What do you think of RGBs on PCs?

[TheWooniestWoona]

Recently built a PC for my fiancee. It's white with the RGB lights set to purple. She loves it.

For my PC I turn off as much as I can. I even took off the dumb plastic shroud that the motherboard had over the IO and VRMs.

I guess the one RGB setup that I've been tempted to try is to get an old beige PC case, and build something modern in it and have the lights set to look like old amber colored LEDs.

 

[Cloud-Strife]

What do you think of PCs on RGBs?

 

[Deleted member 364]

It makes pc gamers feel special so I'm okay with it.

 

[BasilZero]

My general PC and gaming PC both have it

it's okay and I don't really mess with it - using the default color

 

[Yoss]

I don't like it, I want all my focus on the screen.

 

[JustinH]

The only thing that lights up on my PC are the little purple LEDs on my case fans.

I don't need or want any light other than that coming from my computer (besides like, LED indicators and the monitor, of course).

 

[Deleted member 13496]

Personally i always found RGBs tacky turn off every RGB on my PC and peripherals that come with it though i turn it on my keyboard when the room gets dark of course to see the lettering clearly that serves a purpose, even then it's just a static colour not random colours flashing

I'd guess the majority of people here likes the RGBs that's fine, there's RGB in everything nowadays even mouse bungees that's crazy lol wonder what they'll come up with next

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I work in the gaming industry and I swear I'm the only one on the team that thinks this shit is lame and corny looking. Everyone else loves it.

 

[Concrete1337]

I try to avoid as much as possible. Hunted down a meshing case without windows and loaded it up with ugly brown noctua fans.

 

[calder]

I avoided it in my new PC, but I have a RGB keyboard (which is on my other computer now) and I really miss it going back to my old mechanical keyboard without any lighting. For a keyboard, it's surprisingly helpful and looks pretty slick.

I have no interest in my PC case glowing, I don't find it incredibly gauche but I wouldn't bother even if I had decided to get the PC with the side glass panel like I had originally intended.

 

[FinFunnels]

I think RGB is fun. My CPU cooler, GPU, RAM and motherboard all have some.

I can't figure out how to use any of the software, though, so my PC just has a bunch of rainbow unicorn lights lol. I actually like the colors, so I don't mind, but it would be neat to be able to control it.

 

[thenexus6]

Not for me. My keyboard and mouse light up, but mouse you can't see when it's in your hand, and the keyboard is just for typing in the dark.

 

[arrado]

I like cases with a glass panel to show the internals. LED is very nice to make it more visible in a dark room.
But just 1 color though, rainbow just looks stupid.
My keyboard is a Logitech G413, which is red backlit, so that's what I use for my case as well.

I also prefer a simple LED strip over RGB fans. Don't like the look of that round RGB shape

 

[Sabin]

I like mine in single colour mode.

 

[Hippopuncher12]

I mean for me personally, that shit is tacky and gaudy as fuck, but if you are into it, hey, do you. I'm not going to go inside someone's house and talk shit about the skittles PC they made, but I'm just not going to do that myself.

 

[LumberPanda]

I like it on my keyboard. Not on the rainbow-animated mode, but I like it lit up in a single colour to see the keys out of my peripheral vision easier. I vary up the colour between white, yellow, and light-blue.

In the PC case I've turned off the RGB. Honestly it's a gimmick. I don't even look inside the tempered glass, I might as well have just got a solid case tbh.

 

[Fadewise]

I'm of the firm opinion that my electronics should be out of site and (more importantly) out of earshot. to that end, i keep everything (pc as well as consoles) in a 19" rack in a separate room from my play space. To that end, i don't actively work to turn off RGB elements, but I do think that they are gaudy and in poor taste in most implimentations.

 

[Alvis]

People seem to forget that you can just set it to your favourite color rather than have it in rainbow mode.

And, please, use OpenRGB. Don't use the malware from Corsair etc.

 

[DPB]

I don't like LEDs. I use plain case fans, turn off any lights I can and even cover up any that are too bright, like the blinding white LED on my external hard drive.

 

[blacklotus]

My feelings on something that doesn't really affect anyone else is:


DO WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU WANT AND MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD.

 

[rashbeep]

im fine with it, but i just keep everything solid white

 

[blacklotus]

People seem to forget that you can just set it to your favourite color rather than have it in rainbow mode.

And, please, use OpenRGB. Don't use the malware from Corsair etc.

