PCB Color on Video Cards

[ShadowFold]

Yea I think a bright green would be cool too.

 

[JrRacinFan]

Is a clear PCB possible? Cause there's my vote.

EDIT: It would then be possible to make all sorts of mods from that. From el wire to 3mm/5mm leds and even SMD leds. In theory, could use any color led's to match a case theme then.

 

[AsRock]

British racing green ? \ Black, red are my colors all with a black or racing green cooler pending on what color the PCB is..

 

[jgrahl]

• Is there enough interest in this i.e. will people buy them?
• If we make a blue or yellow or whatever PCB are there other products that could be used to continue the theme throughout the case?
• What other color(s) should be offered?

I would like to have one that matches my SOYO red, white, and blue motherboard. If that was made I'd buy it. I know some people who build there own cases that would buy specially colored vid cards.

I know soyo no longer makes motherboards but they did offer colors other than green. I know red is a popular MB color. Sound cards by Creative Labs are black. There is LED lights that could match. Case colors could match. How about UV reactive PCB?

Silver was the most popular car color in an article that I read about cars so that might be a popular choice.

 

[Polaris573]

Is a clear PCB possible? Cause there's my vote.

EDIT: It would then be possible to make all sorts of mods from that. From el wire to 3mm/5mm leds and even SMD leds. In theory, could use any color led's to match a case theme then.

The color of a circuit board comes from the outer layer which is called a “solder mask.” Without solder mask, PBCs are a dirty-yellow color. So, unfortunately, I do not think clear PCBs are possible.

 

[JrRacinFan]

That's what I thought, Polaris. In that case, a 2 tone pcb color would be very creative. Lets say the backside be the color of the cooler and the frontside be a totally opposite color (usually dark).

For example, a black aluminum anodized cooler with purple frontside pcb, and backside black pcb color with a purple cooler mount. This could mainly work with any color, and pretty much any cooler.

 

[OnBoard]

Copper color would be cool, or one of those nickel plated cooler colors (although it would look black without the metal shine).
http://www.pc-ville.com/articles/Zalman_CNPS9500-LED_CNPS9500-AM2/9500-LED-AM2.jpg

If those are impossible, then white/silver or black (case, mobo, soundcard and fans are black already).

I was so close buying that white sapphire mobo, because of its color back when it was new, but something was "wrong" with it's hardware, so I didn't.

edit: and 3 colors I least like in order: asus brown (just ugly), nvidia green (because it looks cheap on PCB), and blue (same cheapis look reason).

 

[nflesher87]

Black is nice, it would match alot of Mobos but is kinda boring. I like black though, don't get me wrong.

I would love to see a green one to match the frog. that would be way cool. Not a boring old school green though. A bright, neon type green.

Not like this card's green, but match the color on the box!

Or like the PCI slots on the DFI boards:

I am really digging that purple too. I also like blue pcb's.

I'm not digging that silver.

hey that's my mobo

 

[craigo]

i would certainly buy a white pcb radeon over another card when i upgrade my existing palit/expertvisions white pcb`s look the goods im not so sure about led`s though(the scsi card in my server annoys the crap out of me...flash.flash.flash) heres a pic of a via based soundcard i want to own...it looks teh sex

 

[tofu]

+1 craigo

I would also definitely go for a white pcb. Not only because of the sexy looks (as per Sapphire motherboards), but also because they are immune to the ugliness of dust collecting on your pcb. Did I mention a white pcb blends in with whatever lighting theme you have?

 

[jammy86]

Thermal reactive paint. It cant be that hard, but it'll be expensive i dare say. perhaps black when off, blue when there is a bit of temp and red for hot areas.

Failing this, I think a bright purple PCB and UV reactive pink cooler I purple, did you know that purple is a fruit?





its not really..


JAmes.

 

[craigo]

for all you people eaters..i think ecs used to do purple mainboards

 

[Snake05]

I also really like the idea of black, or possibly rust orange. Two toned (black/r orange) would be pretty awesome looking.

