Lights on your PC, love or hate them?
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I buy gaming starter PCs for work machines because I can get good build quality, and a fast CPU/RAM/storage combo sans GPU for a good price because there's a lot of competition out there. The market for gaming starter machines is good for buyers. Although in my current instance I built from scratch so I could match parts for maximum performance and the features I wanted, but I still used things like a gaming motherboard for example - because it supports overclocked RAM. I run my RAM significantly faster than stock DDR5. I have an all glass case, which means everything is visible. It looks super classy, but not with lights everywhere. OH THE LIGHTS. I just paid a pretty penny to get rid of them. I had fans that were a carryover from a gaming starter system i bought last year, and they lit up green. It was awful. It's so hard to find unlit performance parts these days. I finally got everything but my video card unlit, but you almost have to pay extra for that! All the mid shelf gear is lit it seems like so you either go ultra cheap/low build quality on your fans, or you spring for premium noctuas in plain black. There is not an appealing middle ground. The corsairs for example, of any quality, are all RGB these days. Even if you don't light it, they're still white. Ick. My next GPU will be a founders edition from nvidia because they are low profile, no lights. How do you feel about lights on your PC? Am I the only one that hates them? I can't even stand the popularity of them. I am not quite resentful, but almost there because it makes sourcing the right unlit parts difficult.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
They're useless and stupid. But I'm an old coot so..
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I buy gaming starter PCs for work machines because I can get good build quality, and a fast CPU/RAM/storage combo sans GPU for a good price because there's a lot of competition out there. The market for gaming starter machines is good for buyers. Although in my current instance I built from scratch so I could match parts for maximum performance and the features I wanted, but I still used things like a gaming motherboard for example - because it supports overclocked RAM. I run my RAM significantly faster than stock DDR5. I have an all glass case, which means everything is visible. It looks super classy, but not with lights everywhere. OH THE LIGHTS. I just paid a pretty penny to get rid of them. I had fans that were a carryover from a gaming starter system i bought last year, and they lit up green. It was awful. It's so hard to find unlit performance parts these days. I finally got everything but my video card unlit, but you almost have to pay extra for that! All the mid shelf gear is lit it seems like so you either go ultra cheap/low build quality on your fans, or you spring for premium noctuas in plain black. There is not an appealing middle ground. The corsairs for example, of any quality, are all RGB these days. Even if you don't light it, they're still white. Ick. My next GPU will be a founders edition from nvidia because they are low profile, no lights. How do you feel about lights on your PC? Am I the only one that hates them? I can't even stand the popularity of them. I am not quite resentful, but almost there because it makes sourcing the right unlit parts difficult.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
I use laptops, but having used desktop boxes in the past, I couldn't give a rats *** about lights and clear cases - historically, the boxes have sat under the desk as far away from my feet as possible so I don't accidentally kick them, and as far away from ears so I don't have to hear the fans (yeah, fans, not cooling pumps.) I don't want to see into the box, I just want it to work. :laugh:
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They're useless and stupid. But I'm an old coot so..
