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  • D Daniel Pfeffer

    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.

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    jmaida
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    Ditto

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    • H honey the codewitch

      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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      SortaCore
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      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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      • H honey the codewitch

        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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        den2k88
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        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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        • H honey the codewitch

          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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          maze3
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          from a side panel window Fractal Design, with maybe cpu had hydro light on it. to solid case, power and HD activity only 2 lights I need on computer enclosed sound dampening.

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          • H honey the codewitch

            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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            Julian Ragan
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            I just turn them off in UEFI or some RGB control app, that came with the product.

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            • H honey the codewitch

              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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              Stuart Dootson
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              RGB gets a big NOPE from me - even on my keyboards, the most I want is plain white backlighting, although my most used keyboards (a Unicomp Model M and a Matthias Alps compatible) have no lighting whatsoever. If I want light, I'll turn on my desk or room light...

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              • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                "Power on" and "Caps", yes. But the others get covered with black masking tape if I can't turn them off any other way. It's getting so that you can virtually read a book by the light of charger / device standby indicators in this house - heck even my headphones and game controller glowed by the light of USB you can't turn off unless you unplug the whole PC ... masking tape to the rescue! On that subject, why would headphones need lights at all? Are "normal people's" eyes on stilts so they can see their own ears? :confused:

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                milo xml
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                Twitch TV (and others) where people are streaming their faces with the games they're playing has pushed the aesthetic (read obnoxious) side of computer hardware. The chairs have become ridiculous as well. X|

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                • H honey the codewitch

                  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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                  JohnDG52
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                  I loathe lights on the PC, beyond maybe Power On and disk activity (if there's a mechanical drive). Waste of electrons and photons, and a nasty distraction.

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                  • H honey the codewitch

                    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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                    wapiti64
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                    Computers are not meant to be seen nor heard. Dark and silent. I do however like lighted keys on the keyboard. No RGB or anything, just like them lit. Regarding your worry on fans, just buy some Noctua fans as they are nearly silent and will last as long as your PC

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                    • H honey the codewitch

                      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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                      oPhoenixo
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                      Love/hate - I do wonder why you just don't turn them all off though rather than eat the cost? I favored noctua for noise reduction, so I don't have too many lights from the start, although I wish I had the option to go full GAMERZ MODE, I have plenty of lights on some of my side gear but I mostly run dark except for the keyboard, mouse and one non-los lamp. I sometimes feel like any more lights are cheezy but I also like the aesthetic of some of the more ridiculous streamer setups. to each their own.

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                        Love/hate - I do wonder why you just don't turn them all off though rather than eat the cost? I favored noctua for noise reduction, so I don't have too many lights from the start, although I wish I had the option to go full GAMERZ MODE, I have plenty of lights on some of my side gear but I mostly run dark except for the keyboard, mouse and one non-los lamp. I sometimes feel like any more lights are cheezy but I also like the aesthetic of some of the more ridiculous streamer setups. to each their own.

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                        honey the codewitch
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                        Because "turning them off" involves cutting the cable and the throwing them away.

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                        • H honey the codewitch

                          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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                          Man of Code
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                          I guess I'll be the dissenting opinion here. I'm old enough to join AARP (not that I have, yet, because that would imply I was old) and I love my RGB lighting on my mouse, keyboard, soundbar, and animated triple monitor background. The PC tower has a bunch of lighting too, but alas, it is kept inside a thermostatically ventilated cabinet so I cannot enjoy them as much. Keeps me young!

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                          • H honey the codewitch

                            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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                            glennPattonWork3
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                            Lots of lights, spinny fans and a bubble tube, that was my first work PC, basically a gamer PC as it was the only one they had on the shelf with enough grunt!, Nice big power supply that I repurposed after on the LED strips shorted and poped the mother board, why were they plugged into the mother board, so they could change colour with the CPU temp, I kid you not. No, Power light, Hard drive activity that is all I need!

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                            • H honey the codewitch

                              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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                              Single Step Debugger
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                              My desktop PC is also in a tempered glass cube. I have RGB on the two sticks of RAM and one on the CPU fan and that is. Just enough to be able to see inside, but nothing like a country fare.

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                              • H honey the codewitch

                                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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                                Ralf Quint
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                                Lights on fans and other parts of the computer? Utter [CENSORED]! As useless/pointless as it gets. It's just one of many wanna-be gamer e-[CENSORED] extensions...

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                                  Lights on fans and other parts of the computer? Utter [CENSORED]! As useless/pointless as it gets. It's just one of many wanna-be gamer e-[CENSORED] extensions...

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                                  I let this through moderation, but edited you message - you need to watch your language in this forum, or you stand to be kicked off by Chris. I know there are "worse words" but the automated system picked up on the ones you did use so ... caution is advised. :-D

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                                  • S Single Step Debugger

                                    My desktop PC is also in a tempered glass cube. I have RGB on the two sticks of RAM and one on the CPU fan and that is. Just enough to be able to see inside, but nothing like a country fare.

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                                    honey the codewitch
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                                    My mobo has RGB on one corner, but I have it disabled. My 2080 TI GPU has an LED strip above it, which is the only light in my case currently. Admittedly, it has kind of grown on me, just the lone light strip in my case, although my 4080 is going to be a founders edition. no lights. I shopped around for high end ram that didn't have light strips, but that was also for clearance reasons. I'm on air and my CPU cooler is kinda bulky, as is needed for the i5-13600K I'm running.

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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.

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                                      That's a younger person's bling. Being within striking distance of retirement myself, lights on my PC would be almost as fashion-inappropriate as me wearing Speedo swim briefs to the pool. :-D

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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 hate the lights. I've been building my own gaming rigs since the '90s and saw this stuff creep in over time. Seems to have something to do with social media and people sharing pics of their stuff, so it all has to light up and look cool. It's almost impossible these days to find good gaming PC parts that don't light up, the last time I bought a new PSU even it had lights in it! I don't need my "work" desk looking like a disco. It's absurd. Keyboards, mice, GPUs, CPU fans, mobos, etc. All decked out like props in a low-budget sci-fi movie. So I got a jet black, totally enclosed case. Still leaks a lot of light through the vents, but at least they aren't distracting me from the screen. You know, the one bit that actually needs to light up.

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                                          I hate the lights. I've been building my own gaming rigs since the '90s and saw this stuff creep in over time. Seems to have something to do with social media and people sharing pics of their stuff, so it all has to light up and look cool. It's almost impossible these days to find good gaming PC parts that don't light up, the last time I bought a new PSU even it had lights in it! I don't need my "work" desk looking like a disco. It's absurd. Keyboards, mice, GPUs, CPU fans, mobos, etc. All decked out like props in a low-budget sci-fi movie. So I got a jet black, totally enclosed case. Still leaks a lot of light through the vents, but at least they aren't distracting me from the screen. You know, the one bit that actually needs to light up.

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                                          Finally, I have no more lights except my GPU. All high end performance gear I went with an ASUS ROG Strix z690 G mATX. It has a little bit of RGB on it but you can turn it off, and I did. I have noctua for all of my cooling. None of it has lights. I have G. Skill Ripjaw DDR5 6000 CL32 RAM. No lights. I have an EVGA 1000W modular PSU. no lights. I have my 2080TI that has one LED strip on top, to be replaced soonish with an RTX 4080 Founders Edition (No lights)

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