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i was considering painting some of my fans (fractal silent 140), but i was worried what would it do to preformace.

 would they get louder, move less air or tick?

i plan to spray the blades black if you need to know.

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they would probably get a fair bit louder

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Well if done correctly, it could not affect performance unless you have glossy paint which makes airflow a bit easier in a way. Disassemble the fan correctly and there shouldn't be problems.

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Do not paint them, dye them!

Painting will lose balance of fans.

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Do not paint them, dye them!

Painting will lose balance of fans.

would the dye affect performance?

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Or... You could just buy some black fans?...

why buy new fans when i have perfectly good ones that are just the wrong color?  some of us are saving for a R9 290X, dont you know!

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would the dye affect performance?

No, use Rit Dye, it  dyes the plastic in the fan (you can only go darker, not lighter) its easy to use just takes a bit, take the fans apart first, don't want dye in the mechanism.

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would the dye affect performance?

Not at all. :)

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No, use Rit Dye, it  dyes the plastic in the fan (you can only go darker, not lighter) its easy to use just takes a bit, take the fans apart first, don't want dye in the mechanism.

How.. i have never been able to pull a fan apart without breaking it

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lol do you use a hammer? :P

lol.. was I not supposed to? I can never get the PCB off the frame..

 

Just occurred to me to just cover it with tape .

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