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Re: Open-source RGB lighting control for keyboards, fans, etc

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Post by draugadrotten »

robotmay wrote: post #12
Thaxll wrote: post #2

I built a new PC this year and after a break of 10 years I was shocked to find out that RGB trend, I just don't understand it.

Honestly I kinda prefer it to the case designs 10 years ago. There's still a strange hankering by case makers to try to make them "edgy" and a solid percentage are still competing to be the xtremiest PC equivalent of go-faster stripes on cars. However there is at least a new aesthetic where people are taking simpler and tidier case designs and then making them garish with LEDs, and I quite enjoy seeing some of their…

> PC equivalent of go-faster stripes on cars.

Yes.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_button

Re: Open-source RGB lighting control for keyboards, fans, etc

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Post by FooHentai »

Animats wrote: post #75
wlesieutre wrote: post #62

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I let my CPU fan do its default color changing rainbow, buuuut only because it's under my desk where I can't see it. If nothing else, I can quickly glance down there and see if the computer is powered on. AMD ships them standard with their Ryzen processors, I guess the market for enthusiast range parts has decided that we want RGB hardware. Personally I think case aesthetics peaked around the Antec P180 which looked…

desktop literally built into the desk top The Sun "pizza box" computer was like that.[1] You could just bolt a 1U rackmount server to the underside of a desktop. Or get a desk that's 1.75 inches thick, cut a hole of the appropriate size, and recess the server into it. There are lots of under the desk computer mounts, but I haven't seen a recessed one. [1] https://blog.pizzabox.computer/pizzaboxes/sparcstation/

Biggest issue I find with using a 1u case for a client is fan noise - short of some clever modification to the side panels to fit larger fans transverse, it's near impossible to get acceptably quiet 1u fans.

Re: Open-source RGB lighting control for keyboards, fans, etc

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Post by FooHentai »

gavin_gee wrote: post #23
airstrike wrote: post #13

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> Today it's hard to find TVs that are just TVs and not smart TVs Why would you prefer non-smart TVs?

Yes. Id pay significantly more to have a good panel that is dumb. no apps, no privacy concerns, fast boot. Pioneer years ago used to make the elite panels that were exactly this.

Have a look at commercial-grade tv lines from your preferred manufacturer. Often lacking the smart features but otherwise match or exceed consumer specs. There is a price premium, and you may have to go through more niche retailers that typically supply businesses.

Re: Open-source RGB lighting control for keyboards, fans, etc

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Post by mikepurvis »

skazazes wrote: post #65
fearface wrote: post #27

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My LG CX turns on in less than 2s and shows the picture from the HDMI input. The TV can’t access the internet. I use OpenRGB to disable all lights, or sometimes I’m in the Cyberpunk 2077 mood and make it yellow. I’m curious that people want to pay more to get less.

I would agree if the lighting settings were stored on device across the board. I went the route of not paying more for hardware without RGB and am regretting it 6 months later. Disabling the RGB on my GPU persists across OS re-installs as well as driver updates, but my RAM and motherboard's lights require their own program each constantly running in the background in order to NOT have a light show on at all times. Fu…

I'm a generation behind on PC hardware, so I haven't had to deal with this yet, but surely in most cases there'd be a way to physically disable it? I'd expect there to be a jumper you could open or maybe even a trace which could be carefully cut if you don't mind a destructive option.

Anyway, certainly the whole thing has gotten bit out of control. An optional RGB header on a motherboard is one thing, but on the sound card? Total madness: https://youtu.be/0NMlWg-7Crg?t=29

Re: Open-source RGB lighting control for keyboards, fans, etc

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Post by wlesieutre »

tylermenezes wrote: post #67
wlesieutre wrote: post #62

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I let my CPU fan do its default color changing rainbow, buuuut only because it's under my desk where I can't see it. If nothing else, I can quickly glance down there and see if the computer is powered on. AMD ships them standard with their Ryzen processors, I guess the market for enthusiast range parts has decided that we want RGB hardware. Personally I think case aesthetics peaked around the Antec P180 which looked…