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There have been two instances of hardware damage in OpenRGB's development and we've taken precautions to prevent it from happening again.

• The MSI Mystic Light code reportedly bricked the RGB on certain MSI boards when sending certain modes. This code has been disabled and MSI Mystic Light motherboards will not work with OpenRGB at this time.
• There were reports of bricked Gigabyte Aorus Z390 motherboards caused by dumping SMBus address 0x68 in an attempt to reverse engineer the RGB. Due to this, the SMBus Tools page on OpenRGB is hidden by default now as it has no real use to non-developers. Additionally, the RGB Fusion 2 SMBus code is disabled by default because, although it works on boards it is meant for, probing this address (0x68) could damage Gigabyte Z390 boards.
• To enable the MSI Mystic Light or Gigabyte RGB Fusion 2 SMBus code, you must uncomment the functions in main.cpp and recompile.

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This kinda scared me?

 

[AHA-Lambda]

tacky af

 

[NeoChaos]

People seem to forget that you can just set it to your favourite color rather than have it in rainbow mode.

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This is the impression I'm getting from a lot of the replies here, that rainbow spectrum is the only color scheme that exists in RGB. Addressable colors is RGB's greatest strength. I have a single color set for my entire system and it quite frankly works well.

 

[behOemoth]

It can be cool if done well. I have a prism cooler, because it was shipped with my Zen 2 CPU and it actually looks and performs really well, but everything else is just too bland and my tower is positioned in a way to block the look inside.
However, I like my "breath per key" lighting effect on my keyboard.

 

[Alvis]

This kinda scared me?

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The MSI stuff was already fixed (it's just disabled for now for safety but will be re-enabled in the future)

The Gigabyte stuff happened because of using debug features that aren't intended for users in the first place, but rather for developers.

I haven't had any problems using it. If you want to play it safe, wait a few days after a new release before updating to see if there are reports of any issues. Honestly using an "unofficial" program is always a risk, but OpenRGB is pretty robust nowadays.

 

[Kaiken]

At first I was hyped about building my first build with it. Now actively avoiding the silliness.

 

[Pargon]

I am more bothered by the people that complain about RGB lighting any time they catch sight of it, than the lighting itself.
Let people enjoy what they want. Don't be such a boomer.

My case is a white Fractal R5 with a solid side panel, and no RGB lighting at all.
It's about as plain, minimalist, and unobtrusive as you could get for a standard ATX case.

My old GPU (1070 Strix) did have RGB lighting though, which put out a subtle orange glow from the vents at the back in its default state, and it did not bother me enough to install ASUS' software to disable it.
The motherboard has some kind of accent lighting too, but I disabled that since it could be done via the BIOS rather than having to install software.
I do have warm RGB lighting at my desk though:

While I don't personally care for the clear glass side paneled, rainbow neon everywhere look, I still think some of these RGB builds look good.
I'm particularly fond of the look of monochromatic RGB accents, or slight variations in hue, behind a mesh.

Here's a few random builds I pulled off Reddit to show what I mean:

 

[Tiny Chihuahueño]

People really into this stuff will look back in 15 years and go

The whole "pc gamer look" of guy with headphones in a black/red gaming chair and pc case, with "killer/assassin/xtreme" naming conventions for all accessories including a fucking ram stick, it's all so cringey by itself it didn't even need the lights, yet here they are.

 

[blacklotus]

The MSI stuff was already fixed (it's just disabled for now for safety but will be re-enabled in the future)

The Gigabyte stuff happened because of using debug features that aren't intended for users in the first place, but rather for developers.

I haven't had any problems using it. If you want to play it safe, wait a few days after a new release before updating to see if there are reports of any issues. Honestly using an "unofficial" program is always a risk, but OpenRGB is pretty robust nowadays.

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I saw your post and automatically thought of a friend that had to stop using his Nzxt software because it was freezing his system. But then read the disclaimer and got kinda scared tbh.

 

[WhtR88t]

If it's all just random rainbow of parts and colors and cables it's tacky/cheap as hell, but can look really nice if care is taken into considering the design and how the layout, parts (RAM, CPU cooler, GPU, Motherboard etc)/case, cable management etc all work together into a cohesive design.

Look at interior design… most people really suck at it and it's just a random collection of different furniture, lighting fixtures, paint colors, textures etc, but if you get a good interior designer, everything in the room works together to create one cohesive feeling. PC building is like that…

 

[Garrison]

Single color lightning is fine when not overdone. But it's like anything, when they're is too much of it and especially it's a mesh of too much color it's dreadful.