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I use laptops, but having used desktop boxes in the past, I couldn't give a rats *** about lights and clear cases - historically, the boxes have sat under the desk as far away from my feet as possible so I don't accidentally kick them, and as far away from ears so I don't have to hear the fans (yeah, fans, not cooling pumps.) I don't want to see into the box, I just want it to work. :laugh:
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Create a Digital Ocean Droplet for .NET Core Web API with a real SSL Certificate on a DomainI've found that from a purely practical standpoint, I really love being able to see completely into my case (which is all glass on 4 sides) because I can tell when the fans are dying at a glance - just replaced them in fact because of that - and I know when it needs to be dusted. I don't keep them on the floor because of dust and pet hair, but my case is a small cube so it sits nicely on its little rolling stand.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I buy gaming starter PCs for work machines because I can get good build quality, and a fast CPU/RAM/storage combo sans GPU for a good price because there's a lot of competition out there. The market for gaming starter machines is good for buyers. Although in my current instance I built from scratch so I could match parts for maximum performance and the features I wanted, but I still used things like a gaming motherboard for example - because it supports overclocked RAM. I run my RAM significantly faster than stock DDR5. I have an all glass case, which means everything is visible. It looks super classy, but not with lights everywhere. OH THE LIGHTS. I just paid a pretty penny to get rid of them. I had fans that were a carryover from a gaming starter system i bought last year, and they lit up green. It was awful. It's so hard to find unlit performance parts these days. I finally got everything but my video card unlit, but you almost have to pay extra for that! All the mid shelf gear is lit it seems like so you either go ultra cheap/low build quality on your fans, or you spring for premium noctuas in plain black. There is not an appealing middle ground. The corsairs for example, of any quality, are all RGB these days. Even if you don't light it, they're still white. Ick. My next GPU will be a founders edition from nvidia because they are low profile, no lights. How do you feel about lights on your PC? Am I the only one that hates them? I can't even stand the popularity of them. I am not quite resentful, but almost there because it makes sourcing the right unlit parts difficult.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
Hard pass for me. I don't mind lights on a PC, but I should be able to turn them off. I have systems that run 24/7, and bright blue LEDs at night can illuminate an entire room. And that's not me saying that's a good thing. If I want some lights, I'll turn them on myself, TYVM.
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Hard pass for me. I don't mind lights on a PC, but I should be able to turn them off. I have systems that run 24/7, and bright blue LEDs at night can illuminate an entire room. And that's not me saying that's a good thing. If I want some lights, I'll turn them on myself, TYVM.
That's exactly where I'm at. After some expense (which needed to happen anyway, to be honest) I'm down to a tolerable RGB strip on the top of my video card. Everything else is dark where it used to be kind of an alienesque green. My next video card will be an NVidia founders edition card. No lights!
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I buy gaming starter PCs for work machines because I can get good build quality, and a fast CPU/RAM/storage combo sans GPU for a good price because there's a lot of competition out there. The market for gaming starter machines is good for buyers. Although in my current instance I built from scratch so I could match parts for maximum performance and the features I wanted, but I still used things like a gaming motherboard for example - because it supports overclocked RAM. I run my RAM significantly faster than stock DDR5. I have an all glass case, which means everything is visible. It looks super classy, but not with lights everywhere. OH THE LIGHTS. I just paid a pretty penny to get rid of them. I had fans that were a carryover from a gaming starter system i bought last year, and they lit up green. It was awful. It's so hard to find unlit performance parts these days. I finally got everything but my video card unlit, but you almost have to pay extra for that! All the mid shelf gear is lit it seems like so you either go ultra cheap/low build quality on your fans, or you spring for premium noctuas in plain black. There is not an appealing middle ground. The corsairs for example, of any quality, are all RGB these days. Even if you don't light it, they're still white. Ick. My next GPU will be a founders edition from nvidia because they are low profile, no lights. How do you feel about lights on your PC? Am I the only one that hates them? I can't even stand the popularity of them. I am not quite resentful, but almost there because it makes sourcing the right unlit parts difficult.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
I have had PCs since the days when their fans were so noisy that everyone around here went to the guys at the acoustics lab at the local Engineering University to have them custom build a noise cabinet for their PCs. (I never got to know if this was a regular service from the U or something those guys did in their spare time.) So my PC has always been enclosed, invisible. When I bough my own house, I drilled a hole through the wall from the living room to the entrance, so I could put my PC out there. The PC I have today doesn't need it for the noise (the one that I had when drilling the hole did!), but from old habit, it still sits there. I see no reason to move the tower cabinet into the living room. The screen has a small USB hub for memory sticks, camera etc. without having go go out in the entrance; that covers most needs. The keyboard/mouse dongle goes in the screen USB hub. So I see the lights when I walk past the cover in the entrance. They are quite limited, and do not bother me.
