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painting my rx 480. will it work?

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i am planning to paint my msi gaming x rx 480 white but i was thinking if this part of the cooler will look good: http://prntscr.com/e0fgto  because that part is transluscent plastic so i am wondering if it will still look red-ish even if i paint those stripes on both sides because the plastic will still be red on the inside. i am only planning to paint white the red parts of the cooler and the backplate, also how good do you guys think it will look overall? i haven't seen anyone painting these specific coolers from the last gen of cards.

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If im not mistaken, arent those translucent for red LED's underneath? Probably wouldnt look to great if so..

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@W-L might know how to make translucent plastic a different color.

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Just now, Slottr said:

If im not mistaken, arent those translucent for red LED's underneath? Probably wouldnt look to great if so..

i see some red glare there but i am not sure if it comes from the plastic or the leds itself. not sure if the leds are red 

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4 minutes ago, Slottr said:

If im not mistaken, arent those translucent for red LED's underneath? Probably wouldnt look to great if so..

They are... 

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Just now, Megah3rtz said:

They are... 

are you sure abot that? what if i paint the leds themselves?

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1 minute ago, danavinette said:

are you sure abot that? what if i paint the leds themselves?

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2 minutes ago, danavinette said:

are you sure abot that? what if i paint the leds themselves?

they're RGB LED's, what use would you get out of painting them other than blocking out the light?? 

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Just now, Megah3rtz said:

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it's not a stupid question it might be a waterproof led strip or something i can just paint over it

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Just now, Megah3rtz said:

they're RGB LED's, what use would you get out of painting them other than blocking out the light?? 

they're not rgb as far as i know. the logo is the only one that's rgb. i mean if the light is strong enough it could go through the  paint 

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2 minutes ago, danavinette said:

it's not a stupid question it might be a waterproof led strip or something i can just paint over it

If you paint it light won't shine through, you can dye the plastic and change the LED's if they are on a small board. 

 

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1 minute ago, danavinette said:

they're not rgb as far as i know. the logo is the only one that's rgb. i mean if the light is strong enough it could go through the  paint 

https://ca.msi.com/Graphics-card/Radeon-RX-480-GAMING-X-8G.html#hero-overview They are RGB, scroll down. 

 

Depends on the paint. 

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3 minutes ago, danavinette said:

do you know any way to change the color of them? the msi gaming app onlylets me change the color of the ones on the logo

Only the Logo is RGB the translucent ribs are red plastic and are single color LED's.

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15 minutes ago, W-L said:

Only the Logo is RGB the translucent ribs are red plastic and are single color LED's.

Sorry I forgot its silly like that. 

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Just now, W-L said:

Seems odd why they wouldn't make it all RGB when you already have the controller and such built in.

yes, such i shame. i guess i will paint the cooler and if it looks red or something i will just let the rib leds off.

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On 1/25/2017 at 9:20 PM, W-L said:

Only the Logo is RGB the translucent ribs are red plastic and are single color LED's.

are the ribs red plastic for certain or are they clear and painted red? as im curious if the OP could remove the red from the ribs and be left with probably a frosted white.

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1 minute ago, jonnylaw13 said:

are the ribs red plastic for certain or are they clear and painted red? as im curious if the OP could remove the red from the ribs and be left with probably a frosted white.

They're red transparent plastic so unfortunately not too much can be done unless they replace those ribs if they wanted it to still light up.

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2 minutes ago, W-L said:

They're red transparent plastic so unfortunately not too much can be done unless they replace those ribs if they wanted it to still light up.

bummer, and with a transparent paint id say the best that could be gotten with a ton of layers would be... pink, and probably no light coming through from the amount of paint it would take

 

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