colour blind anyhoo if you want a black PCB motherboard you may concider these two:-

http://www.amazon.com/MSI-Computer-Corp-Z77A-GD65-GAMING/dp/B00CBFPZEI/ref=sr_1_7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1375139219&sr=1-7&keywords=z77+motherboard+atx

 

or his smaller brother

 

http://www.amazon.com/MSI-Computer-Corp-Z77A-G45-GAMING/dp/B00CBFPZDO/ref=sr_1_15?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1375139219&sr=1-15&keywords=z77+motherboard+atx

 

or this gigabyte

 

http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-CrossFireX-DispayPort-Motherboard-GA-Z77X-UD3H/dp/B007R21JJK/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1375139219&sr=1-1&keywords=z77+motherboard+atx

 

The MSI's are better overclockers.