Synthwave Sunset RGB GPU Backplate Custom Made for ANY Graphics Card Model now with Vent Cut Outs and ARGB (Addressable LEDs)

I order the Synthwave Sunset backplate to cover up the bare PCB of my 1080 TI GPU. I did have a few issues but they were of my own design, and I made a small improvement to the backplate that I feel should be a part of the production, but that’s just me.

I’d also like to say that this isn’t a paid review, I did buy the backplate on my own, I’ve actually wanted one of these for a while but never justified the cost since I had some other pressing matters with my build before focusing on rainbow unicorn puke.

I guess I’ll start with packaging since that’s what I saw first. It comes very nicely packaged, in a compact box. Unlike some places that ship things often and is named after a forest, there wasn’t a bunch of wasted material. The backplate was wrapped up nicely, the documentation was easy to follow, the little package of connectors and supplies was there and intact, and I got a free little snack of Swedish Fish! Which was very nice.

Next up is the quality of the backplate I suppose. I’m not sure what all there is to say except, it is very nicely put together. Acrylic sheet cut to the pattern depending on your specific GPU. It has a small rabbet cut in the rear part of the acrylic where a strip of RGB LEDs are adhered. At the end is a little dingleberry that has a plug on the end where you can connect your motherboard cable or remote cable. That little plug has nice heat shrink tubing keeping things nice and tidy.
On the top of the acrylic is the synthwave design that I think is screen printed on or silk screen or magically applied to the part. It’s a nice and smooth design with some accents for the lighting to show through.

This acrylic piece is the part that I modified, so either during the cutting and trimming process or it’s just part of the material but the edge facing out of my case was very clear. The issue with this was evident as soon as I fired it up. The LEDs were shining through the clear acrylic way too bright. I thought of 2 ways to fix this. Sand the clear edge with some fine sandpaper to diffuse the light, or use a black paint pen to just paint over it. Well while I was doing some thermal work on my graphics card(Valorant is really turning my pc into a space heater), I took the opportunity to sand the edge of my backplate and see if that helped. If it didn’t, I could always paint it. Well, after spending a solid 20 minutes or so carefully sanding the edge so I didn’t damage the nice artwork, it came out super nice. It defuses the lights just perfect for my taste.

The other issue I had is that my motherboard only has 2 Jrainbow ports for 5v addressable RGB. I have 5 fans and a water block that all need Jrainbow support. The fans had a hub so I had to buy a splitter to fit the backplate and water block, I had the backplate wired up to that and it just wasn’t behaving like it should. I did some moving around when I had everything apart, gave the backplate its own header, it everything else on the splitter and it works beautifully now!

My overall thoughts, this is quite a long review that I typed out on my iPhone. Excuse mistakes and I hope someone reads this and gets some useful information. I definitely recommend an RGB backplate if your GPU is looking a bit dull. I enjoy lighting in my rig so this added that extra touch that I needed to satiate my needs. I’m very happy with the quality from V1, my only criticism is the non sanded edge causing a super bright light that shone a line over my kitchen walls. Having that edge lightly sanded made a world of difference in diffusing the lights. But, that aside I’m very happy with the backplate and when I upgrade my GPU I intent to try to retro fit this backplate, or buy another.

Thanks for reading along!