Should I bother?

[WorldDominator]

Well I was thinking about how my window mod did well but now you see my horrendous motherboard...I was thinking of getting a modular psu to sleeve the cables and possibly set up a custom loop but that motherboard will always be seen and ruin it. Is there something I can do to hide it?

[ciprian97pop]

Paint the heatsinks?

[whatthe_fuzz]

You can sleeve a non modular power supply. I think its actually easier.

[WorldDominator]

Paint the heatsinks?

PCB is the issue.

[WorldDominator]

You can sleeve a non modular power supply. I think its actually easier.

Really? I heard it was awful. I also heard a kid dying when he was tampering around with the insides so I thought I might play it safe.

 

But, I think I may need a little more juice if I want to watercool, right?

[Vitalius]

Well I was thinking about how my window mod did well but now you see my horrendous motherboard...I was thinking of getting a modular psu to sleeve the cables and possibly set up a custom loop but that motherboard will always be seen and ruin it. Is there something I can do to hide it?

Spray paint the motherboard.

No, I am not kidding. Yes, you can get paint in the PCI-e slots. When you re-insert your cards, it will knock the paint off the connectors. Then just remove them, shake the paint flakes out, and re-insert again.

People have done it before. Your thermals might go up by 1-3C for the motherboard, but it is a motherboard. It should be fine.

Just do not get paint in fan bearings. That is the only thing you should be wary of. Paint is non-conductive.

[Hans Christian | Teri]

Really? I heard it was awful. I also heard a kid dying when he was tampering around with the insides so I thought I might play it safe.

 

But, I think I may need a little more juice if I want to watercool, right?

 

If you want to overclock as well, sure you might. As long as you take your precautions sleeving a non modular power supply is harmless and really not THAT hard.

[whatthe_fuzz]

Really? I heard it was awful. I also heard a kid dying when he was tampering around with the insides so I thought I might play it safe.

 

But, I think I may need a little more juice if I want to watercool, right?

You dont need to break into the housing. Trust me. I'll post pictures later today to show you what I mean.

That kid was messing around INSIDE the power supply. Bad idea.

Idk about wc. You're better off asking Ghost

[whatthe_fuzz]

Yeah the breaking into the housing and widening the hole for your cables to come out of is a pain though, but not having to worry about exacting measurements where you cut off your sleeving is always nice

The easiest way is to sleeve all the way to the hole, get as close as you can, ziptie or super glue them in place then throw a big sized heatshrink tube over all of them

[WorldDominator]

You dont need to break into the housing. Trust me. I'll post pictures later today to show you what I mean.

That kid was messing around INSIDE the power supply. Bad idea.

Idk about wc. You're better off asking Ghost

Where's my pictures?

 

If you don't discharge a psu properly it can be dangerous, if you have a brain it's quite simple to do

 

And a pump and few extra fans won't warrant a ton more wattage unless your going to be overclocking a ton more once watercooled

Hmm I guess I'll have to look into the watercooling more. I have a 620W right now with a 4670k and a 7950. I have the 7950 overclocked a little and I plan on overclocking the CPU more when I get a custom loop going.

 

Overall, I was more concerned about the brown pcb on my motherboard at the moment. I thought I could sleeve a non-modular power supply but it would be more of a pain as there are a TON of cables I don't use so I'd be wasting time and money to do those too. I just want a way for the brown pcb to not show up. I guess I can look into painting it, but I'd be a little nervous about doing that.

[cafe]

Well I was thinking about how my window mod did well but now you see my horrendous motherboard...I was thinking of getting a modular psu to sleeve the cables and possibly set up a custom loop but that motherboard will always be seen and ruin it. Is there something I can do to hide it?

get a new motherboard... lol

or get LED strips so it makes your motherboard look like the color of the LED's

[WorldDominator]

get a new motherboard... lol

or get LED strips so it makes your motherboard look like the color of the LED's

I was planning on white LEDs but that's not the best if your mobo is doodoo colored...

