What colour PCB do you prefer? - bit-tech.net Forums

Bindibadgi · 12th Jun 2007, 09:20

After talking to a few manufacturers at Computex, quite a few seemed interested to know if black was the only colour people liked. After all, they want to set themselves out from the crowd but green is considered kinda old hat but far more easily seen by the SMD machines.

Anyway, what colours do you prefer. If it's not listed, then let me know. You can pick more than one too

DougEdey · 12th Jun 2007, 09:22

EDIT: Stop changing stuff Bindi!

I personally don't care what colour PCB, I don't look at my case, I do too much work

Fod · 12th Jun 2007, 09:32

PINK! PINK PINK! PIIIIINNNNNNNNNNK!!!!!!

just 'cause it would be funny.

(i have to resist the urge to buy pink gadgets when the option is available.)

Colossous · 12th Jun 2007, 09:33

Camoflaged would be cool !!

Fod · 12th Jun 2007, 09:34

PINK CAMO!!!

greensabbath · 12th Jun 2007, 09:35

Black, black, and more black. Tell them to stop using stupid colors on their motherboards for all the plastic crap too. At least pick one color or something that matches the rest of the motherboard. Red pcbs would be ok too depending on the mod and saphire's white ones are sorta cool as well.

Fod · 12th Jun 2007, 09:38

well the coloured plastic is there to help functionality, but you can generally get away with using just two colours since the shape of the ports sorta gives things away most of the time.

i actually agree, black is nice. a pure black and white motherboard (i mean purely black and white here, no colours to be seen, not even on the caps!) would be sexy as hell. white is nice too, shame the sapphire boards weren't really prolific.

Fr4nk · 12th Jun 2007, 09:54

Yeah I'd lie to see more black especially with the 8800's, I really don't want a green pcb card in my up and coming mod :/ I know there are black 8800's but their mainly on the stupidly overpriced cards from bfg and xfx :/.

Surely it can't cost that much to die some pcb ?

Though If there was white 8800, I'd just have to have it

Bbq.of.DooM · 12th Jun 2007, 10:08

Anything BUT that yellow-brown.

Bindibadgi · 12th Jun 2007, 10:12

Added "Anything UV" and "Camo"

Frank: it's not about cost it's all about what's available. The SMD machines that put all the stuff on the boards only see certain colours, and only a few companies make the PCBs for everyone (afaik). Coloured ones are in less demand and as such are made in limited batches, so it either becomes a custom job (costs a lot more) or you can't guarantee that future products will also be the same colour.

That is, so far as I've been told.

I told them to buy a few dozen colours and just sell a range.

BioSniper · 12th Jun 2007, 10:33

Anything that isn't black, green or a skanky brownish colour (like the mobo in my linux box) TBH.

FIBRE+ · 12th Jun 2007, 10:49

Matte/satin Black

I like the colouring of my old MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum mobo, matte black with nice brightly coloured connectors and sockets.

Highland3r · 12th Jun 2007, 10:58

Don't care. Would rather have money spent on better design/components rather than a fancy blue neon PCB with flashing lights and glowing. Bung stuff on the cheapest PCB (of a decent quality) and spend the extra on bits that matter

Black's a nice color, agree with fibre - the matt black of the neo2 was awsome. Shame it didn get shown off more.

Hiren · 12th Jun 2007, 11:22

Black or white tbh, anything else looks cheesy.

SteveyG · 12th Jun 2007, 11:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bindibadgi

Added "Anything UV" and "Camo"

Frank: it's not about cost it's all about what's available. The SMD machines that put all the stuff on the boards only see certain colours, and only a few companies make the PCBs for everyone (afaik). Coloured ones are in less demand and as such are made in limited batches, so it either becomes a custom job (costs a lot more) or you can't guarantee that future products will also be the same colour.

That is, so far as I've been told.

I told them to buy a few dozen colours and just sell a range.

