[erik257]

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Originally Posted by rheicel;14222852
You can use any black metal paint. Usuallu you only need one coat for black colour.

thanks for the quick reply rheicel

do you think those will cut it? i know those are for graffiti primarily, they say it's for any surface, but didn't mention anything about high heat environment, any thoughts? or do i have to get paint designed specifically for metal?

 

[erik257]

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Originally Posted by Fateful_Ikkou;14222875
Personally I wouldn't but If I were to paint it I would use a High heat resistant spray paint so you can evenly coat it but remember when spray painting do passive sprays (Like how you Strafe when gaming) and don't spray too much in one area even with small objects like a heatsink because if you do too much heat may get trapped in that area, effectively reducing your heatsinks capabilities.

Good luck with your project.

And like rheicel said "One coat should do just fine"

thanks for the speedy reply

so heat resistant paint, fair enough, it makes more sense but i just don't know where to get them, that's the problem with moving to a new country, LOL

 

[erik257]

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Originally Posted by fl0w3n First thought that comes to mind is that the paint would actually insulate the aluminum and keep more heat in the metal itself instead of letting it come to the surface, the surface now being the paint, and being whisked away by air flow.

hmmm...you reckon painting the heatsinks (if i can get a thin coat) would be at least a bit better than just leaving the vrams 'naked'?

 

[erik257]

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Originally Posted by 100PARIK He could always find a place that would anodize it for him.... but he's not local, so I cant help there. OP, let me see the picture of that heatsink

yeah, not being a local doesn't help finding things...

sorry, a bit lazy to take an actual photo as my dslr takes stupidly high res pics then i'll have to resize it and upload...you get the idea

here's a pic i found on the internet, i'm only using the 12 small vram sinks top right of the pic

any thoughts?

 

[erik257]

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Originally Posted by 100PARIK http://www.thefintels.com/aer/homealuminumanodizing.htm check this out, but I wouldn't recommend it. Still looks like a cool project

lol, looks like a fun project, but doubt i'd be able to do it though!

thanks for the link nonetheless

 

[erik257]

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Originally Posted by rheicel here is the link to the painting tips

thanks for the link

 

[erik257]

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Originally Posted by Jaguarbamf VRM's can really heat up. If you get paint for them, make sure the paint can withstand the heat! I've had cheap paint chip already.

oops...

thanks, advice taken!

 

[erik257]

ok then, so i'm gonna dig around for some heat resistant paint

thanks for all the input, much appreciated

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