Intel Z97/X99 Green Motherboard?

[Zippit]

Are there any green Intel Z97/X99 motherboards around?

 

[MadShadow]

Nah mate. There are green Z87 boards though.

 

[Feronix]

Nope, you'll need to either get an all black board, or a black & white one and paint it (although you can also paint red boards, for instance cause that's what everyone seems to be doing right now anyway).

 

[Zippit]

What pasrts could & would one paint without ruining the board? Also, what paint should one use?

 

[MadShadow]

If I were you, I'd go with an MSI Krait board and get some green LEDs to mount behind or around it.

 

[Feronix]

Look for a board that has separate plates on the heatsinks that are screwed or glued on. You should be able to take them off and paint them quite easily.

 

[Hellbeard]

I had the same problem. In the end I landed on the Gigabyte X99 G1 wifi and I’m going to water cool it with EK x99 block. Then disable the lights and then it’s just black and grey with the few touches of color (mostly the audio section) actually being green. But the few red details there are on the heatsinks shouldn’t be too difficult to paint with some tape, a brush and a steady hand.

 

[TommyMnemonic]

Would you trust buying a second hand motherboard? I've managed to acquire a Asus Maximus Impact VII for under 100 quid ...

 

[AlienALX]

Would you trust buying a second hand motherboard? I've managed to acquire a Asus Maximus Impact VII for under 100 quid ...

All depends who you are buying it from. There are plenty of people out there who baby their equipment and others who are just downright clumsy and abusive.

Make sure you can get your money back if it's bad is the only advice I can give really.

 

[TommyMnemonic]

All depends who you are buying it from. There are plenty of people out there who baby their equipment and others who are just downright clumsy and abusive.

Make sure you can get your money back if it's bad is the only advice I can give really.

Cheers, Vault-Tec, i've got the buyer protection as brought through a quite famous auction site.