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White absorbs less heat and black absorbs a lot more. 

 

I'm sure the amounts are negligible, but if you're trying to get the most out of your system, wouldn't it make more sense to be white?

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Black absorbs more radiation. In a pc, it's less about radiation. More about convection and just plain transfer between materials

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Because of aesthetic maybe?

 

 

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It's an issue of cost. I remember hearing from Linus while ago tha green PCBs are the cheapest to make, followed by brown and black, while other colors are more expensive. 

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2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

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Because of aesthetic maybe?

 

 

Oh please, white is superior in every way.

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because more people like black PCs then white PCs, mainly because the "gamer aesthetic" has been heavaly marketed as red and black and now more recently black and RGB.

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1 minute ago, Acorn Eyes said:

Oh please, white is superior in every way.

No blue is, your argument is invalid

 

Excessive blue is always good

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1 minute ago, Acorn Eyes said:

Oh please, white is superior in every way.

According to @deXxterlab97 blue is superior in every way. 

 

Acording to me, red is superior. 

 

So no, it's not superior. 

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3 minutes ago, Acorn Eyes said:

White absorbs less heat and black absorbs a lot more. 

 

I'm sure the amounts are negligible, but if you're trying to get the most out of your system, wouldn't it make more sense to be white?

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White reflects heat, which may cause something similar to a greenhouse. Black absorbs heat, but at the same time, releases it.

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9 minutes ago, Acorn Eyes said:

White absorbs less heat and black absorbs a lot more. 

youre talking about heat outside... from sunlight...

in a pc case it makes no difference

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It's just cosmetic

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2 minutes ago, mok said:

youre talking about heat outside... from sunlight...

in a pc case it makes no difference

HAHAHA, are you trying to tell me people don't set up their rig outside?

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Every company that manufactures these items are clearly discriminating.

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7 minutes ago, Acorn Eyes said:

 

What if i told you about a time long, long ago.

 

 

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3 minutes ago, bob345 said:

What if i told you about a time long, long ago.

 

 

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It's grey not white

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10 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Because of aesthetic maybe?

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4 minutes ago, NinJake said:

Every company that manufactures these items are clearly discriminating.

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because white pcb's cost more to make, and are harder to debug. traces are uninspectable with the naked eye, and are even hard with a proper microscope to inspect, and traditional silkscreen doesn't work on it. it also is REALLY spot sensitive which means they have to clean it really well to get all the residue from production off it. black also suffers from most of these but in a lesser way.

edit: also white turns yellowy if its heated too long.

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17 minutes ago, Acorn Eyes said:

White absorbs less heat and black absorbs a lot more. 

 

I'm sure the amounts are negligible, but if you're trying to get the most out of your system, wouldn't it make more sense to be white?

Maybe because black doesn't show imperfections as well, meaning white products like cases need more quality control idk

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10 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

It's grey not white

but grey is just dark white

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4 minutes ago, tlink said:

because white pcb's cost more to make, and are harder to debug. traces are uninspectable with the naked eye, and are even hard with a proper microscope to inspect, and traditional silkscreen doesn't work on it. it also is REALLY spot sensitive which means they have to clean it really well to get all the residue from production off it. black also suffers from most of these but in a lesser way.

edit: also white turns yellowy if its heated too long.

Not everything in a PC that's whitable is a PCB

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