- Jun 3, 2014
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Hey all
not sure if this is an odd topic or not, I know a fair few people paint mobo heatsinks but what I'm thinking is a complete overhaul mainly for 1 reason, right now I have a GA-990XA-UD3 which is mainly fine, but the BIOS are terribly basic, I am planning on a system redo once the R9 390X is out as I have a 4K display and want to use it, but if they are a similar size to the 290X then they won't fit in my case, getting a HAF X, so was going to get a Crosshair Formula Z to go with it, awesome board, my only issue is once I have finished my student placement and have moved to a stable address with my techie mates a couple of miles away instead of 300, I want to do a hardpipe water loop, now my issue is once I do that, I will have the case on a desk so I can see it, I mean what's the point in putting that much effort into a loop and then hiding it? anyway, if/when I do this, I want to use mayhems nano fluid in blue, red board, blue fluid? not sure how it will look, I don't think nice though. so I either stick with the board I have, which I don't mind but the BIOS isn't great, get a Asus M5A99FX Pro R2 which is nicer BIOS wise, but isn't as good as the Formula Z or get the Formula and paint it? is that a thing people do, paint a whole board? I don't mean buy 1 can of spray paint and just go at it but if I take my time, tape everything off, would that work?
AMD 8350 CPU btw
Thanks in advance
Edit: just though I'd point out that when I say paint the whole board, I don't mean 100% coverage, I want to re spray everything that is red, everything that is black will stay black, everything that is shiny will stay shiny
not sure if this is an odd topic or not, I know a fair few people paint mobo heatsinks but what I'm thinking is a complete overhaul mainly for 1 reason, right now I have a GA-990XA-UD3 which is mainly fine, but the BIOS are terribly basic, I am planning on a system redo once the R9 390X is out as I have a 4K display and want to use it, but if they are a similar size to the 290X then they won't fit in my case, getting a HAF X, so was going to get a Crosshair Formula Z to go with it, awesome board, my only issue is once I have finished my student placement and have moved to a stable address with my techie mates a couple of miles away instead of 300, I want to do a hardpipe water loop, now my issue is once I do that, I will have the case on a desk so I can see it, I mean what's the point in putting that much effort into a loop and then hiding it? anyway, if/when I do this, I want to use mayhems nano fluid in blue, red board, blue fluid? not sure how it will look, I don't think nice though. so I either stick with the board I have, which I don't mind but the BIOS isn't great, get a Asus M5A99FX Pro R2 which is nicer BIOS wise, but isn't as good as the Formula Z or get the Formula and paint it? is that a thing people do, paint a whole board? I don't mean buy 1 can of spray paint and just go at it but if I take my time, tape everything off, would that work?
AMD 8350 CPU btw
Thanks in advance
Edit: just though I'd point out that when I say paint the whole board, I don't mean 100% coverage, I want to re spray everything that is red, everything that is black will stay black, everything that is shiny will stay shiny
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