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I buy gaming starter PCs for work machines because I can get good build quality, and a fast CPU/RAM/storage combo sans GPU for a good price because there's a lot of competition out there. The market for gaming starter machines is good for buyers. Although in my current instance I built from scratch so I could match parts for maximum performance and the features I wanted, but I still used things like a gaming motherboard for example - because it supports overclocked RAM. I run my RAM significantly faster than stock DDR5. I have an all glass case, which means everything is visible. It looks super classy, but not with lights everywhere. OH THE LIGHTS. I just paid a pretty penny to get rid of them. I had fans that were a carryover from a gaming starter system i bought last year, and they lit up green. It was awful. It's so hard to find unlit performance parts these days. I finally got everything but my video card unlit, but you almost have to pay extra for that! All the mid shelf gear is lit it seems like so you either go ultra cheap/low build quality on your fans, or you spring for premium noctuas in plain black. There is not an appealing middle ground. The corsairs for example, of any quality, are all RGB these days. Even if you don't light it, they're still white. Ick. My next GPU will be a founders edition from nvidia because they are low profile, no lights. How do you feel about lights on your PC? Am I the only one that hates them? I can't even stand the popularity of them. I am not quite resentful, but almost there because it makes sourcing the right unlit parts difficult.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
My Hardware in the PC has not lights and I bought / mounted it after you did yours. Patriot Viper RAM, AMD Radeon 6900XT, BeQuiet Fans... all dark. The only leds are the power button and the G in my mouse (Logitech G502). And when I slept in the office room due to water problems, I covered the mouse with a towel.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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My Hardware in the PC has not lights and I bought / mounted it after you did yours. Patriot Viper RAM, AMD Radeon 6900XT, BeQuiet Fans... all dark. The only leds are the power button and the G in my mouse (Logitech G502). And when I slept in the office room due to water problems, I covered the mouse with a towel.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
Yeah all my new parts are dark. It was the old stuff that was lit. I finally replaced everything but the video card.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I buy gaming starter PCs for work machines because I can get good build quality, and a fast CPU/RAM/storage combo sans GPU for a good price because there's a lot of competition out there. The market for gaming starter machines is good for buyers. Although in my current instance I built from scratch so I could match parts for maximum performance and the features I wanted, but I still used things like a gaming motherboard for example - because it supports overclocked RAM. I run my RAM significantly faster than stock DDR5. I have an all glass case, which means everything is visible. It looks super classy, but not with lights everywhere. OH THE LIGHTS. I just paid a pretty penny to get rid of them. I had fans that were a carryover from a gaming starter system i bought last year, and they lit up green. It was awful. It's so hard to find unlit performance parts these days. I finally got everything but my video card unlit, but you almost have to pay extra for that! All the mid shelf gear is lit it seems like so you either go ultra cheap/low build quality on your fans, or you spring for premium noctuas in plain black. There is not an appealing middle ground. The corsairs for example, of any quality, are all RGB these days. Even if you don't light it, they're still white. Ick. My next GPU will be a founders edition from nvidia because they are low profile, no lights. How do you feel about lights on your PC? Am I the only one that hates them? I can't even stand the popularity of them. I am not quite resentful, but almost there because it makes sourcing the right unlit parts difficult.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
LED indicators are not decorations; they should be used only for status indications. All I want on a keyboard are indicators for Num Lock, Caps Lock, and Scroll Lock. All I want on a desktop computer are indicators for power, mute, and Ethernet. All I want on a portable are indicators for power/charging, mute, airplane mode, and Ethernet (if available). I recently bought myself a Das Keyboard 4. one of the reasons I didn't go for the Das Keyboard 5 was the RGB backlighting.