[whatthe_fuzz]

Where's my pictures?

Hmm I guess I'll have to look into the watercooling more. I have a 620W right now with a 4670k and a 7950. I have the 7950 overclocked a little and I plan on overclocking the CPU more when I get a custom loop going.

Overall, I was more concerned about the brown pcb on my motherboard at the moment. I thought I could sleeve a non-modular power supply but it would be more of a pain as there are a TON of cables I don't use so I'd be wasting time and money to do those too. I just want a way for the brown pcb to not show up. I guess I can look into painting it, but I'd be a little nervous about doing that.

I won't be home til later tonight.

[cafe]

I was planning on white LEDs but that's not the best if your mobo is doodoo colored...

red or blue would make the motherboard look different

also purple possibly

or green

but white is kind of dumb if you hate your mobo

[WorldDominator]

red or blue would make the motherboard look different

also purple possibly

or green

but white is kind of dumb if you hate your mobo

It never looked bad before because the window was smoked. I never thought it was all that bad until that picture with my flash on

 

 

no comment

No reason to be rude to him, he's a nice guy.

[WorldDominator]

who's being rude?

it was just a random few words that mean nothing

I feel bad if someone takes offence to my useless words

Hard to tell that sort of thing on the internet but if it had been me I would have been offended.

[Emkryan]

Matte black PCB's should be an industry standard. I'm a proud Gigabyte customer for it.

[WorldDominator]

Dont take offense but you've been reported. Sorry if you find it offensive.

Quit being offended.

You got time for pics now? (I didn't want all this nonsense to start )

[slasher0161]

Have you considered making your board more interesting with uv reactive pens and drawing designed on the pcb, then putting a uv cold cathode in the case?

[whatthe_fuzz]

You got time for pics now? (I didn't want all this nonsense to start )

 

its not finished so dont judge just yet

 

 

 

[WorldDominator]

Have you considered making your board more interesting with uv reactive pens and drawing designed on the pcb, then putting a uv cold cathode in the case?

Never seen it before

 

 

its not finished so dont judge just yet

The frayed cords :o

There are two parts I don't like to this:

  1) Can't use my pc while I sleeve

  2) I have to do ALL the cables

  3) Can't use my pc while I sleeve

 

...guess i meant three

[whatthe_fuzz]

Never seen it before

 

 

The frayed cords :o

There are two parts I don't like to this:

  1) Can't use my pc while I sleeve

  2) I have to do ALL the cables

  3) Can't use my pc while I sleeve

 

...guess i meant three

Sleeving will take around a days time modular or not.

The frayed sleeving wont be noticeable at the end. Plus Lutro0's stiffline doesnt fray nearly as bad as cheap sleeving. Trust me. Its pure gold.

[slasher0161]

Never seen it before

 

 

The frayed cords :o

There are two parts I don't like to this:

  1) Can't use my pc while I sleeve

  2) I have to do ALL the cables

  3) Can't use my pc while I sleeve

 

...guess i meant three

 

 

This is what i'm talking about. http://img.techpowerup.org/061207/UV_PC.jpg

[WorldDominator]

This is what i'm talking about. http://img.techpowerup.org/061207/UV_PC.jpg

 

Looks kinda hippy dippy lol. Idk if I'm that creative and I kind of like my black / blue theme I haveand I think this may detract from a custom loop. Don't you?

 

 

 

Sleeving will take around a days time modular or not.

The frayed sleeving wont be noticeable at the end. Plus Lutro0's stiffline doesnt fray nearly as bad as cheap sleeving. Trust me. Its pure gold.

That's paracord right? I'm thinking of going with that too.

[slasher0161]

Looks kinda hippy dippy lol. Idk if I'm that creative and I kind of like my black / blue theme I haveand I think this may detract from a custom loop. Don't you?

 

 

 

That's paracord right? I'm thinking of going with that too.

That was just to showcase what you can do with it but its certainly something I think will be fun to play with, though it could easily detract from the loop if not planned out correctly.