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Old 10-11-2009, 11:06 PM   #1 (permalink)
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So, I will be upgrading to i7 sometime hopefully soon and was wondering... Should I paint my 1366 mounting bracket matte black? Yes or no?

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Old 10-12-2009, 12:48 AM   #2 (permalink)
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but of course!
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Yes...
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Yes. And don't forget to paint your toenails while your at it
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hmmmmm... on second thought... i wonder how white would look...
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See how it looks. If you don't like it then paint it black
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nice told ya! lol
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yeah, i like how it turned out. now my system will look sicker when it kills your superpi time. lol.
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Old 10-15-2009, 03:14 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Looks good to me. I painted an old Brass topped TDX block that's running in my brothers rig matte black. Looks kick-arse.
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