> Someday I'd like to do a "desktop literally built into the desk top" For 7 years my desktop has been literally just a motherboard sitting on a cut-up yoga mat on my bookshelf. [1] The SSDs are piled next to it. My work PC is zip-tied to a milk crate. Don't let people fool you, you can be pretty creative with your definition of "case". [1] https://i.imgur.com/NkEmS4N.png

But my case (with mesh intakes) serves the important function of keeping cat hair out of the heatsinks

Re: Open-source RGB lighting control for keyboards, fans, etc

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Post by tylermenezes »

gpanders wrote: post #79
tylermenezes wrote: post #67

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> Someday I'd like to do a "desktop literally built into the desk top" For 7 years my desktop has been literally just a motherboard sitting on a cut-up yoga mat on my bookshelf. [1] The SSDs are piled next to it. My work PC is zip-tied to a milk crate. Don't let people fool you, you can be pretty creative with your definition of "case". [1] https://i.imgur.com/NkEmS4N.png

That’s awesome. Are yoga mats dissipative? Is this like a poor man’s ESD mat (figuratively speaking, not trying to imply that you’re poor)?

No idea, at the very least it didn't seem to build up a static charge, and it's worked fine for me for a long time. I imagine it probably depends on the specific yoga mat.

I used to just have it directly on the wood, which was fine too, but then I put it on top of an upside-down, powder-coated-metal IKEA drawer thing (so I could put the power supply underneath for more shelf space). My fiancee was worried it might get scratched and conduct at some point, so we added the yoga mat.

Re: Open-source RGB lighting control for keyboards, fans, etc

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Post by nom »

Anyone here who was into case modding back in the 2000s? I ran a semi-popular German case-modding website and forum 19 years ago.

We put windows in our boring grey computer cases and bought blue LEDs for 2 EUR a piece to light up the internals. As LEDs were so expensive we often opted to use CCFL tubes. We put electroluminescent wire everywhere, even into keyboards. We built our own fan controllers from scratch to fit into a 3.5" slot. People payed 200 EUR for PC cases from LIAN LI and Cooler Master just to mod the shit out of them. Watercooling just became a thing and it was hugely expensive, the PC cases didn't have a place for the radiators so you had to get creative with your power tools. We went to LAN parties with our awesome machines, we organized collective orders in our case modding forums to buy cheap LEDs from china. We were amazed by the latest products, like LED fans that flashed the light in synchronization with the fan RPM like a zoetrope, so it appeared to stand still.

We couldn't even dream of a keyboard with individually RGB keys back then and now you get RGB in everything without even wanting it. Mass production has taken over and all the magic is gone. You just buy it and yeah it looks cool, but whats the fun in that if every PC looks the same - thats exactly what we didn't want, we wanted to be different.

Fun times though!

Re: Open-source RGB lighting control for keyboards, fans, etc

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Post by tylermenezes »

wlesieutre wrote: post #85
tylermenezes wrote: post #67

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> Someday I'd like to do a "desktop literally built into the desk top" For 7 years my desktop has been literally just a motherboard sitting on a cut-up yoga mat on my bookshelf. [1] The SSDs are piled next to it. My work PC is zip-tied to a milk crate. Don't let people fool you, you can be pretty creative with your definition of "case". [1] https://i.imgur.com/NkEmS4N.png

But my case (with mesh intakes) serves the important function of keeping cat hair out of the heatsinks

I actually have a medium-hair cat and it's been fine. But it's pretty far off the floor.

Re: Open-source RGB lighting control for keyboards, fans, etc

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Post by swinglock »

wlesieutre wrote: post #62
chuckdries wrote: post #20

If you're in this thread "I built a PC, all my stuff has RGB, it's fine but I don't get it", try setting them all to the same color - you might be surprised how nice it looks. I set everything to white, but my roommate has a nice shade of purple he uses for everything. My real golden rule is absolutely no motion. Can't stand cycling rainbows or whatever.

I let my CPU fan do its default color changing rainbow, buuuut only because it's under my desk where I can't see it. If nothing else, I can quickly glance down there and see if the computer is powered on. AMD ships them standard with their Ryzen processors, I guess the market for enthusiast range parts has decided that we want RGB hardware. Personally I think case aesthetics peaked around the Antec P180 which looked…

Do you know if newer cases gotten better than P180, for sound isolation while keeping cool?

That's still my case, but it's huge and I don't need that space anymore.

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