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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I buy gaming starter PCs for work machines because I can get good build quality, and a fast CPU/RAM/storage combo sans GPU for a good price because there's a lot of competition out there. The market for gaming starter machines is good for buyers. Although in my current instance I built from scratch so I could match parts for maximum performance and the features I wanted, but I still used things like a gaming motherboard for example - because it supports overclocked RAM. I run my RAM significantly faster than stock DDR5. I have an all glass case, which means everything is visible. It looks super classy, but not with lights everywhere. OH THE LIGHTS. I just paid a pretty penny to get rid of them. I had fans that were a carryover from a gaming starter system i bought last year, and they lit up green. It was awful. It's so hard to find unlit performance parts these days. I finally got everything but my video card unlit, but you almost have to pay extra for that! All the mid shelf gear is lit it seems like so you either go ultra cheap/low build quality on your fans, or you spring for premium noctuas in plain black. There is not an appealing middle ground. The corsairs for example, of any quality, are all RGB these days. Even if you don't light it, they're still white. Ick. My next GPU will be a founders edition from nvidia because they are low profile, no lights. How do you feel about lights on your PC? Am I the only one that hates them? I can't even stand the popularity of them. I am not quite resentful, but almost there because it makes sourcing the right unlit parts difficult.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
I didn't wanted them. but I kinda like them I have a fractal design pop air case with the 3 rgb fans set to "white" (ish) and they are not too aggressive. and the internals, the motherboard and graphic cards only have a small amount of lights I admit that sometimes I set the to color cycling. it helps with FPS in games (lol) .
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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LED indicators are not decorations; they should be used only for status indications. All I want on a keyboard are indicators for Num Lock, Caps Lock, and Scroll Lock. All I want on a desktop computer are indicators for power, mute, and Ethernet. All I want on a portable are indicators for power/charging, mute, airplane mode, and Ethernet (if available). I recently bought myself a Das Keyboard 4. one of the reasons I didn't go for the Das Keyboard 5 was the RGB backlighting.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
From the owner of a 5 - the lighting is extremely subtle and only lights the letters on the keys, and two little bars on the side of the keyboard. It adds next to zero ambient light, and personally as much as I normally loathe lights, it's also nice seeing home row in the dark. If they were bright, or otherwise disturbing I'd have returned the keyboard. Instead I found I like it, and I didn't even count it among the lights on my computer because I don't think of it that way.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I buy gaming starter PCs for work machines because I can get good build quality, and a fast CPU/RAM/storage combo sans GPU for a good price because there's a lot of competition out there. The market for gaming starter machines is good for buyers. Although in my current instance I built from scratch so I could match parts for maximum performance and the features I wanted, but I still used things like a gaming motherboard for example - because it supports overclocked RAM. I run my RAM significantly faster than stock DDR5. I have an all glass case, which means everything is visible. It looks super classy, but not with lights everywhere. OH THE LIGHTS. I just paid a pretty penny to get rid of them. I had fans that were a carryover from a gaming starter system i bought last year, and they lit up green. It was awful. It's so hard to find unlit performance parts these days. I finally got everything but my video card unlit, but you almost have to pay extra for that! All the mid shelf gear is lit it seems like so you either go ultra cheap/low build quality on your fans, or you spring for premium noctuas in plain black. There is not an appealing middle ground. The corsairs for example, of any quality, are all RGB these days. Even if you don't light it, they're still white. Ick. My next GPU will be a founders edition from nvidia because they are low profile, no lights. How do you feel about lights on your PC? Am I the only one that hates them? I can't even stand the popularity of them. I am not quite resentful, but almost there because it makes sourcing the right unlit parts difficult.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
honey the codewitch wrote:
OH THE LIGHTS. I just paid a pretty penny to get rid of them
I buy desktop computers for myself. I have a desk. The desktop box goes under the desk. Out of sight out of mind. Only problem is remembering to pull it out every once in a while to vacuum out the dust.
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honey the codewitch wrote:
OH THE LIGHTS. I just paid a pretty penny to get rid of them
I buy desktop computers for myself. I have a desk. The desktop box goes under the desk. Out of sight out of mind. Only problem is remembering to pull it out every once in a while to vacuum out the dust.
