I don't mind RGB as long as it's easy to turn off and it stays off forever.
What I do mind is that my desktop turned on the RGB is off, but as soon as I shut it down it turns on. And guess what's at the perfect angle to get blasted with the light? My bed. I eventually found the SEPARATE TOGGLE FOR RGB IN S5 STATE, but guess what constantly gets turned back on with every bios update?
My fucking RGB is hardwired, meaning I can't turn it off because it doesn't communicate with the motherboard. I did not ask for nor pay for this, it was an "add on" that Cyber Power tossed in for free...I hate it so much.
It's the fans of all things. The memory I can turn off, the water cooler is adjustable, the mouse and keyboard are easy to turn off, but for the fans there's a physical button that cycles through 20 patterns and none of them is off.
One of the fans went wonky and the wiring is a nightmare. RMA’d the unit, bought a bunch of black high-end 120mm fans, black d15 cooler, black (faster) RAM, and a 1000w PSU. The wiring is SO MUCH CLEANER in the back, the machine is completely silent, and no more wonky flashing fan. I can’t even tell when it’s on. I love it.
Hahaha my first couple computers were like that. I didn't even care about airflow… look how your standard Dell or HP or whatever desktop is wired up.
After I started building for my friends as well, I started caring a lot more about aesthetics. With RGB, all of the fans have two or three wires instead of just one. It’s a nightmare. Now, my fully blacked out computer has only one visible wire—the GPU power connector cables. The massive CPU heatsink blocks off the rest of the already barely visible wires. I’m lucky though, because my case makes it extremely easy to hide them.
Had one back when it was the hype, but its just annoying. Nowadays my case is a huge (enormous, but much space for cable management and airflow) black box. No panels, no light. Feels better
The only RGB I have is a tiny module in my mouse's scroll wheel, and that's it. I didnt realise the mouse had that module when I bought it and I was quite irritated because of that but I've grown to actually like it.
On another note, I'm using an old keyboard that's basically at death's door because it seems like it's literally IMPOSSIBLE to find a good keyboard without RGB in it. It's insane.
Preach. I don't even have a window on mine. I want my machine to blend into the room. All the showy stuff feels like you need to show off to justify the price.
I just realized that my PC doesn't have any RGB. My previous one had it on basically everything but the RAM. Now it's just my keyboard which is set to white.
You know you don't have to have it dancing in rainbow patterns right? You can choose any color you like and even have it be static. I have most of my keys in blue, with the function and numpad in a soft white. This is a relaxing layout for me that helps me focus. But if you hate it so much, simply turn the lights off, that was always an option. Plus I think you are overreacting a bit, there are plenty of good keyboards out there without rgb that don't cost much.
I really thought I’d use it for utility when I built my new PC in 2020. I wanted it to get red and brighter when the temp went up after my old PC got fried from covid wfh video editing. But I just haven’t bothered messing with it. The new PC renders videos in <7 minutes vs the old 90+ mins. It’s not in any danger.
My keyboard and mouse do change to reflect the profile being used though (blue for desktop, red for FPS, purple for RPG). And my keys get bright and fade when being pressed, which is… neat I guess. It’s more of a “hey, G Hub and iCue got fucked up again” warning.
I love when it’s well integrated with a game and I feel it adds to the experience. I don’t see a problem as long as it can be turned off for the people who care.
I think it only looks cool as an accent or whenever it has a proper diffuser to highlight a key spot like certain RGB fans with a case that has a clear front or side.
Then you can go set the color and brightness to make a theme.
Same. I bought a prefab desktop last year and it came with RGB and there was no way to disable it though the software. I just ended up removing the jumper for it.