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I still don’t see the appeal of RGB in your computer, personally. I just don’t think it looks good.
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.
Which component is it? Is you psu equipped with rgb? 🤔
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.
That’s weird. Which brand is it?
Also, fans in my system are connected to pins on motherboard. So the RGB is ultimately controlled by motherboard software/OpenRGB.
Maybe you can do something like that?
I think there may be physical buttons for those fans
It really sucks, indeed. But I upvote the meme.
I’m in the same boat, wasted of time and money. I want a black box that is functional, not a night light with all the colors.
I did full RGB/water cooling (AIO)
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.
Wiring? You mean you don’t just shove the components in there and make sure fans and airflow aren’t affected and go?
Am I the only one who doesn’t cable management at all?
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
As someone who keeps his pc on and has it in his bedroom they are a bane of my existence. All I need is my keyboard when I am using it.
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.
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.
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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.
its like ground effects for cars, no one needs them but some people like to be fancy
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.
Monkey brain likes the lights.
If you can pull off 250 watts of RGB you can grow plants in your PC case
…budgeting? Y’all don’t just buy the meatiest beefcake PSU that microcenter has in stock?
I bought a 1200w PSU in like 2011 and it’s chugging along through multiple upgrades and two different builds. They forgot to put the quit in that one
In 2021 I replaced my old PC power and cooling 750w PSU that I bought in like 2009. When I pulling it out I found a build date from 2006 on it. That thing was a great PSU.
PSUs are waaaaay more efficient when operating closer to their rated capacity. Pulling 200W through a 1kW power supply is like making a marathon runner breathe through a straw.
The sweet spot is the 40-60% load.
But it doesn’t make that much of a difference. The efficiency swing is maybe 10%. Like an bronze 80 rated PSU will have a minimum efficiency of 80%, but even if you’re at the 50% load mark it won’t be over 90% efficient.
The main point (to me anyways) is that its dumb to pay more for a power supply just so you can pay "more* on your power bill. If your idle load is 100W and your gaming load is 300W, you’ve got no reason running more than a 600W PSU
I’ve got a 850W power supply, which I bought 2-3 years ago in anticipation of the RTX 4000 series. My usual load with a GTX 1080 was 150W and now my entire system uses 520W completely loaded. Do I count? :)
I have a 4090 in my Ryzen 7700X system and a power meter; 850W is overkill for a 4090. My system never uses more than 650w. What’s more important than the power rating is buying a high-tier PSU with good overcurrent protection, cause the 4090 tends to have power spikes even a good 750w PSU should be able to handle.
If you bought a PSU certified for PCIe 5, then you’re most likely fine. If you didn’t have to use a squid adapter to plug in your GPU, then you’re more than likely good to go so long as you didn’t buy a shit tier PSU.
While true. How much would it actually save you in electricity? If you upgrade every year wouldn’t it be cheaper to just buy the bigger psu outright and pay the extra cost in electricity so you don’t have to buy another PSU when you get more power hungry components.
Is there another option?
Like if you don’t have at least 1kW PSU what happens when you need more power
The device needing more power won’t get it, simple. Depending on what device it is, it will automatically throttle down so it needs less power, but obviously it will also deliver less performance while so throttled. And if the power is missing during a very sensitive part of a process so there’s no time to throttle down, your PC could blue screen or restart.
It’s very unlikely to suffer any long-term damage from this.
Yes, but the truth is unfunny
Joke if you want but that’s actually a really good idea if you want device longevity. And their in-house brand has been rock solid in every build I’ve made for a reasonable price
Yep. The max wattage on a PSU goes down over time, so you want to overshoot somewhat to keep it useful for longer. Power requirements also typically go up over time with new hardware, but I think that’s been slowing down.
Do you just write things you think people will upvote or do you really believe these things?
That was a problem I actually had when I had no budget, was buying old parts, and then running them way longer than they were intended. I kept everything clean, the tower wasn’t on the carpet, and there were no smokers or pets shedding fur, but that PSU eventually started outputting significantly lower than it was rated for. The previous owner could have done something to it, or it could have been a crappy model to begin with, but it was about fifteen years old and I was told by several more veteran computer folks that PSUs would drop off in power output eventually and this wasn’t surprising.
If you are filling your PSU with tar from cigarette smoking, yes, its max wattage will go down over time.
It’s like making the marathon runner inhale your smoke while running the marathon.
The closest Microcenter to me is about a fourteen hour drive, so, no. Unfortunately, the closest equivalent in the Pacific Northwest went under several years ago and nobody has picked up the slack.
My server/homelab runs on a picopsu.
Wolfgang? Is that you?
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Reference to Wolfgang’s Channel on YouTube. He’s obsessed with power efficency.
I look at number of connectors… Who cares about wattage, I just need a mass of cables to tuck into every spare bit of space… Fans hate me.
250W in lightning? Does your system need to be installed in a lighthouse and be visible from miles away???
For reference this literal lighthouse light only draws up to 200W: https://www.sealite.com/lighthouse-led-lights/
Mother of Board will you LOOK at the fucking HEAT SINK!?
Clan Ghost Bear is angry we stole their tech
I’d rather go with Clan Wolf tech
Gaming is a naturally social activity, so its only natural to use as a “monitor” a digital projector with enough power for a small cinema room.
If your power consumption is actually 250 then go for a 500w PSU. You’ll get better efficiency.
Anandtech (rip) used to be my go-to for PSU efficiency curves.
Better efficiency is only part of it, you’ll also get better longevity on the power supply.
I have a few 1k watt PSUs left over from my bitcoin mining days and all but one of them are still good.
I must be out of touch. What’s RGB in this context?
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