I like to see my machine so i know when i need to replace the fans. I also like to keep it off the floor due to dust and pet hair.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I buy gaming starter PCs for work machines because I can get good build quality, and a fast CPU/RAM/storage combo sans GPU for a good price because there's a lot of competition out there. The market for gaming starter machines is good for buyers. Although in my current instance I built from scratch so I could match parts for maximum performance and the features I wanted, but I still used things like a gaming motherboard for example - because it supports overclocked RAM. I run my RAM significantly faster than stock DDR5. I have an all glass case, which means everything is visible. It looks super classy, but not with lights everywhere. OH THE LIGHTS. I just paid a pretty penny to get rid of them. I had fans that were a carryover from a gaming starter system i bought last year, and they lit up green. It was awful. It's so hard to find unlit performance parts these days. I finally got everything but my video card unlit, but you almost have to pay extra for that! All the mid shelf gear is lit it seems like so you either go ultra cheap/low build quality on your fans, or you spring for premium noctuas in plain black. There is not an appealing middle ground. The corsairs for example, of any quality, are all RGB these days. Even if you don't light it, they're still white. Ick. My next GPU will be a founders edition from nvidia because they are low profile, no lights. How do you feel about lights on your PC? Am I the only one that hates them? I can't even stand the popularity of them. I am not quite resentful, but almost there because it makes sourcing the right unlit parts difficult.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
Lights are for kids and discos.
Jeremy Falcon
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LED indicators are not decorations; they should be used only for status indications. All I want on a keyboard are indicators for Num Lock, Caps Lock, and Scroll Lock. All I want on a desktop computer are indicators for power, mute, and Ethernet. All I want on a portable are indicators for power/charging, mute, airplane mode, and Ethernet (if available). I recently bought myself a Das Keyboard 4. one of the reasons I didn't go for the Das Keyboard 5 was the RGB backlighting.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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I buy gaming starter PCs for work machines because I can get good build quality, and a fast CPU/RAM/storage combo sans GPU for a good price because there's a lot of competition out there. The market for gaming starter machines is good for buyers. Although in my current instance I built from scratch so I could match parts for maximum performance and the features I wanted, but I still used things like a gaming motherboard for example - because it supports overclocked RAM. I run my RAM significantly faster than stock DDR5. I have an all glass case, which means everything is visible. It looks super classy, but not with lights everywhere. OH THE LIGHTS. I just paid a pretty penny to get rid of them. I had fans that were a carryover from a gaming starter system i bought last year, and they lit up green. It was awful. It's so hard to find unlit performance parts these days. I finally got everything but my video card unlit, but you almost have to pay extra for that! All the mid shelf gear is lit it seems like so you either go ultra cheap/low build quality on your fans, or you spring for premium noctuas in plain black. There is not an appealing middle ground. The corsairs for example, of any quality, are all RGB these days. Even if you don't light it, they're still white. Ick. My next GPU will be a founders edition from nvidia because they are low profile, no lights. How do you feel about lights on your PC? Am I the only one that hates them? I can't even stand the popularity of them. I am not quite resentful, but almost there because it makes sourcing the right unlit parts difficult.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
I don't use them, because it's just light pollution. My desktop is tucked away, and even if it wasn't, it's like having your boiler on display. I even found the little plugs for the lights on the desktop case to keep them unplugged. Headphones have a USB to light up, which I don't plug in. I do like having a backlit keyboard, though, all the keys lit up via transparent letters. Does help find keys, particularly good for things that need quick fixes at night. (usually just take a note on my phone, though) I just set my keyboard to plain blue, no fancy RGB or flashing/cycling.
