Spraypaint, bro. People think it's dangerous, but those heat spreaders are largely cosmetic to begin with, and what little thermal dissipation they provide won't be offset by an enamel coating.

The MSI Z87 MPower has a yellow and black theme, so the yellow would be covered there. In fact, if you want to just go full yellow/black:

Z87 Mpower:

Avexir MPower Optimized Memory (Avexir? I dunno, RAM is RAM for anyone buying a prebuilt since they should not be messing with timings, ratios, or frequencies).

780 Lightning

And then I would do yellow and black single-sleeving on everything because why not.

ETA: Of course, the issue here is that the MPower is an excessive board if not overclocking with water or LN2. Hell, even I don't use all the added features on my MPower.

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Posted by bluebarracuda

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Posted on 11/1/13 at 2:17 pm to ILikeLSUToo

Can I shoot you some paypal for the sleeving heatshrink? I'm not sure what size I will need, but the 3/16 wouldnt work even when stretched with some pliers

Edit: and I said paypal because it's probably cheaper using an envelope and stamp rather than me drive to central

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Posted by jcole4lsu

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Member since Nov 2007

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Posted on 11/1/13 at 2:26 pm to ILikeLSUToo

well frick why does MSIs yellow boards start at $200?

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Posted by LSU Coyote

Member since Sep 2007

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Posted on 11/1/13 at 3:13 pm to ILikeLSUToo

quote:
Spraypaint, bro. People think it's dangerous, but those heat spreaders are largely cosmetic to begin with, and what little thermal dissipation they provide won't be offset by an enamel coating.

Screwdriver
Heatgun
Elbow Grease

Comes off pretty easy TBH. (I shouldn't speak to the Z87 boards, I've just done Z77 and X79 boards.

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