motherboard painting

[fuhhue]

is it recommended to paint your motherboard blue like how linus did

 

[DND]

4 minutes ago, fuhhue said:

is it recommended to paint your motherboard blue like how linus did

 

To be honest NOO! But if you're rich enough to buy a replacement immediately if you fuck up then why not?

[Bittenfleax]

Well, if you want the same result as him. I guess so. But I would not. I would buy a motherboard with the color scheme. However, I believe others have painted theirs with success

[Moonzy]

10 minutes ago, fuhhue said:

 

get girly and use a nail polish

so u wont be spending $$ for another motherboard if u fked up

[Bananasplit_00]

not worth it if you dont have the cash to fork out if you screw up

[W-L]

29 minutes ago, fuhhue said:

is it recommended to paint your motherboard blue like how linus did

It's not really recommended as it's fairly risky however if you want to the better option would be to brush paint it using acrylic or model markers paint as it gives more control and accuracy. You can also add in dummy pieces into the PCI-E or DIMM slots to try and prevent paint from getting onto those pins. 

 

If your wanting to say paint the heatshinks however it's a fair bit easier to a degree, I have  a write up here under Motherboard and RAM Painting if your interested:

 

 

[steveo1234]

5 minutes ago, W-L said:

It's not really recommended as it's fairly risky however if you want to the better option would be to brush paint it using acrylic or model markers paint as it gives more control and accuracy. You can also add in dummy pieces into the PCI-E or DIMM slots to try and prevent paint from getting onto those pins. 

 

If your wanting to say paint the heatshinks however it's a fair bit easier to a degree, I have  a write up here under Motherboard and RAM Painting if your interested:

 

 

do you think there is any sticky sheets of colored material that could do the trick just to stick on 

[W-L]

7 minutes ago, steveo1234 said:

do you think there is any sticky sheets of colored material that could do the trick just to stick on 

Check stuff like vinyl wrap out if your planning on covering heatsinks but for PCI-E or DIMM slots the only way really is to paint them as stuff like vinyl will tend to be very difficult to apply and interfere with the cards that will get installed. 

[fuhhue]

32 minutes ago, W-L said:

It's not really recommended as it's fairly risky however if you want to the better option would be to brush paint it using acrylic or model markers paint as it gives more control and accuracy. You can also add in dummy pieces into the PCI-E or DIMM slots to try and prevent paint from getting onto those pins.

 

do you think if i contact the manufacturer let's say gigabyte they could make me a blue one instead of a red motherboard?

[W-L]

1 minute ago, fuhhue said:

do you think if i contact the manufacturer let's say gigabyte they could make me a blue one instead of a red motherboard?

They wouldn't do that unfortunately since it would be extra work for them just to create a custom part. If it is just the heatsinks they can be modified fairly easily with a bit of work either permanently with spray paint or with removable options like plasti-dip or Vinyl, the hard part is the slots on the motherboard if those need to be painted to a different color.

[fuhhue]

48 minutes ago, W-L said:

They wouldn't do that unfortunately since it would be extra work for them just to create a custom part. If it is just the heatsinks they can be modified fairly easily with a bit of work either permanently with spray paint or with removable options like plasti-dip or Vinyl, the hard part is the slots on the motherboard if those need to be painted to a different color.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz170xgaming5 more the ram and pci slots