Yeah, this is true. The brand new pick and place machines at work find it difficult to deal with colours other than green and end up working a lot slower. The old machines just refused to place components. Darker colours need loads more fiducials all over the board to avoid getting lost and to tell it that there is even a board there! but even then it has a fit trying to get the components centred on their pads.

Mother-Goose · 12th Jun 2007, 11:30

Silver or white

Duste · 12th Jun 2007, 11:41

It depends on the theme of the case, tbh. I mean, if the case has a blue theme then obviously the best PCB colour choice would be blue (or black). I'm the kind of person that has to match colours when designing something, so a PCB colour would be included in this colour-matching process.

teamtd11 · 12th Jun 2007, 12:19

Im a big fan of the white/cream on the sapphire pure boards, if only they would put more than 1 pci slot on them

The problem is when you have a blue mobo, red gfx, green pump relay and black soundcard :P

Mankz · 12th Jun 2007, 13:46

Black or Dark Blue.

However, a Silver PCB would be nice!

Also, AFAIK Foxconn make lots of PCB's and ports for motherboards and graphics cards.

Amon · 12th Jun 2007, 14:07

Absolutely silver.

View Poll Results: What PCB colour do you prefer?
Black	388	74.90%
Red	99	19.11%
Blue	91	17.57%
Orange	29	5.60%
Yellow-Brown	10	1.93%
White	127	24.52%
Silver	65	12.55%
Purple	36	6.95%
Green	41	7.92%
Pink	15	2.90%
Camo	33	6.37%
Anything UV?	62	11.97%
Transparent	92	17.76%
Bronze	9	1.74%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 518. You may not vote on this poll

12th Jun 2007, 09:20	#1
Bindibadgi Richard Swinburne bit-tech Staff Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Omnipwntent Posts: 28,228	What colour PCB do you prefer? After talking to a few manufacturers at Computex, quite a few seemed interested to know if black was the only colour people liked. After all, they want to set themselves out from the crowd but green is considered kinda old hat but far more easily seen by the SMD machines. Anyway, what colours do you prefer. If it's not listed, then let me know. You can pick more than one too __________________ Made you look, made you stare, made you clicked this in your underwear! Den of Geek!

12th Jun 2007, 09:22	#2
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12th Jun 2007, 09:32	#3
Fod what is the cheesecake? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: London Posts: 4,902	PINK! PINK PINK! PIIIIINNNNNNNNNNK!!!!!! just 'cause it would be funny. (i have to resist the urge to buy pink gadgets when the option is available.) __________________ "Sesame Street is brought to you by the letters P, W, N, the number 3, and the letter D." I'm a pretentious git with a camera. ISPs want to spy on you. Join the fight against phorm XBL/PSN/Steam ID: FodT

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12th Jun 2007, 09:34	#5
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12th Jun 2007, 09:35	#6
greensabbath Got Wood? Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Alameda, CA, USA Posts: 757	Black, black, and more black. Tell them to stop using stupid colors on their motherboards for all the plastic crap too. At least pick one color or something that matches the rest of the motherboard. Red pcbs would be ok too depending on the mod and saphire's white ones are sorta cool as well. __________________ Completed:Sangaku http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=89638 Completed:Yuugou http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=109996 My case mod website www.nickfalzonedesign.com

12th Jun 2007, 09:38	#7
Fod what is the cheesecake? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: London Posts: 4,902	well the coloured plastic is there to help functionality, but you can generally get away with using just two colours since the shape of the ports sorta gives things away most of the time. i actually agree, black is nice. a pure black and white motherboard (i mean purely black and white here, no colours to be seen, not even on the caps!) would be sexy as hell. white is nice too, shame the sapphire boards weren't really prolific. __________________ "Sesame Street is brought to you by the letters P, W, N, the number 3, and the letter D." I'm a pretentious git with a camera. ISPs want to spy on you. Join the fight against phorm XBL/PSN/Steam ID: FodT Last edited by Fod; 12th Jun 2007 at 09:58.

