PCB Colors?

[saaya]

thanks for all the feedback everybody! im really overwhelmed by all the votes and replies
Thanks a lot!

black pcb.

yellow/gold/silver/black and red slots

mhhh reminds me of heroquest somehow

so why not include monitoring lights under the board so it would have the power checks light up the board, u could do a special edition to test it out

or could u change the colors so u have a uv reactive layer on top and a lighter one in the back like white or neon green/yellow/blue

hmmm could you explain it in more detail? im not sure what you mean, sorry

Ok. Is isopropyl alcohol (70% solution) safe for removing stock thermal grease?

try it carefuly on the edge, but i think itll atack the pcb and will make the surface rough and milky... theres some good electronics cleaning spray you can get in any car or hardwareshop

Black pcb allows to you find on PCB the tracks for mod. and with intensive use, under ln2, highlights problems of condensation and oxidation more much easily.

For me PCB Black is only choice for extreme mainboard....

hmmmm good points! i never thought about it that way... black is def better to spot ice/snow forming!

I know you can't do it since you said a UV clear would end up yellowish brown. But if it was actually clear, or if you found a way to keep it clear, then on the middle layer, put a UV red stencil of the Quantum Force Shield Logo. That way when its hit with black light, the MB glows and the shield pops in view. I think that would be just cool as hell!!!

hmmmm well it would only be visible from the back since the front is blocked by the cpu, chipset and videocard heatsinks... but yeah, that would look cool!

manly PINK !!! would be awesome... seriously i would buy that

lol... with white slots and a huge hello kitty smiley face on the back? ^^

[tiborrr]

Whites are cool. Anyone remember Soltek's white boards?

[ZOMGVTEK]

I would like a pink mobo.

JDM FTW?

But anything else should be black, and blacker.

[Fr3ak]

White PCB, white slots, white or black heatsinks...

PCI-Slots would be clear with inbuild LEDs.

[zanzabar]

here is a further explanatin on teh clear idea


so u said that the problems were 1 it turned yellowish and 2 it need light to look cool

so if u move the power indicator lights to the bottom and made them biger, with some other decrative ones then there would be lights no matter what and it would look cool

also do u have pics of the clear pcb, i havnt seen 1

[NicoOCZ]

White!

Like the old Soltek Socket A stuff and ATI's Grouper/Sturgeon beauties

[saaya]

thanks for the feedback!

here are some examples of what "clear" pcbs look like...
not really cool with leds in the dark, but once you turn the light on and see the pcb... :S yuck!

[[XC] Lead Head]

Anyone remember the old White soyo motherboards? Those things looked kick ass. Black is to common now a days. White just looks awesome

[M3kk]

Not sure, but transparent is possible?

[Loony]

They should do fades on the motherboards.

Have it be black on the CPU side and fade to lime green on the expansion slot side. I'd buy 5.

[saaya]

They should do fades on the motherboards.

Have it be black on the CPU side and fade to lime green on the expansion slot side. I'd buy 5.

now thats a cool idea!
ill check if its possible...

m3kk, yes and no, check my post above yours, its possible but it looks yellowish brownish :S

[M3kk]

Yes i saw them, but i mean transparent like a plexiglass , would be cool .

[whatever]

Transparent PCB:

[alex17 GTX]

Black with UV slots.

[saaya]

Transparent PCB:

nice!!! ill check if we can do that!!!

[s0lid]

Heyyy where the f is the pink option in the vote! I'd like to see or own one
Seriosly! Would nicely fit one of my case

[HDCHOPPER]

nice!!! ill check if we can do that!!!

that is nice if not possible then maybe white board with black traces

[saaya]

maybe white pcb with black traces printed onto it, that arent actually the traces but it looks like they are

STFU with the pink PCB already!!!! :P

[s0lid]

I know u wanna make me an pink blackops!!

STFU with the pink PCB already!!!! :P

[zanzabar]

maybe white pcb with black traces printed onto it, that arent actually the traces but it looks like they are

STFU with the pink PCB already!!!! :P

i like the clear still if u can make it clear or like this rust copper looking color that im painting my case with
http://i35.tinypic.com/4zt25x.jpg

sorry i just love this project that im working on

[oli_ramsay]

I would love to see more hardware that looked like this:



But black looks sleek too and goes with anything.

[saaya]

I know u wanna make me an pink blackops!!

just paint it yourself :P
id love to make a pink board for you and the other 5 people who asked for it, but we cant just make a batch of 5 boards

how about this, i paint 5 boards pink and itll be a special edition blackops hello kitty edition?

i like the clear still if u can make it clear or like this rust copper looking color that im painting my case with
http://i35.tinypic.com/4zt25x.jpg

sorry i just love this project that im working on

hmmm copper/rust color hmmmm

I would love to see more hardware that looked like this:



But black looks sleek too and goes with anything.

pic is down... do you have a backup of that pic or can you find it on google?
btw, very nice avatar ramsay!

[s0lid]

just paint it yourself :P
id love to make a pink board for you and the other 5 people who asked for it, but we cant just make a batch of 5 boards

how about this, i paint 5 boards pink and itll be a special edition blackops hello kitty edition?

Sure send one here

[zanzabar]

u could make your ES boards pink and ship them to the people who wanted pink affter internal testing

[s0lid]

u could make your ES boards pink and ship them to the people who wanted pink affter internal testing

Yep :P
Or order couple pink versions from your blackops pbc maker and try get them thought the assemble line like normal black blackops mobo.