Can i paint my graphics card without disassembling?

[Raisins]

So I've been wanting to paint my graphics cards, like techsource does in this video, but I was wondering if it would be safe to not disassemble the graphics card, but instead put masking tape over the parts I'm not painting. thanks for the help

[The Sloth]

not a good idea, disassembling will give you failsafe option. 

[CatXice]

i mean i dont see t not but the fans could be fun to mask off 

[Raisins]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

not a good idea, disassembling will give you failsafe option. 

yeah you're probably right

[Magnetorheological]

Highly not recommended 

[ARikozuM]

You could, but it's more work to mask everything off in my mind.

[DD Custom Mods]

**Disclaimer: Painting any components will most likely void the warranty and is done at your own risk! 

 

You can paint anything, but the time to mask things off is greatly increased when you don't disassemble it.  If you do paint any electrical components, you can use something like a plastidip spray and make sure you give PLENTY of dry/cure time before using the component again.

 

I just finished painting a mouse and headset without any disassembly, but the headphones especially were a paint to mask off.

[DIY tech]

On 3/6/2017 at 6:53 AM, Raisins said:

So I've been wanting to paint my graphics cards, like techsource does in this video, but I was wondering if it would be safe to not disassemble the graphics card, but instead put masking tape over the parts I'm not painting. thanks for the help

Graphics cards have tiny fan motors and their blades are made pretty perfect to avoid vibration ( in short very very well balanced fan blades ). Painting em might lead to imbalance and cause issues in long run. But if u have GPUs like in the shared video then masking and painting will be pretty easy i think ( blower fan type have plain simple shroud easy to paint ). But its always recommenced to be safe then sorry. If u are willing to paint your GPUs m pretty sure u will love to open them as well its fun.  

[Arct1c0n]

Very bad idea. If your not willing to do it right, you have a good chance of ruining your GPU from the paint and at minimum, killing the fans which also makes you fucked. 

 

Dissasembly = quality results