If we’re building PCs here, i wanna hear your opinions on (A)RGB LEDs. 5V, 12V, single color, addressable. MFing Lights.

What’s your preferred amount? Just a few LED fans? Or some RGB RAM sticks? Maybe just on your CPU cooler? Or a single solitary LED strip?

Maybe you’re like me. Maybe you need more. Maybe your build isn’t complete unless everything is glowing and synced. LED strip, LED fans, CPU cooler, GPU, the works. Why can’t a PC be functional and fun to look at?

Or maybe you want no LEDs at all. Maybe you’re a Noctua fan. Maybe you cringe at the idea of PC components that light up more than absolutely necessary.

So let’s hear it. How much lighting is enough? Is there such a thing as enough, or too much for you?

  • HidingCat
    6•1 year ago

    Zero decorative elements. Hate them. One for power and one for disk acttivity. I turn the rest off whenever I can, or if possible, physically remove them.

    Though RGB on the keyboard is enabled during Christmas, when I string the lights up on the Christmas tree.

    • NaClKnightOP
      1•1 year ago

      That’s fascinating. I figured Lemmy users would basically self select as the exact kind of people who dislike decorative elements and these comments suggest i was mostly right.

      Why is keyboard RGB only ok during Christmas?

      I’m not here to convince anyone how cool LEDs are but i do like hearing other opinions.