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Shot of my PC from a couple years ago

This is a shot of the innards of my PC from a couple years ago, the Vega 56 featured in this shot has since been upgraded to an RX 6600, and the CPU I was using at the time, an R7 1700, has since been side-graded to an R5 4500, and the Wraith Spire box heatsink that's featured in this shot has since been upgraded to an NH-U12S redux /w the second fan kit, admittedly an overkill heatsink for an R5 4500, but it does a really good job keeping that CPU cool.

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I knew that was a Vega card the moment I saw the tachometer! Bring back the power tach's!

Ah, remember when you could buy computer parts without them being covered in RGB glowing lights?
- I just built one that has no RGB. The case has it, but it’s not powered, so it’s just a dark box.
- Still can, RGB is at a minimum in my PC, the only RGB currently at play is some pulsing lights on the mainboard which I choose to ignore as it's not hurting anything.
  
  I would imagine you could turn even those off, if it bothered you enough
- My GPU has minimal lighting (3070 XC) one for the logo on the side, motherboard has its turned off (if it even has any?) and my ram is set to a dull white.
  All fans are noctua (heatsink is a d15 black, case are mission brown)
  System is somewhat recent (13900kf + z790i edge)
  The minimal lighting that I have can be toggled easily.
  Funnily enough my z390 board in my rack has more lighting than my desktop PC, can't be bothered to turn it's onboard strip off.
  I feel lighting has its place, but too many SI / people overdo it.
  
  My current GPU has no RGB (PowerColor Fighter RX 6600), and I'm just using basic G.Skill Aegis RAM atm. Mainboard's a PRIME B350-Plus which was updated to BIOS 6042 so it can take 4000-series and 5000-series CPUs.

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