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wow you guys did not like that video that I did on the creation of my DIY paint booth a little while ago but what I hope and based on the reaction on social media this seems to be the case is that you will at least like my first creation that has come out of it welcome to my guide on how to paint your graphics card the gtx 980ti VR edition from EVGA provides an industry-leading graphics experience as well as a five and a quarter inch bay with easy access inputs for your VR device learn more at the link in the video description after putting a couple of finishing touches on the DIY paint booth including finally attaching the fan and putting a shroud of tuck tape around it as well as taping the drop sheet on the floor to the plastic walls around the outside it was time to disassemble the card now the objective here is to take it down as far as we can to its bare components because the objective is not to just coat the entire thing in a in a layer of orange paint I'm actually only looking to change the blasted aluminum parts so I end up with this sick LTT black and orange color scheme now this procedure this is kind of cool can be used for painting like what I'm doing but it can also be used for cleaning out the cooler of many reference Nvidia graphics cards from the last couple of generations so make sure you're paying close attention if your GPU starts overheating to begin with you'll need a number 1 phillips a number 0 0 phillips a size 1 and a 1/2 x and a size 2 hex as well as a little bit of patience begin by removing the reference cooler from the PCB all the screws on the back and the screws along with the hex shaped DVI retention sockets need to come out pull the graphics card itself away from the cooler we were lucky and all our thermal pads stayed in one place making reassembly easy later but if they don't make sure you put them back somewhere safe then remove the two power connectors for the fan and the illuminated GeForce logo and put the video card somewhere safe we won't need it until it's time to put the entire assembly back together now we remove the screws for the top and bottom aluminum fascia pieces one of them has a little bit of adhesive so be careful not to bend it while you're pulling it off the cooler from here it's basically an exercise in find the screws and remove them so we took out the screws holding in the plexi window and the one securing the black shroud that sits around the fan giving us a great look at the dark nickel-plated vapor chamber heatsink that Nvidia uses on the 980ti then we worked our way towards the back of the card all the black pieces will be put aside since we'll be keeping the factory finish and the aluminum pieces the last of which we get access to by removing these four screws that were exposed are taken into the paint booth for preparation the one screw that we didn't remove was the one holding in the cooling fan on the underside of the Uni sink that has all these thermal pads on it there is no need to take this off and I don't recommend painting a fan as it can ruin its balance making it louder and potentially less reliable step 1 prep solvent I mean we aren't working with car parts that have been driving around on muddy roads so it's probably not necessary but it can't hurt step two is sanding so we actually took a wet sand run at it with 600 grit I'm not sure if the anodized finish on these components would have interfered with paint adhesion but I'm going to play it better safe than sorry and remove it anyway then we wet sand with 1000 grit to ensure that our finished surface will be sex errific by the end dry the parts off and it's time to set about priming here we went with three light to medium coats waiting about ten minutes in between them with the experience I gained from this project I would have gone back and done this with white primer but gray was what I had at the time and it ended up working out not too bad now our ambient temperature was a little on the low side so I actually ended up having to leave the primed parts in the office overnight to cure before I could sand off the dust and imperfections with a very light 600 grit wet sand dry them again and then move on to my favorite part applying the base coat for the color I chose a Lamborghini Orange that looked dazzling on the web and actually did not disappoint in person the first coat actually very mediocre it had kind of a yellow cast to it but as I applied more coats the vibrancy of the color really started to come through I ended up using five coats then once we reach the clear coating stage I actually made a very unexpected decision normally I would want to apply my four to five clear coats and then wait 24 hours and use rubbing compound to bring the clear coat to that glassy smooth finish but with the wrinkled powder coat finish of the black components I find I actually prefer the subtle orange peel texture of the parts without any further finishing and I understand normally this is a very undesirable effect in a paint job and considered the mark of a slapdash job but you know what Yolo I like it and I am sticking with it which leaves reassembly as the only remaining step basically do everything you just did while you took the card apart but in reverse order and you should have yourself an absolutely sick looking reference graphics card now for those of you concerned about warranty on a mod like this that is a very valid concern but I was pleasantly surprised to find that on this EVGA card anyway I actually didn't need to remove any warranty stickers to complete the project and so if you were to use Plasti Dip instead of car paint you could easily take it back apart and peel off the plastic reassemble it and send it back for repairs no big deal so happy painting then guys thanks to this guide you can either clean your in video reference video card or save yourself the small loan of about $4,000 that it would take to get your hands on a multicolored reference card 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