 

[Wetbehindtheears]

Not sure if buyers look at the colour as any priority (I know I don't) but it would be cool (but impractible?) to have all your boards the same colour as your mobo. First choice would be black - along the lines of Asus Black Pearl - but it would have to be UV reactive (even if it was only along the edges) to help show the different outlines of the boards. I live in the UK and if (when) I win, I donate my prize to fitseries3 so that he can give it back to me less shipping!!!!

Or is it allowed to just edit my profile!! LOL

 

[FR@NK]

I think its best to stick with red on ATI cards and green on Nvidia. Seeing a red Palit 7950GT just doesn't look right:

I wouldn't think that the color of the card really effects which card I would buy. Price and overclockability plays the biggest part. But I do like the green pcb with yellow heatsink, also black pcb and yellow heatsink would be fine.

 

[Grings]

I think green, just not that 'nvidia reference' green, more like british racing green, and a Gold plated pci bracket (like most decent soundcards have) maybe even with one of those bars running up the side like the xfx one pictured earlier in gold too

 

[erocker]

Personally, I like black as it matches anything. White also does the trick and I've never seen it before, so just being different may help. Also, is it possible to do any UV treatments to a pcb so they could glow? That would look very cool. Though, it's not PCB related, is it possible to make a card backwards, so that the cooler could be on top of the card in a standard ATX configuration. If that could be done, many would be interested I'm sure.

 

[nflesher87]

I think its best to stick with red on ATI cards and green on Nvidia. Seeing a red Palit 7950GT just doesn't look right:

I totally agree, this always annoys me

 

[blkhogan]

Anyting black works. Maybe black with uv traces and a uv reactive bright colored cooling setup. Or the other way around white or light colored with uv traces with dark colored cooling. I also like the clear idea.

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

I much prefer black PCB. It looks much nicer. I hate red with a passion and green is next on my list of awful color PCB. I try to base my video card purchase (well any purchase that has a PCB) with a black color.

 

[anticlutch]

Thermal reactive paint. It cant be that hard, but it'll be expensive i dare say. perhaps black when off, blue when there is a bit of temp and red for hot areas.

Failing this, I think a bright purple PCB and UV reactive pink cooler I purple, did you know that purple is a fruit?





its not really..


JAmes.

That would be freaking awesome. I'd buy that for sure

Aside from black (eVGA has awesome looking cards w/ black PCB's), I think white PCBs would look pretty nice. Possibly a deep, dark, metallic blue (like the Blue Fiji Pearl on Honda cars, or the blue on the blue PSP). I'm glad to see that Palit actually gives a crap about their customers.. +1 for you guys! I'm definitely going to buy my next card from you guys, especially since newegg has your products

 

[MKmods]

Black FTW!
How about vented/colored covers for them? (cheaper, swappable as well)
(could be UV)

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

I say we need a poll.

 

[thewizard16]

I think that black is the sharpest looking color for the board, and I'm a fan of good looking copper cooling, but I guess you could make it look like gold for those people needing a bit of "bling" for their computer. As far as customizable colors in general go, it's probably not worth the cost for the minimal interest that would probably be created. There are a lot of wacky colored mother boards out there, but if you pick a mean looking but common color like black, I don't see why someone wouldn't buy the card just because they wanted a little more neon green or some such thing, but that's just me.

 

[Silverel]

Personally, I like black as it matches anything.

+1

Also, is it possible to do any UV treatments to a pcb so they could glow?

+1

Though, it's not PCB related, is it possible to make a card backwards, so that the cooler could be on top of the card in a standard ATX configuration. If that could be done, many would be interested I'm sure.

+50 I never did understand in this day and age where cases come with windows, and components are designed to be pretty, why in the world the video card of all things, would be facing the bottom of the case!

There would be a lot of changes to the ATX standard that would need to be made, but my GPU deserves to show its face.