Something like this is fine.

And this too.

Only thing is that with laptops you'd get the insecure "I don't want anyone to know I'm a gamer!" types complaining about something you can turn off.

All the while people still want this back:

 

[Black_Stride]

I dont even have a window on my case just so in the even a piece I buy has RGB I never even see it....I never need to install dumb software to switch it off.
It simply doesnt exist to me.

But no lie this looks cool as fuck.

I like mine in single colour mode.

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Holy.....this is clean as fuck.
Ive been teasing you about your RGB love but this actually looks good.

 

[Alvis]

I saw your post and automatically thought of a friend that had to stop using his Nzxt software because it was freezing his system. But then read the disclaimer and got kinda scared tbh.

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Lots of people are using OpenRGB and there are 0 reports of bricks nowadays. If an update were to break something, they'd notice within minutes of releasing it and it would be pulled back immediately. You don't really have to worry. You can join their Discord if you want to ask around and reassure yourself about the safety of using it:

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Besides, it's not like the manufaturers themselves didn't fuck up from time to time. Using any kind of software to control any kind of hardware is always a risk in itself.

 

[Yuntu]

My motherboard has RGB, my keyboard has and my mouse ... I dig it. Looks nice in the dark.

 

[MrKlaw]

I looked down on them like any sane person. Then I built my new PC and put fucking RGB everywhere because it has a bloody window so you want it to look nice.

In my defense, its all set to a gentle white rather than full rainbow. In my non-defense, I also got a bloody RGB *power cable* for my GPU and MB that animates..

So the middle ground - you have an increase in aesthetics compared to the old beige sealed-off boxes, so it makes sense to add a dash of pretty. Rainbow puke is probably too much IMO but its all options

 

[Serpens007]

Custom PCs are custom. If people wants to turn them off, having them set to rainbow or single colors, then it's fine either way!

I personally find the rainbow too distracting, but I like the colored lights.

 

[SneakyBeans]

I did a new build with RGB everything. I was planning on having it be like my last build, which only had static blue lights, since I liked the kind of aquarium feel it had. Was going to just set my new build to static single color but I can't get the software to recognize or control anything. Everything is mismatched and it looks like unicorn vomit. I have to turn it off at night to be able to sleep lol

 

[Agamon]

While I appreciate the keys of my keyboard being lit, I don't need a glowing PC, and I certainly don't want to spend extra for the "privilege"

 

[twentytwo22]

I love 'em. They are fun.

 

[OmegaDL50]

I don't mind it in moderation or within a cohesive color theme. I have a NZXT H700 case, which has a glass side panel and dark blue trim, so I mainly used blue LEDs to accentuate look. The only exception is my GPU which I set to random as it's kind of a centerpiece to the entire thing.

 

[Deleted member 4434]

I think the black setup combines very nicely with the white lights of my keyboard and mouse. My case has a glass panel but only the Asus GPU has a small white light.

Honestly I'd like to put some RGB stuff in there. The memory needs to be upgraded in the future so I could get some for more white lights, but I'm a bit hesitant about bloatware for colour picking.

 

[RedOnePunch]

My nephew loves it, he's the demographic they're going for. Doesn't matter how I feel about it

 

[pillowtalk]

It's so ugly most of the time. But who cares what I think, I'm old.

 

[ShapeGSX]

I prefer monochrome to RGB.

 

[trashbandit]

I like a nice single tone keyboard backlight, but beyond that just seems goofy.

 

[Nabs]

I like RGB strips on the back of my monitor/desk. Nothing too bright, just enough for decent bias lighting. I have my keyboard set to the lowest brightness, nothing crazy.

 

[Deleted member 37011]

This is like the Pineapple on Pizza of the PC world.

 

[Deleted member 8463]

my ram has rgb that can't be synced with anything, customised or turned off and I do hate it

 

[c bweezie]

I'm not into it. I built a new PC that's rotten with it. When i have some free time i'll figure out how to turn most of them off. But like some have said, i think it looks OK on the peripherals like the mouse and keyboard.

 

[dr.rocktopus]

I only have RGB lights on my mouse (Logitech G502) and my headset (Logitech G633). Three small case fans are permanently blue, but I can't really see them, and intended for them to be accents more than anything else as my case does have a window on it. I run the Logitech stuff as a single colour (red), no animations, and I'm happy with that. I find the rainbow and animations a bit distracting but to each their own.