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Make Your Own Custom Backplate

WHEN YOU DECIDE it’s time to build a new system there is always the vision of how you want it to look. You painstakingly plan out the hardware you are going to use to suit your needs, but aesthetically there are a number of contributing factors that are very personal. You can toy around with cooling options, storage, lighting, airflow, and a whole range of combinations to make it something that has not been seen before. That said, we have seen 1,000 different builds that all look the same, and this can be down to a variety of factors; budget, competence, following a trend, case preference, and much, much more.

Depending on the style of the build you are piecing together, your graphics card not only plays an important role in the function of your shiny new system,

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