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I buy gaming starter PCs for work machines because I can get good build quality, and a fast CPU/RAM/storage combo sans GPU for a good price because there's a lot of competition out there. The market for gaming starter machines is good for buyers. Although in my current instance I built from scratch so I could match parts for maximum performance and the features I wanted, but I still used things like a gaming motherboard for example - because it supports overclocked RAM. I run my RAM significantly faster than stock DDR5. I have an all glass case, which means everything is visible. It looks super classy, but not with lights everywhere. OH THE LIGHTS. I just paid a pretty penny to get rid of them. I had fans that were a carryover from a gaming starter system i bought last year, and they lit up green. It was awful. It's so hard to find unlit performance parts these days. I finally got everything but my video card unlit, but you almost have to pay extra for that! All the mid shelf gear is lit it seems like so you either go ultra cheap/low build quality on your fans, or you spring for premium noctuas in plain black. There is not an appealing middle ground. The corsairs for example, of any quality, are all RGB these days. Even if you don't light it, they're still white. Ick. My next GPU will be a founders edition from nvidia because they are low profile, no lights. How do you feel about lights on your PC? Am I the only one that hates them? I can't even stand the popularity of them. I am not quite resentful, but almost there because it makes sourcing the right unlit parts difficult.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
I don't like them on the case as it's either hidden and annoying only my wife or perfectly visible and annoys me a lot - I don't want no light shows around me. On the mouse and keyboard, I love them. They allow me to play in low light conditions without turning on the lights, which is my preferred environment.
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I buy gaming starter PCs for work machines because I can get good build quality, and a fast CPU/RAM/storage combo sans GPU for a good price because there's a lot of competition out there. The market for gaming starter machines is good for buyers. Although in my current instance I built from scratch so I could match parts for maximum performance and the features I wanted, but I still used things like a gaming motherboard for example - because it supports overclocked RAM. I run my RAM significantly faster than stock DDR5. I have an all glass case, which means everything is visible. It looks super classy, but not with lights everywhere. OH THE LIGHTS. I just paid a pretty penny to get rid of them. I had fans that were a carryover from a gaming starter system i bought last year, and they lit up green. It was awful. It's so hard to find unlit performance parts these days. I finally got everything but my video card unlit, but you almost have to pay extra for that! All the mid shelf gear is lit it seems like so you either go ultra cheap/low build quality on your fans, or you spring for premium noctuas in plain black. There is not an appealing middle ground. The corsairs for example, of any quality, are all RGB these days. Even if you don't light it, they're still white. Ick. My next GPU will be a founders edition from nvidia because they are low profile, no lights. How do you feel about lights on your PC? Am I the only one that hates them? I can't even stand the popularity of them. I am not quite resentful, but almost there because it makes sourcing the right unlit parts difficult.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I buy gaming starter PCs for work machines because I can get good build quality, and a fast CPU/RAM/storage combo sans GPU for a good price because there's a lot of competition out there. The market for gaming starter machines is good for buyers. Although in my current instance I built from scratch so I could match parts for maximum performance and the features I wanted, but I still used things like a gaming motherboard for example - because it supports overclocked RAM. I run my RAM significantly faster than stock DDR5. I have an all glass case, which means everything is visible. It looks super classy, but not with lights everywhere. OH THE LIGHTS. I just paid a pretty penny to get rid of them. I had fans that were a carryover from a gaming starter system i bought last year, and they lit up green. It was awful. It's so hard to find unlit performance parts these days. I finally got everything but my video card unlit, but you almost have to pay extra for that! All the mid shelf gear is lit it seems like so you either go ultra cheap/low build quality on your fans, or you spring for premium noctuas in plain black. There is not an appealing middle ground. The corsairs for example, of any quality, are all RGB these days. Even if you don't light it, they're still white. Ick. My next GPU will be a founders edition from nvidia because they are low profile, no lights. How do you feel about lights on your PC? Am I the only one that hates them? I can't even stand the popularity of them. I am not quite resentful, but almost there because it makes sourcing the right unlit parts difficult.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
I just turn them off in UEFI or some RGB control app, that came with the product.