Backplate painting

[Nosfy]

Hey folks.

 

Quick question. Would there be any issues with painting my gpu backplate with plastidip?

I have two EVGA 980 Ti's.

[Moonzy]

21 minutes ago, Nosfy said:

Quick question. Would there be any issues with painting my gpu backplate with plastidip?

probably not, make sure the paint isnt conductive is all you have to do

 

the vram that relies on the backplate to cool might rise slightly in temperature, but should be fine tbh

 

but if you're gonna RMA the card, make sure you can remove the paint

[W-L]

11 hours ago, Nosfy said:

Hey folks.

Quick question. Would there be any issues with painting my gpu backplate with plastidip?

I have two EVGA 980 Ti's.

That's not a problem I would take it off the card to spray however as it would make thing much easier. Just start off trying to coat the edges or hard to reach surfaces first before the large flat portions. 

[Nosfy]

55 minutes ago, W-L said:

That's not a problem I would take it off the card to spray however as it would make thing much easier. Just start off trying to coat the edges or hard to reach surfaces first before the large flat portions. 

Hey, thanks for the advise. I have coated GPU's with plastidip before but only the plastic bits. My main concern is regarding thermals. I read somewhere that plastidip is resistant up to 100c so that would be ok.

[W-L]

Just now, Nosfy said:

Hey, thanks for the advise. I have coated GPU's with plastidip before but only the plastic bits. My main concern is regarding thermals. I read somewhere that plastidip is resistant up to 100c so that would be ok.

Yeah that would be correct, while it may get a little soft at that temperature the GPU shouldn't get that hot in normal operation. 

[_T3CHKN0_]

I think it would be fine to be honest. That's the advantage of Plasti-Dip, you can remove it for RMA. It would be easier to buy a custom backplate but painting it should work fine too. It's been done before so I don't see why not.

[_T3CHKN0_]

Another option is maybe vinyl wrap? I'm not sure about the temperature aspect of that but I was going to paint the shroud of my GPU and was told that Vinyl would be a good option. Might be worth looking into.