12th Jun 2007, 09:54	#8
Fr4nk Tyrannosaurus Alan ! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Uk, Essex Posts: 2,367	Yeah I'd lie to see more black especially with the 8800's, I really don't want a green pcb card in my up and coming mod :/ I know there are black 8800's but their mainly on the stupidly overpriced cards from bfg and xfx :/. Surely it can't cost that much to die some pcb ? Though If there was white 8800, I'd just have to have it __________________ {Macbook Pro + Dell 2407 WFP - Canon 3000V + Canon 350D + BG-E3 + Sigma 10-20mm + 50mm f1.8 + kit 28-90mm EF - Rolleiflex 2.8 TLR} *Flickr ~Flickriver ^ My Behance Art Folio

12th Jun 2007, 10:08	#9
Bbq.of.DooM Custom User Title Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,463	Anything BUT that yellow-brown. __________________ Wowomg!!

12th Jun 2007, 10:12	#10
Bindibadgi Richard Swinburne bit-tech Staff Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Omnipwntent Posts: 28,228	Added "Anything UV" and "Camo" Frank: it's not about cost it's all about what's available. The SMD machines that put all the stuff on the boards only see certain colours, and only a few companies make the PCBs for everyone (afaik). Coloured ones are in less demand and as such are made in limited batches, so it either becomes a custom job (costs a lot more) or you can't guarantee that future products will also be the same colour. That is, so far as I've been told. I told them to buy a few dozen colours and just sell a range. __________________ Made you look, made you stare, made you clicked this in your underwear! Den of Geek!

12th Jun 2007, 10:33	#11
BioSniper I Mod, Therefore I Own Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Somewhere in the south Posts: 3,454	Anything that isn't black, green or a skanky brownish colour (like the mobo in my linux box) TBH. __________________ My Flickr :: Bit-tech Flickr Wii: 1792 1527 2926 7945 :: Xbox Live: BioSnipr :: PSN: Biosnipr

12th Jun 2007, 10:49	#12
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12th Jun 2007, 10:58	#13
Highland3r I Mod, Therefore I Own Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Leeds UK Posts: 7,156	Don't care. Would rather have money spent on better design/components rather than a fancy blue neon PCB with flashing lights and glowing. Bung stuff on the cheapest PCB (of a decent quality) and spend the extra on bits that matter Black's a nice color, agree with fibre - the matt black of the neo2 was awsome. Shame it didn get shown off more. __________________ Prawn or not...?

12th Jun 2007, 11:22	#14
Hiren The Real Pacman bit-tech Staff Join Date: May 2002 Location: England Posts: 5,805	Black or white tbh, anything else looks cheesy. __________________ XBL : Shogun Hiren Homepage \| HD Tach \| Last.fm \| DeviantArt bit-tech newsletter \| bit-tech Blog

12th Jun 2007, 11:30	#16
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12th Jun 2007, 11:41	#17
Duste Sierra my delta, bravo! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: WA, Australia Posts: 812	It depends on the theme of the case, tbh. I mean, if the case has a blue theme then obviously the best PCB colour choice would be blue (or black). I'm the kind of person that has to match colours when designing something, so a PCB colour would be included in this colour-matching process.

12th Jun 2007, 12:19	#18
teamtd11 I am a Dremel Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Saltburn-By-The-Sea Posts: 1,645	Im a big fan of the white/cream on the sapphire pure boards, if only they would put more than 1 pci slot on them The problem is when you have a blue mobo, red gfx, green pump relay and black soundcard :P __________________ Main: AMD X2 3ghz, x1900xt, DFI NF590SLI, 4gb pc2-8500 [Watercooled] Retro: AMD Barton 2ghz, 9600xt, 512mb pc-2700 Animal Crossing: LGTTC - 2492-7863-6464 Member of CK Appreciation Society Group

12th Jun 2007, 14:07	#20
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