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Despite how much I dislike working with hardware, I'm toying with the idea of building my own PC. A quick perusal through Newegg leaves me wondering why everything related to gaming PCs has to have RGB lights everywhere? How am I supposed to sleep at night when my computer's acting like it's at a rave?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just get a case with a solid sidepanel (one of the Fractal Design Define variants for example). Then your components can RGB all they want, you simply won't see it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@SpaceCadet I thought about that but I like the little window on the side. It makes it easier to see inside if I need to check on something. Just recently I needed to check and make sure nothing was using my bottom sata ports before ordering an m.2 SSD. With the side window, I could just take a peak inside without having to pull the panel off.

As some others have said, I'll likely hunt for non-RGB stuff or just set it up to turn them off.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Perhaps you should also keep in mind that RGB doesn't have to be unicorm vomit. You can set it to a solid neutral color as well, and it provides a bit of light so you can see what's going on in your case.